Con Curtin Festival 2017 Details Launched

Con Curtin Festival 2017 Details Launched

Details have been released of the 2017 Con Curtin Music Festival in Brosna Village. The village will be a hive of music related activity from June 23rd -25th this year in honour of the late, great Sliabh Luachra fiddler. The festival will get underway on Friday night June 23rd with a top class traditional concert…

World Fiddle Day Scartaglin Provisional Programme

World Fiddle Day Scartaglin Provisional Programme

There may be bits of tidying up here and hardening there, but the programme for the rapidly approaching World Fiddle Day, Scartaglin is as good as settled. The following is a provisional rundown: Friday Night, May 19th. Informal gathering sessions in Castleisland and Scartaglin at 9:30pm Saturday, May 20th. At Lyons’ Bar at 12noon the…

Outstanding Concert Performances at Patrick O’Keeffe Festival

Outstanding Concert Performances at Patrick O’Keeffe Festival

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…

Kerry’s Young Fleadh Winners on Radio Kerry with Marian

Kerry’s Young Fleadh Winners on Radio Kerry with Marian

Kerry’s young singers and musicians did the county proud recently at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Ennis. Four All-Ireland title holders joined Marian O’Flaherty for a special live show on Radio Kerry last Sunday night on Caint Chiarraí. In studio were: John Power, Sliabh Mish CCE, All Ireland 12-15, 1st English Men Singing; Timmy O’Flaherty,…

Darragh Curtin’s Achievements Honoured in Browne’s

Darragh Curtin’s Achievements Honoured in Browne’s

  It’s a sign of the wealth of musical talent in the Sliabh Luachra area that, for the second time in a matter of twelve months, Browne’s Bar threw an impromptu cake and candles celebration for a major musical achievement. Brosna’s Darragh Curtin was in session in Browne’s with his twin sister, Suzanne and brother Gearóid…

Connie’s Book Celebration and Curtins Return to Browne’s

Connie’s Book Celebration and Curtins Return to Browne’s

Gaeltacht Mhúscraí fiddle player, Connie O’Connell from Cill Na Martra is no stranger to Castleisland. He has just published and book and a pair of CDs of his own compositions. He made a present of a copy of the book to Browne’s Bar in recognition of its fostering of the music of the area and…

Brosna Comhaltas Music Classes for the New Year

Brosna Comhaltas Music Classes for the New Year

The recently established branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann in Brosna has set its programme for 2015 in readiness with a series of music and dancing classes. Craobh spokesperson, Daniel Woods sent the following line-up of classes in the traditional instruments and dance of the area with the times and venues included. He also inserts the…

Brosna Musician is first Kerryman to Win Fiddler of Dooney Prize

Brosna Musician is first Kerryman to Win Fiddler of Dooney Prize

Brosna musician, Darragh Curtin was announced the winner of the Senior Fiddler of Dooney title in Sligo on Sunday. This is a very prestigious fiddle title carrying a prize of €1,000 and a specially commissioned platter. Even more precious to the musical traditions of his native Brosna, and to the Sliabh Luachra area in general, is the…

Arty McGlynn and Tony O’Connell on Flying Visit to Brosna

Arty McGlynn and Tony O’Connell on Flying Visit to Brosna

The faces and names of Arty McGlynn and Tony O’Connell will need no introduction at the doors – front or back – of some of the finest, staged venues on these islands and far beyond. Both of them showed up in Kate Pats’s Bar door in Brosna for an impromptu session on Monday night. There…