Féile na Laoch (The Festival of Heroes) celebrates our cultural heroes, including storyteller, poets, actors, dancers, singers, and musicians.
The féile was inspired by the life and work of one of Ireland's true cultural giants, Seán Ó Riada, and this year we commemorate 80 years since his birth and 40 years since his death.

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Anthony Lynch

Anthony Lynch

  Tá Anthony Lynch ag imirt  le Corcaigh ó 1999. San am san tá sé tar éis ainm a dheánamh do fhéinig mar cosantóir comhsheasmhach agus muiníneach go forleathan. Tá dhá ghradam All-Star bainte amach aige agus ní dhéanfar dearúd ar an méid atá deánta aige dá chontae le fada an lá.   Anthony Lynch...
Michael O'Loughlin

Michael O’Loughlin

Michael O’Loughlin was born in Dublin in 1958. In the 1970s he founded Raven Arts Press with Dermot Bolger. He has published five collections of poetry, the most recent of which is In This Life, recently published by New Island. He has written screenplays for many feature films, and is also active as a critic...
Judith Mok

Judith Mok

Born in Bergen in the Netherlands. After Graduating at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague at a very young age, Judith Mok won French and Dutch State Grants to study in Vienna under Christa Ludwig and her mother Eugenia. In Paris she studied French repertoire with Pierre Bernac and Noemie Perugia. She participated in masterclasses...
Diarmuid de Faoite

Diarmuid de Faoite

Diarmuid de Faoite is well known as an actor, writer and director – both on stage and on television – particularly through his Irish language work. He has won both The Stewart Parker Trust Award and Duais Aitheantais an Oireachtais for his one-man play, ‘Pádraic Ó Conaire’ and, together with Paul Brennan and Lara Campbell,...
Monica Loughman

Monica Loughman

Monica Loughman is regarded as Ireland’s best-known and most accomplished Ballerina.  She has four ballet schools in Dublin and other schools around Ireland have adopted her teaching model. Monica began her ballet training aged 4 training once a week in Dublin before moving to Russia at the age of 14 to train with the Perm...