www.cuireadhchunceoil.ie

An astrophysicist with an interest in experimental music, a young man who keeps and shows hens, and an award-winning Scottish harpist will be amongst those playing in the final of the Seán Ó Riada gold medal competition which was launched by broadcaster Dáithí Ó Sé in Cork this week.  The concert final will be broadcast live from Cork on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta on Friday 18 January.

There will be fifteen musicians – pipers and harpists – playing in the final in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork, on Friday 18 January at 7pm, which will also be webcast on www.cuireadhchunceoil.ie.
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www.templebartrad.com

The 8th annual Temple Bar TradFest takes place in Dublin later this month with events scheduled in various venues. Having gained a reputation as the one of the biggest and best traditional Irish music and culture festivals in Ireland, the festival is now a firm fixture on the national and international festival calendar.

As part of the festival, IMRO will be hosting a series of traditional music showcases at the New Theatre, Temple Bar on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th January in an effort to highlight the high quality of emerging artists in Traditional music in Ireland.
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The Online Academy of Irish Music
www.oaim.ie

Do you want to learn the B/C Accordion?  If so, Derek Hickey’s  new ‘B/C Accordion Basics’ course is the one for you. The first six lessons of this course are absolutely free, so log-in and get learning!
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www.wmw.ie
The Shannonside Winter Music Weekend has habitually brought the best of music to the Banner county for the last 14 years, and this year they have hit the jackpot. Among the line-up are the Grammy Award nominees Special Consensus, a four-piece bluegrass band from the US, whose  “Scratch Gravel Road” CD is up for Bluegrass Album of the Year. The best place to catch them on their is their third visit to the festival is at the all-day music event on Sat 19th Jan in the Bunratty Folk Park, Co Clare
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