The long and fruitful association between RTÉ Radio and the musicians and custodians of the culture associated with the Sliabh Luachra area marked and stood another important milestone in Scartaglin on Saturday night. Appreciation from Sliabh Luachra The start of the fifth Handed Down Traditional Music Lecture and Concert series was billed as ‘Peter Browne…
The festivities around World Fiddle Day got off to a flying and sunny start in Scart on Friday evening, night and Saturday morning. The gathering of musicians, poets, politicians and the curious basked in the beautiful and welcome balmy summer evening and only reluctantly went indoors soon after the appointed off time came and went.…
The World Fiddle Day Scartaglin crew and event got a great shot in the arm a couple of weeks ago when founder member, PJ Teahan got a phone call from America. The brilliant fiddle playing cowboy, Skip Gorman is on his way to Scart for that special weekend. He was here for the first one…
Culture Night 2018 will fall on the Friday night of September 21st from 5pm – 11pm. Culture Night involves venues, groups and artists opening their doors and inviting people in for a taste of Kerry’s unique culture and contemporary art, all for free. Culture Night Aims It aims to familiarise people with the cultural offerings…
Like Peter Browne’s association with Patrick O’Keeffe in the Sliabh Luachra scheme of things, Terry Moylan will always be linked with Johnny O’Leary. O’Keeffe and O’Leary, both hugely influential, Sliabh Luachra music exponents and guardians were brought out of themselves by Browne and Moylan respectively. Would we have the knowledge and respect we have for…
Creating an Archive of the Culture of Sliabh Luachra. Isn’t that some task. However, and thankfully, a lot of what has gone on in the history of music making, poetry writing and the singing of songs has been well documented. The Handed Down committee has been gifted with some rare gems of recordings, scraps of…
Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond his control, Matt Cranitch has had to postpone his advertised talk in the Handed Down series in Scartaglin and it has been rescheduled into next season’s run. The Handed Down event on Saturday, January 27th has been given the working title: Creating a Sliabh Luachra Archive – Preserving Our Identity…
Kerry Music and it’s Musicians – A Source of Influence on My Personal Style is the title of Saturday night’s latest installment of the rolling Handed Down series of lectures and recitals at the Heritage Centre in Scartaglin Village with a starting time of 8pm sharp. It will be presented by Charlie Piggott. De Dannan…
There was a sublime mingling of Culture Night with more than a hint of the prevailing Handed Down mindset in Scartaglin on Friday evening. The simple, understated style of the presentation on the village square belied the months of preparation which went into the event there and in the kitchen of the nearby heritage centre…
Everything you wanted to know about about the notion of erecting a monument to the last of the great fiddle masters in Scartaglin will be displayed exhibition style at the village heritage centre on this Friday night from 7pm. People were capped and gowned for far less work than what PJ Teahan has put into…
