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PICTURES: Inistioge's Keep Her Lit Festival - a resounding success

TAP '>' ABOVE FOR MORE PICS Crowds flocked to celebrate in the glorious sunshine in Inistioge last weekend for the inaugural Keep Her Lit festival. The two-day festival celebrated and commemorated two local pillars of music and culture - Dave ...

18 Aug 2022 at 17:33

Ye Vagabonds feature in sell out Marble City Session at Set Theatre

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Ye Vagabonds feature in Marble City Sessions at Set Theatre

Brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn have been a staple of the live music scene in Ireland for a decade, forging a distinctive blend of Irish traditional music, Appalachian singing and the 1960s folk revival, all wrapped in rich sibling ...

05 Aug 2022 at 22:33

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Ardara gears up to celebrate local music and dance traditions

Celebrating local music and dance traditions, the hugely popular annual Johnny Doherty Festival, held in honour of this esteemed fiddler, will make its post-Covid return with a variety of events between Friday next, September 23, and ...

18 Sept 2022 at 15:33

South Donegal

Busy weekend in Ballyshannon as folk festival draws to a close

The Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival has been continuing over the weekend. The festival, which has been running for 45 years, will come to a close on Sunday evening after getting underway on Thursday. The Erneside ...

31 Jul 2022 at 18:33

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Photo Gallery of the opening night of the 45th Ballyshannon Folk and Trasditional Music Festival

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29 Jul 2022 at 15:33

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Loreto musicians through to All-Ireland Siansa Final

Loreto’s traditional group, Tigh Tara, has won through to the All Ireland Final of the Gael Linn Siansa competition, to be held in the National Concert Hall, Dublin on April 10. In the initial round in December, the group ...

24 Feb 2022 at 13:33

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Revised dates for the Connacht Fleadh in Ballina in 2023 have been announced

The local organising Connacht Fleadh committee have announced the revised dates for the Connacht Fleadh which will now take place in Ballina from Friday June 23rd – July 2nd 2023. The local Fleadh committee are working ...

30 Aug 2022 at 14:33

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Visitors from Ballyshannon's French twin enjoy time in Donegal

Members of Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival and Ballyshannon Town Twinning groups were delighted to welcome 29 visitors, 26 students, and three teachers, from the surrounding areas near Grenay in ...

13 May 2022 at 22:33

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President leads tributes to The Chieftains fiddler Sean Keane

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to famous traditional Irish fiddle player Sean Keane following his death at the age of 76. The Irish Traditional Music Archive said Mr Keane was a “pivotal member of ...

08 May 2023 at 17:08

South Donegal

Ballyshannon Folk & Traditional Music Festival announces line-up

For the past 46 years, Ballyshannon has presented a Folk and Traditional Music Festival, and are delighted to announce their line-up for 2023. Thursday, August 3, sees the first concert come live from the ...

26 Jul 2023 at 12:33

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Veteran broadcaster Robbie Shepherd dies aged 87

Veteran broadcaster Robbie Shepherd, the long-running former host of BBC Radio Scotland’s Take The Floor programme, has died aged 87. Shepherd was hailed as a legend in the traditional Scottish dance ...

02 Aug 2023 at 16:32

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Gan Ainm is set to perform live at Coleman Music Centre on August 30

Gan Ainm, a four-talented young musician from Leitrim and Roscommon, performs live at Coleman Music Centre, Gurteen, Sligo, on Wednesday, August 30, at 8pm. Gan Ainm is establishing quite a ...

27 Aug 2023 at 18:33

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