Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney
February 18th – 22nd, 2015
www.thegathering.ie

With a finely tuned mix of concerts, ceilís, workshops and sessions The 16th Gathering Traditional Festival returns on February 18th – 22nd, 2015 to The Gleneagle Hotel.
The Gathering Traditional Festival promises music session’s morning, noon and night. Concerts with A Stór Mo Chroí, Arcady, The Unwanted, Jackie Daly, Paul De Grae, Mike McGoldrick, Johnny Ringo McDonagh, Dezi Donnelly and many more.
For those of you with energy to burn the ever popular Ceilís return with Uí Bhriain, 5 Counties Ceilí Band, Neily O Connor, Striolan Ceilí Band and Johnny Reidy Ceilí Band.
Our popular set–dancing workshops for beginners, with Gearoid Devanney and advanced with Tony Ryan is back and Songs and Stories from Kerry with Eddie Lenihan & Ray O Sullivan.

Also returning for to the Gathering for 2015 is the Session on the Lakes, weather permitting, along with a Singers Concert with Jim Walsh, Christy Cronin, Pat Sullivan, Meabh Begley and more.
The Gathering Festival plays host to numerous music and dance workshops throughout the festival with some of the best tutors around. This includes intermediate/advanced masterclasses in Fiddle with Connie O’Connell, Accordion with Bryan O’Leary and Paudie O’Connor, Flute with Billy Clifford, Concertina with Ann McAuliffe and Tin Whistle with Padraig Buckley.
With the traditional music trip to Sliabh Luachra, CD Launches with Paudie O’Connor, Angelina Carbery and Killarney School of Music Fiddle Group and more concerts to be announced The Gathering Traditional Festival promises traditional music sessions throughout the weekend all under one roof!

For more information about The Gathering Traditional Festival 2015 log onto www.thegathering.ie or contact John O’Shea at email: johngathering@hotmail.com