Le chéile chun ath-nuachaint an Náisiún
Féile na Laoch is looking for volunteers for our festival orchestra, and we welcome applications from qualified musicians who want to take part in this unique event celebrating the life of one of Ireland’s most famous composers, Seán Ó Riada. Just fill out the form below and we will get back to you as soon…
Steve Wickham was born in Dublin in 1960 and studied violin with Nell Kane at the Royal College of Music in Chatam Row, Dublin. He moved from Sligo to Dublin in 1992. Steve is perhaps best known for his violin playing with the Waterboys. He has record with artists as diverse as Elvis Costello, Declan…
Tony MacMahon was born in 1939 and grew up in the Turnpike in Ennis. His father, PJ, came from Kilmaley, not far from Miltown Malbay, and an area steeped in traditional music and dancing. His mother played the concertina. Joe Cooley, who worked in Ennis for several years was a regular visitor to the house….
An Irishman’s Diary FRANK McNALLY, IRISH TIMES, 25th JUNE 2011 I STAND TO be corrected, and no doubt I will be. But it is my belief that the River Sullane in West Cork is very unusual – perhaps even unique – among Irish waterways, in being male. You wouldn’t know to look at it that…
Born January 5th, 1944, Louis Stewart began his musical career in the sixties as a member of the Dublin jazz scene. In 1968 he received an invitation to the Montreux Jazz Festival together with the Jim Doherty Quartet. He came away with the pressaward for “Outstanding European Soloist of the Festival”. The following year–again in…