www.clifdentradfest.com

The 3rd Annual “Clifden Traditional Music Festival” will take place on the weekend of the 13th–15th April 2012. Following on from 2010 & 2011,2012 promises to be a great weekend of the very best of Irish Music, song and dance! Top class visiting musicians from all over the country have been invited with a host of All Ireland Champions among them. Musicians will include; Maura Walsh, James Duggan, Graham Guerin, Gearoid Keating, Padraic Kerins, Josie & Una Canavan, Michael Curran, Chris Maguire, Daithi Gormley and a host more who will join local and other visiting musicians.
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January 26th and 27th 2012
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The Temple Bar TradFest, Dublin’s biggest and best Irish music and culture festival, will take place for the 7th year running on the 25th – 29th January 2012. Once again Temple Bar TradFest offers a wealth of music within the very walkable confines of Dublin’s Cultural Quarter.

As part of the festival, IMRO will be running 2 showcase concerts which will take place in The New Theatre in Temple Bar.
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July 30th - August 5th 2012
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The annual Scoil Acla summer school takes place on Achill Island, Co. Mayo. Scoil Acla is Irelands oldest summer school, originally founded in 1910 and relaunched in 1985.

Scoil Acla follows the usual format of daily music classes which run from Monday to Saturday on the following instruments, accordion, banjo, flute, concertina, fiddle, harp, tin whistle, uileann pipes and bodhrán with beginners, intermediate and advanced students being catered for on all instruments. Other workshops available are creative writing, basket weaving, dancing and a course on Gaeilg’ Acla, the Achill dialect of Irish. Through out the week we have recitals, poetry readings, creative writing readings, indoor and outdoor concerts, sessions, walks, talks and much more.
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15 traditional flute and whistle players, including a Lutheran priest Markus Asunta from Finland, young Irish American musician Sean Gavin from Detroit, and award-winning Scottish guitarist and flute player Tom Oakes, will be among those taking to the stage in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork on Friday 13 January to compete for the Seán Ó Riada gold medal and €2500 in prize money.  The judges on the night will be renowned musicians Mary Bergin and Michael Tubridy, and they will be joined by Matt Molloy via Skype from 1500 miles away in the Canary Islands.
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Unique festival partnership gives emerging and established Irish artists a new international platform

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Celtic Connections in Scotland (the largest winter festival in Europe hosting over 2,100 musicians, 300 events, 20 venues over 18 days) hosts a Sligo Live night on Wednesday, 25th January 2012 at St. Andrews In The Square. The Sligo Live showcase, which is now an annual and unique event at Celtic Connections, is part of a partnership between the two festivals where the Scottish festival and the Irish event promote each other in their respective markets.
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Louth Contemporary Music Society presents a new arrangement of Seán Ó Riada’s Mass by Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky performed by the EQ Singers with Zoe Conway, fiddle, Laoise Kelly,harp & Mel Mercier, bodhrán conducted by Eamonn Dougan with a special guest performance by Iarla Ó Lionáird in St.Nicholas’ Church of Ireland (The Green Church)Dundalk Saturday 10 March 2012
The music of composer Seán Ó Riada, who is credited with re-igniting the popularity of Irish traditional music, is celebrated by Louth Contemporary Music Society (LCMS) in a unique performance of a new arrangement of his Mass on 10 March 2012 in Dundalk.
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www.oac.ie

Oidhreacht an Chláir was launched in 2003 with the aim of conserving and promoting the traditional arts in their native environment. Based at its permanent headquarters, Áras OaC in Miltown Malbay Co. Clare, our fully refurbished residence is next door to the one-time home of the renowned uillean piper, Willie Clancy (1918-1973). Miltown is the venue for the annual Summer School dedicated to his memory.
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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, 17 JANUARY 2012
Visiting from Belfast, singer
GRÁINNE HOLLAND
(www.grainneholland.com) with
FÉILIMÍ O’CONNOR ( guitar )
BRENDAN MULHOLLAND ( flute )
ROHAN YOUNG ( bodhrán )
ADMISSION: €15 ( includes complimentary finger food )
Bar open/tea and coffee available

BOOKING ESSENTIAL ( LIMITED SPACE ! )
087/2547574

In Aid of the Homeless
DON’T MISS A MAGICAL EVENING

Don’t miss a magical evening with Christy Moore and Declan Sinnott. Christy and Declan are doing an extra show at Vicar St to help the Homeless. Christy and Declan have added an extra night to their run of Vicar St. gigs and it will be a Charity Concert.

All Proceeds to benefit FOCUS IRELAND and TRUST IRELAND.

The Concert will take place on Sunday, 18th December at 8pm in Vicar St, Dublin.

Tickets are on sale now and if you can’t go to the show yourself, you can still support the Homeless by purchasing a ticket for a friend and help a good cause at the same time.

To this day Christy Moore and Declan Sinnott’s collaboration is still bearing fruit, and they continue to produce unmatched creative music together. One of the most compelling and inspirational musicians Ireland has ever seen Christy Moore has a universal fan base and still continues to entertain, cementing him as an Irish icon. It is his deep urge to connect with the listener and to transmit the meaning of the songs he sings that has endeared Christy to his audiences and helped to create and develop a faithful following that quite frankly alludes most other artists.

Declan Sinnott is one of Ireland’s most gifted musicians who has been a force in his own right for decades. His association with Christy began when they were founding members of the pioneering and influential band, Moving Hearts.

“FOLK TALE” is the latest result of Christy and Declan’s unique musical alliance. Their long collaboration has gained a loyal and ever increasing following. Their association began when they were founding members of the pioneering band Moving Hearts. THE NEW ALBUM “FOLK TALE” IS OUT NOW.

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Irish Songstress Eleanor McEvoy impresses Sir Terry Wogan with latest album ‘Alone’ + Announces UK, Irish & European tour dates for 2012!

Irish Songstress Eleanor McEvoy, vastly known for her winsome A Womans Heart, appeared on Sir Terry Wogan’s radio show ‘Weekend Wogan’ on Sunday 4th of December.
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