Devotees and fans of traditional Irish music will not want to miss the RTÉ Radio 1 programme, The Rolling Wave on Sunday night at 9pm. Its presenter, Aoife Nic Cormaic, the Dublin native fiddle player, posted that: “Coming up this Sunday- a gorgeous weekend of music and stories from the recent World Fiddle Day Scartaglin.…
Dennis Botzer is a well known musician in the Maryland / Washington DC area of the USA. From the late seventies he has played fiddle, piano, guitar and sang in groups like the Boiling Spuds, Mitchelstown and the Hedgerows to name a few and is a regular at great sessions in that neck of the…
Culture Night is happening in Kerry! On this Friday, September 18th. lots of the events are online to ensure public safety while still providing arts and cultural groups the opportunity of showcasing their work to the Kerry public. Every year the Kerry Visual Artists’ Showcase is launched on Culture Night. This evening the launch will…
The death has occurred of Paddy Jones, Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Player, Knightsmountain, Knocknagoshel and late of Kilcusnan, Castleisland, Co. Kerry. Peacefully, on May 30th 2020, surrounded by his loving family at the Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee. Sadly missed by his loving partner Rose, his children: Deirdre, Reuben, Sarah and their mother Teresa, his adored grandchildren:…
Scartaglin will become the proverbial Global Village this weekend when the music of the area will be beamed to and from around the world with the Sliabh Luachra stronghold as its epicentre. “If the visitors cannot come to Scartaglin to hear the sound of Sliabh Luachra this year because of Covid-19 then we will bring…
World Fiddle Day Scartaglin attracted a truly international attendance again this year – as its title would suggest. Deserving of the attentions of the growing and yet to be formed Sliabh Luachra Music Appreciation Society, the event drew visitors in great numbers from at home and abroad. Seasoned and regular Sliabh Luachra devotees from Holland…
The original purpose of World Fiddle Day Scartaglin was to celebrate the instrument’s place in the traditional music of the area. It still is. The area being that surrounding Scartaglin, Cordal, and Castleisland. But the event also tips the peak of the cap to those who kept the tradition alive, safe and well and in…
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…
The final Handed Down session of the current series will take place at Scartaglin Heritage Centre on the coming Saturday, April 21st. at 8pm sharp. “On the night, Bryan O’Leary will welcome special guest Billy Clifford to Scartaglin and we will hear about the legacy of music he inherited from his mother Julia, father John…
Cllr. Bobby O’Connell has, this evening, welcomed the allocation of €20,250.00 to various groups and organisations in Castleisland under Kerry County Council’s Community Support Fund. Castleisland Chamber Alliance topped the ‘granted’ list with a total of €10,150 for a range of community projects on its books. Patrick O’Keeffe’s 55th Anniversary The Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music…
