There must be near a century of layers of recorded music and song from the Sliabh Luachra area in the RTÉ archives by now. Another layer will be added in Scartaglin tonight when the station’s representatives will record the unveiling of the Handed Down Sliabh Luachra Online Archive from 8pm in the local culture and…
As a race, we have a healthy and natural suspicion of ‘moves’ by those in authority or ‘over us’ as we say here. While all isn’t lost by no means in the move I’ve only heard of recently, it doesn’t bode well for the exposure of Irish Traditional Music on RTÉ Radio 1. On this…
The RTÉ Radio 1 traditional music programme, The Rolling Wave will feature recordings made at the Johnny O’Leary Memorial Concert during the 2014 Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival over the next two Sunday nights. Programme presenter , Peter Browne sent a massage to say that the next two Sunday nights of the programme would be…
There was the wave of reaction throughout the world of Irish traditional music at the retirement of collector / broadcaster, Dr. Ciarán MacMathúna from his radio series in late 2005. It was a move which he had flagged well for some months before that final broadcast. On Sunday morning, November 27th 2005 he broadcast his…
In what promises to be an evening of high end entertainment with something for all, Divanes Castleisland are proud to announce the launch of the highly anticipated eight generation of the Volkswagen Passat at its headquarters here in Castleisland on this Friday evening between 6pm and 9pm. The Killarney Road company will also mark the…
Saturday April 1st 1978 was an ordinary day in the village of Brosna. The village was busy that day – there was a burial in the parish – a local man had died. As was normal, friends and relations of the man and his family dug the grave. One of the men to dig the…
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…
Is Crag Cave the only local business to cop on to or tap into the fever of Fiver Friday? For your €5 at Crag Cave you can choose from a select menu of light lunches, home-made baking and special signature dishes. Fresh local produce is prepared in their kitchens daily and available throughout the day.…
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…
