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www.nuigalway.ie/adulteducation
The Adult & Continuing Education Office at NUI Galway are offering a new and exciting part-time Diploma in Irish Music Studies which will run from September 2010. The only course of its kind offered in Ireland, the diploma will be of interest to those with a love of Irish traditional music and culture.
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It has been 29 years since the Granard Harp Festival was revived and each year it has gone from strength to strength. Each year local and visiting harpists from Ireland and overseas, head to the north Longford town for the renowned competition. All competitors had to play one tune from each category:
I. Traditional Slow Air
2. Traditional Irish Dance Music 3. Other Irish Music 
March, Planxty: Ancient and Modern Harp Music)…
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www.musicnetwork.ie
Love:live music, Ireland’s first National Music Day, took place on
Friday April 16th. The event was coordinated by Music Network in
association with RTÉ lyric fm and supported by the Department of Arts,
Sport and Tourism. Music Network is funded by The Arts Council.
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May 14th - 16th, 2010
www.skerriestraditionalmusic.com
The 9th Annual Festival of Skerries Traditional Music Weekend takes
place from 14th to 16th May. The seaside town of Skerries, located
in the Fingal area of Dublin is the perfect location for this annual
Festival, as all events are situated within walking distance of each
other and participants have the opportunity to immerse themselves in
the music, song and dance taking place during the weekend.
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Appearing on RTE’s The View on April 13
Tour dates:
Sun, 2 May - Jim Connell Memorial Festival (McCabe’s Bar)
Crossakiel, County Meath
Fri, 7 May - Dolan’s Pub - Limerick
Wed, 12 May - The Pavilion Theatre - Cork
Thur, 13 May - Town Hall Theatre, Kiltimagh - Mayo
Fri, 21 May - Button Factory - Dublin
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with Peader O’ Riada, Caoimhin O’ Raghallaigh and Martin Hayes
Triur is an album of 16 tracks of 19 new compositions composed by Peadar O’Riada, recorded in
Peadar’s home, An Draighean, (Blackthorn) in Cul Aodha, in Co. Cork. The title Triur refers to the three musicians involved, Peadar on concertina, Caoimhín O’Raghallaigh and
Martin Hayes on fiddles. All three have individually made their own mark playing Irish music and now collectively have created a new inheritance for future generations.
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CRAOBH-CHOMÓRTAS 2010
Grand Finale Concert
Ocht ngrúpa thraidisiúnta
Duaischiste €4,500
Eight young traditional music groups
Prizefund €4,500
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‘DO BHÍOSA LÁ I bPORTLÁIRGE’, EXPLORING THE MUSIC OF THE SOUTH EAST, WITH UILLEANN PIPER
DAVID POWER, FLUTE PLAYER CIARAN SOMERS AND FIDDLER FIONN MAC GIOLLA
CHUDA, FROM 19 – 28 MAY 2010
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