The second Mike Kenny Remembrance weekend will be held on Friday and Saturday August 11th and 12th 2017. A full programme of events includes: Friday night at 9:30pm in Browne’s Bar, Jonathan Roche and Friends. The night will also include the presentation of the Mike Kenny Memorial Cup to the Young Musician of the Year.…
Castleisland Chamber Alliance recently formed a number of sub committees to focus in depth on different areas of potential development in and around the town of its concern. The sub committees have been formed in the areas like tourism, local area planning, event planning and enterprise promotion. Committee Appointees The tourism committee appointees are: Lisa…
A full house at the River Island Hotel on Sunday night was treated to outstanding performances from a wide range of musicians. The occasion was the annual concert of the Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival where Tim Dennehy was the Master of Ceremonies. The Clare based, Ballinskelligs born singer also contributed a couple of songs…
One of the earlies and surest signs of the success of a first-time event or festival must be that the organisers are talking about next year as the current one is just winding down. And that is the plan with the Mike Kerry Arts and Music Weekend which enjoyed its initial airing to coincide with…
Five years to the weekend after his all too early passing in 2011, Mike Kenny, artist, sculptor, musician and singer – and more – is to be remembered in his home town with a two-day festival crammed with a bit of everything he loved. Behind the scenes are organisers, publican, Peter Browne and Ted Kenny…
There will be a distinctly Kerry flavour to the RTÉ Radio One traditional music programme, The Rolling Wave over the next couple of Sunday nights from 9pm. A chat with piper /presenter, Peter Browne early on Monday morning revealed that the World Fiddle Day recordings which he conducted on May 21st in Scartaglin will be…
An August weekend arts festival to honour the memory of the late Mike Kenny is at the planning stage. Artist, entertainer, musician, sculptor and more, Mr. Kenny passed away in August 2011 and much too early in a life that promised so much more. He was a founder member of the Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival.…
A gushing gale of voices in conversation, in song and in story can be heard on Kerrywide on Radio Kerry tonight at 9pm. RK’s Seán Hurley came a hunting for material on Tuesday night and based himself at Browne’s Bar on Main Street. Noted for its now twice-weekly traditional music sessions, Browne’s played host to the…
The boys of the old St. Patrick’s Day brigade were out early on Sunday morning preparing the way for the annual parade. Bolstered this year by a couple of new faces from the Castleisland Chamber Alliance, the hardy annuals had three-quarters of the town decorated by 9am and were going well. Armed with some new,…
Those of us who went to the River Island Hotel, on the recent ‘Meet the Candidates’ night, looking for a cure for all that ails the economy of our town, quite frankly, went to the goat’s house for wool. There was advice in spades and as much encouragement as you could spread, knee deep across the…
