ON 18TH ANNUAL IRISH FESTIVAL CRUISE
www.irishtours.com

More than A Score of Top Irish Entertainers Provide
40 Hours of Nightly Concerts and Workshops

ROSLYN, PA - More than 40 hours of traditional Irish entertainment will highlight the 18h Annual Irish Festival Cruise aboard Celebrity Cruise Lines’ Summit  departing from San Juan on January 31, 2009.

This week long cruise to tropical ports of call –St. Maarten, Dominica, Grenada, Bonaire and Aruba — combines the best in Irish music, dance and culture with luxurious Caribbean cruising.
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Evening gatherings hosted by GAEL LINN

Bewley’s Café Theatre, Grafton Street
6p.m. – 8p.m.
(Doors open 5.45 p.m.)
Tuesday 18 November 2008
Mick O’Brien (uileann pipes/flutes/whistles),
Mark Kelly (Guitar/ backing vocals),
Niamh de Búrca (Songs)
- old friends re-group for an evening
of great music and song !

ADMISSION: €15 ( Incl. finger food ! )
Bar open/tea and coffee available

Coming soon…………………..
Tuesday, 16 December:
Singer Finola Ó Siochrú will get us into the Christmas mood with help from Rob Stein (guitar/backing vocals) and Máire Breatnach (Fiddle/Viola/Backing vocals )

Don Stiffe, Sharon Shannon & friends
Renowned Singer Song Writer Don Stiffe joins forces with internationally acclaimed accordion player Sharon Shannon to bring an Irish Christmas song to lift your heart ‘Home on time for Christmas’, written by Don, and sung in his own distinctive style is a magical, foot-stomping, sing-along Christmas ballad. Don is delighted to welcome a number of world class Irish musicians on board : Sharon Shannon, Kevin Crawford, of Lúnasa on whistle, Jimmy Higgins from the Stunning on percussion, Declan Corey on mandolin and Frankie Colohan on guitar.

This is a very special Christmas song written for not only those who will make it home for Christmas this year but also those who won’t. Proceeds from the sale of the single will go to Croí, The West of Ireland Cardiology Foundation, a cause very close to the heart of both Don and Sharon.

‘Home on time for Christmas’ contains two bonus tracks. Missing Galway, written by Don when he lived in Boston in the early ‘90’s and practically a County Anthem by now, the record also features Sharon Shannon’s Gaffo’s Ball from the Galway Girl album.

‘Home on time for Christmas’ will be available from leading record stores or www.croi.ie and is the perfect stocking filler for all your friends and family.

October 23rd - 27th, 2008
www.sligolive.ie

FULL LISTINGS FOR SLIGO LIVE 2008
SLY & ROBBIE and Cathy Davey - Radisson SAS Hotel – Friday, 24th October 2008 as part of The Sligo Live Festival 2008
Tickets are priced at €31.80
Weekend Tickets for ONLY €99 each and Day tickets for ONLY €39 each.
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www.irishstamps.ie

An Post launched on Friday 10th October, the second phase of their
acclaimed Irish Music stamp series celebrating the buoyancy and flair of
the Irish music scene. Planxty, De Dannan, The Bothy Band and the Tulla
Ceílí Band, four of Irelands’ most renowned and best loved groups are
featured in performance on the new stamps.
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www.theroyal.ie

The Saw Doctors will be travelling on the N17 this New Year’s Eve but, instead of turning left at Claregalway for Shannon Airport, they will be turning left at Claremorris for The Royal Castlebar Theatre and Event Centre.

The Saw Doctors have had a fantastic year. After more than twenty years of hard work, hugely successful tours both at home and abroad are not unusual. However, being presented with a lifetime achievement award at this year’s  Meteor Music Awards was something special for the band.
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www.struleartscentre.co.uk

Strule Arts Centre is pleased to announce, Northern Ireland’s greatest
female contemporary talents, Cara Dillon is returning to Strule Arts Centre
on Friday 17 October at 8pm Tickets £16.50.

We are delighted to invite Cara Dillon back to the Strule Arts Centre stage
after her wonderful performance last year. Hailing from Dungiven, Cara is
one of the most original and stunning singers of traditional music.
Whether she’s singing her native songs of lost love and emigration, or
their original compositions, you will be hard pressed to find a more
emotive and captivating performer.
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April 17th - 19th, 2009
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The third annual Féile Átha Dá Chab will be held in Ballydehob, Co. Cork on
April 17-19, 2009. Visitors to this traditional music weekend can expect
great impromptu pub sessions, a concert, a children’s session, and workshops
in music, song and dance. The line-up of artists for for Féile Átha Dá Chab
2009 is as follows: Mary Bergin (tin whistle), Brendan Begley (button
accordion), Conal O Grada (flute), Seamie O’Dowd (fiddle), Róisín Ní Mhainín
(sean-nós dancing), and Ann Mulqueen (sean-nós and traditional singing).

Further information can be found on http://feileathadachab.blogspot.com

www.rte.ie/rnag

The annual Oireachtas na Samhna festival will take place in Cork from 29 October to 2 November, and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta will be broadcasting live from Cork to bring listeners the atmosphere on the streets as well as the best in music and song from the festival.
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www.corkfolkfestival.com
Thursday 2nd – Sunday 5th October 2008

The cream of folk musicians, artists, dancers and singers from Ireland, UK, Europe and beyond will descend on Cork this weekend for the Beamish Cork Folk Festival. The Festival runs throughout Cork City from Thursday 2nd – Sunday 5th October 2008.
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