Cuireann RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta fáilte roimh an bpobal a bheith ina gcuideachta ag coirm mhór cheoil agus damhsa Dé Sathairn 8 Márta sa Forge i Maigh Cuilinn do Lá le Pádraig.  Déanfar taifead ar an gcoirm, agus craolfar é ar Raidió na Gaeltachta ar Lá le Pádraig ag 7 pm.  Séan Bán Breathnach a bheidh ina fhear an tí.

Beidh ceoltóirí, amhránaithe agus damhsóirí den chéad scoth ar an ardán ar an oíche, agus idir cheol traidisiúnta, cheol tíre, amhránaíocht agus damhsa ar an sean-nós acu dúinn.  Ar na ceoltóirí atá deimhnithe go dtí seo don oíche, tá Patrick Connolly; an damhsóir Gearóid Ó Dubháin; na hamhránaithe sean-nóis Nan Tom Teaimín de Búrca, Briocán Bairéad agus Bríd Ní Mhaoilchiaráin;  Cór Chois Fharraige; Maidhc Ó hÉanaigh agus Dáire Bracken; Avril Rushe agus Piaras Ó Cuív; agus craobh Mhaigh Cuilinn de CCÉ.
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Musical gatherings hosted by GAEL LINN
Bewley’s Café Theatre, Grafton Street
6p.m. – 8p.m
(Doors open from 5.45p.m)
TUESDAY, 25th MARCH 2014
Renowned fiddle duo
TONER QUINN and
MALACHY BOURKE
are joined by singer
BREANDÁN Ó hEAGHRA
for what promises to be an
enjoyable evening’s entertainment !
ADMISSION: €15 ( includes complimentary finger food )
Bar open/tea and coffee available
BOOKING ESSENTIAL ( LIMITED SPACE ! )
087/2547574/niamh@gael-linn.ie

www.seamusenniscentre.com
The Seamus Ennis Cultural are delighted to announce they will be providing a shuttle bus from Dublin City Centre to Naul to cater for visitors to their popular ‘Clann agus Cairde’ event, which runs on the 4th Sunday of every month. The bus will depart from ‘Celtic Note’ Nassau Street at 1pm, to arrive in time for the 3pm session. Following the session, transport will be provided back to Dublin’s Cobblestone pub, where visitors can continue their musical day out.
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www.cuislecheoil.ie

Cuisle Cheoil Traditional Music Festival returns to Wexford for and even bigger and better second year. Some of Ireland’s top musicians are set to feature at this latest addition to Wexford’s festival calendar, which takes place in Gorey next weekend from February 21 to 23.

Festival-goers can enjoy a series of free ‘Trad’ Music sessions at a variety of venues right across Gorey town, the Cuisle Cheoil Festival Concert featuring performances by some of Ireland’s top traditional musicians and many All-Ireland championship winners including accomplished fiddle player Ciara Ni Bhriain, champion accordion player Cyril O’ Donoghue, outstanding flutist Conor Byrne, international selling singers Colm O’Donnell and Cyril O’Donoghue and Mick O’Brien will play the Uileann Pipes. The concert will be compered by Áine Hensey, who hosts a number of traditional music programmes on Radio na Gaeltachta and RTE1.

The town is gearing up for three days of Concerts, Céilís, Workshops and Sessions taking place in various venues around the town plus a monster Trad seisiún.

Following a traditional Irish Mass on Sunday in St. Michael’s at noon, a lecture by Uileann Piper and RTE Radio Producer, Peter Browne takes place, there is also a Set Dancing workshop, and the festival closes with a ‘not to be missed’ Céilí Mór on Sunday night with music by the Ballyellis Céilí Band.

For further details on Cuisle Cheoil see www.cuislecheoil.ie

www.nch.ie

Christy Moore, Bono and Mark Knopfler have all crossed his path … he is Donal Lunny. On Sunday 16th of March, Donal Lunny of LAPD, Planxty, Moving Hearts and Bothy Band fame joins a host of Irish musicians to perform as part of the St. Patrick’s weekend at The National Concert Hall. Joining him will be the acclaimed Irish fiddler Zoë Conway, the prodigious Padraig Rynne on concertinas, Breton flautist Sylvain Barou and the renowned singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andy Irvine.
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Is é Cormac Begley as Ciarraí a thug leis Bonn Óir Seán Ó Riada sa chraobh den chomórtas a craoladh beo ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta ó Óstán an Rochestown Park i gCorcaigh oíche Aoine, 7 Feabhra.

Duine de mhuintir ceolmhar Uí Bheaglaoich as Corca Dhuibhne é Cormac.  Casann sé an consairtín agus an consairtín íseal (baritone).  Bhí ceol ina thimpeall agus é ag fás aníos, ach níor thosaigh sé féin ag seinm go raibh sé 17 nó mar sin.  I ndiaidh dó an bonn a bhaint oíche Dé hAoine, b’éigean dó an bóthar a bhualadh go aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliatha do thuras chun na Róimhe, áit a raibh ceolchoirm aige.  Is gearr anois go mbeidh sé ag tabhairt faoi chamchuairt go dtí an Nua Shéalainn agus an tSeapáin leis an ngrúpa Rian, a bhfuil Liam Ó Maonlaí, Maitiú Ó Casaide agus Eithne Ní Chatháin ina mbaill dó freisin.
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www.rte.ie/rnag

A grandson of legendary Sliabh Luachra musician Johnny O’Leary, as well as two of the talented Begley family from West Kerry, will be among fifteen traditional musicians who will take to the stage in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork on 7 February to compete in the final for the Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal.  The event will be broadcast live on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, and also webcast on www.cuireadhchunceoil.ie.
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March 7th – 17th, 2014

www.raglanroad.com

Featured Bands include: The Willis Clan, 3 Dollar Band, Elevation and More.

The Willis Clan tops the line–up of talented bands that showcase their Irish roots through lively music and dance during the Mighty St. Patrick’s Festival at Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant and Downtown Disney March 7th–17th. The most authentic St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Central Florida also will feature authentic cuisine by Irish celebrity chef Kevin Dundon, host of the PBS and Create TV cooking show, Kevin Dundon’s Modern Irish Cooking.
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Ballyliffin/Clonmany, Inishowen Peninsula, Co. Donegal

March 21st – 24th, 2014

www.inishowensinging.ie

Celebrating 25 years of the Inishowen International Folk Song & Ballad Seminar, 1990–2014.

2014 marks 25 years of the Inishowen Singing Weekend. The organisers thank everyone who has kept this gathering on the road and have made it what it is – a celebration of song & friendship. They are staying close to home with guests and talks. You will hear from & about the singers of Cloontagh, Malin Head, Carndonagh, Clonmany, Isle of Doagh, Buncrana and Rashenny. And they have renewed Mick Quinn’s honorary Inishowen passport once again.
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April 8th – 13th, 2014

www.comhaltas.ie/events

Since 2007 Comhaltas have organised a traditional music weekend in honour of the 19th century harper, Patrick Byrne. This community festival is held annually on the weekend just before Easter in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan.
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