Le chéile chun ath-nuachaint an Náisiún
Cork-born Cara O’Sullivan is an artist with an impeccable operatic pedigree who has risen to prominence as one of Ireland’s leading sopranos. She is an instinctive performer with a remarkably full voice, exciting and dramatic, yet always performs with great sensitivity. She has shown herself to be a fearless vocal artist, whether singing Mozart, Verdi,…
Christy, a native of Co. Kildare, started in the music business in the mid-sixties, when his life as a bank clerk was interrupted by a bank strike, and he moved to England. There he became involved in the folk music scene at the time, and spent a few years playing pubs and clubs around the…
Seán Ó Sé is best known for his singing, especially through his work with Seán Ó Riada. He lives with his wife Eileen in Cork City. They have three in family, Áine, Con and Íde. Seán was born in January of 1936 in Ballylickey near Bantry, Irish was his first language. He went to school…
Tá lúchair ar Fhéile na Laoch a fhógairt go bhfuil an t-amhranaí cáiliúil, Seán Ó Sé, ina laoch don fhéile 2011. Is mar amhránaí is mó a bheadh aithne ag daoine ar Sheán Ó Sé, go mór mór de bharr a chuid oibre le Seán Ó Riada. Biodh is gur o Bhéal Átha na Lice,…
Seán Ó Riada (1 August 1931 – 3 October 1971), was a composer and bandleader, and perhaps the single most influential figure in the renaissance of Irish traditional music from the 1960s, through his participation in Ceoltóirí Chualann, his compositions, his writings and his broadcasts on the topic. Early life Born John Reidy in Cork…