There are people in many parts of the world who have made travel plans over the past couple of months and even weeks. Their destination: Scartaglin and Castleisland. They’re coming from the USA, from the UK and from the low, low lands of Holland and from all quarters of Ireland. All drawn by the draíocht…
On Saturday, March 19th the Handed Down series will present a new generation of traditional musicians who are currently drawing on Sliabh Luachra for their influences. Patrick O’Keeffe and Denis Murphy met in Lyons’ Bar in 1961 while Denis was home from America and the session was taped. Aidan Connolly, All-Ireland fiddle title winner and…
Meanwhile, in Scartaglin tonight, 2014 TG4 Young Musician of the Year, Bryan O’Leary will put his vast knowledge of the music of Sliabh Luachra at the disposal of the Handed Down series organisers. Bryan will talk about the musicians of his own area in a programme he titles: Sliabh Luachra Icons – Remembering Gneeveguilla’s Musicians.…
Meanwhile, in Scartaglin tonight, 2014 TG4 Young Musician of the Year, Bryan O’Leary will put his vast knowledge of the music of Sliabh Luachra at the disposal of the Handed Down series organisers. Bryan will talk about the musicians of his own area in a programme he titles: Sliabh Luachra Icons – Remembering Gneeveguilla’s Musicians.…
God be good to Con Houlihan. When Peter Browne interviewed him some years ago on matters of rushy mountains and racy music the result was encrusted with gems of wit and wisdom. One of them was when the RTÉ presenter asked him about the exact boundaries of the original rushy mountain – Sliabh Luachra! The…
Musicians, singers and patrons from both sides of the Cork / Kerry border will unite under the borderless Sliabh Luachra banner and proceed to Scartaglin on the Saturday night of January 23rd. There, they’ll take part in the first Handed Down programme of the 2016 series at the cosy heritage centre at 8pm sharp. The…
The tried and tested seanfhocail, tús maith leath na hoibre held water again in Scart recently as the Handed Down series of lectures and recitals strolled with ease into its second season. If this was a start-as-you-mean-to-continue opener to the new season, then we’re in for a great winter / spring of entertainment. Co-organiser, PJ…
It would take the bees to give us an apt description of the atmosphere here in Castleisland last night. Yes, you guessed , it was buzzing. At the River Island Hotel, from shortly after 7-30pm, it was a case of standing room only as raging hot favorites, Nora Fealey and Paddy White waltzed away with…
There are people packing ruck-sacks and fiddle cases in various parts of the world right now with an imaginary ‘Destination Scart’ tag dangling away somewhere in their focused minds. There are tunes arranged for Peter Browne’s and Tom McCarthy’s bars on Friday night as a warming up exercise and crowds are expected at these venues…
There wasn’t an aspect of the late Paddy Cronin’s life that didn’t come to life under Nicky McAuliffe’s fine, tooth-combing in Scartaglin last night. It was the highly respected music historian’s second stint in the chair in the course of the eight, monthly series of the Handed Down programme. Last night’s episode was the final…
