As I mentioned here over the past few weeks, the RTÉ Radio 1traditional music programme, The Rolling Wave is celebrating the music of Sliabh Luachra and remembering two great fiddle-players from this area. The first two programmes were dedicated to the late Paddy Cronin by means of a tribute concert which took place in the Community Hall in…
A quick reminder, to whom it concerns, that Peter Browne’s RTÉ Radio 1 traditional music programme the Rolling Wave is devoting its four August Sunday night / Monday evening slots to celebrating the music of Sliabh Luachra. In the course of the four programmes the piper and broadcaster will be remembering two great fiddle-players from…
For the month of August, the Rolling Wave will be celebrating the music of Sliabh Luachra and remembering two great fiddle-players from this most musical area on the Cork-Kerry border – Paddy Cronin and Denis Murphy. On the first two Sundays in August, 3rd and 10th at 10pm the programme will feature a tribute concert…
An historic and, probably, long overdue agreement of a cultural nature was struck over the past couple of years between border neighbours Cork and Kerry. The mutually beneficial accord was launched in Ballydesmond on Friday night. A gathering of the good and the great witnessed the arrival of The Sliabh Luachra Music Trail. The 2014 Sliabh…
