Events summer 2012
Prannie and Margaret Rhatigan doing a few steps of sean-nos dancing, Sligo style, on March 17th 2009 in the SternenKellar, Ruti ZH
Back: Brendan Wade, Paul Dooley, Catherine Rhatigan, Dave Aebli,
Front: Prannie Rhatigan Basle, 2010.
July
Friday, July 27th Glencolmcille, Co Donrgal
Saturday July 28th Kilcar, Co Donegal
Two great Tale of the Gael concerts celebrating the legacy of the travelling pipers, harpers and fiddlers
with Paul Dooley on harp and Mickey Dunne on pipes, plus Catherine Rhatigan, Eileen Carr, Colette Mc Devitt and Prannie Rhatigan
As Gaeilge agus Bearla...full details posted soon.
August
Thursday 2nd: St. Columba's Church, Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo, 19.30
Friday 3rd: Keadue Church, Keadue, Co. Roscommon, 20.30
Carolan's Call:
The music of Turlough O Carolan and others from the 1600 and 1700s is the centrepoint for these performances, though the songs of and about the period as well as some sparkling dance music are also on the programme for these special evenings of music set in the peaceful surroundings of two of Connaught's beautiful places of prayer...
Standing in the shadow of Ben Bulben, Drumcliffe churchyard is the final resting place of W.B. Yeats, Nobel prize winner for poetry, and a man who loved Sligo. Once in a while, the church plays host to a group of musicians. .
The Drumcliffe concert starts at 19.30 and divides into two 50 minute halves, approx. There will be an interval where drinks and homemade cakes can be enjoyed in the nearby Drumcliffe Teahouse, or the time can be used to say a quiet prayer in the majestic shadow of Benbulben and just soak up the August evening...
Tickets are on sale in the teahouse and at the door, and can also be ordered through the contact page of this website. 15 / 12 Euro
Keadue Church, Co. Roscommon has hosted some of the world's finest traditional harpers over the many years of the harp festival held there to honour Turlough O Carolan, composer and harper whose music can be heard wherever instruments are played. O Carolan's 'Fanny Power' was recently played in space by an astronaut orbiting the earth, recorded, and played on air in the US...
The Keadue Church concert starts at 20.30, and will also have an interval. O Carolan Harp Festival website will post shortly with full details of the O Carolan week.
The worlds of the ancient harpers was a fascinating one, and in typical Tale of the Gael style, much of the programme will be presented within its social and historic context, bringing the audience a little closer to the peculiarities of a bygone time...
Paul Dooley plays a metal strung harp similar to those in use at the time of Carolan, and similar in sound to the instruments in use around the 10th century when Drumcliffe was founded. That should add an interesting resonance of the evening...
Irish Harp Catherine Rhatigan.
Silver Flute Eileen Carr
Medieval Harp / Fddle Paul Dooley www.pauldooley.com
Voice ( In Irish and English) Colette Mc Devitt
Double Bass / Bouzouki Dave Aebli
Percussion Prannie Rhatigan
Another Tale of the Gael, new CD
the second CD from the group, featuring a mix of 14 tracks drawn from the music of O Carolan and before, plus a lively selection of dance music, and featuring the voice of Colette Mc Devitt singing in Gaelic and the voice of Brendan Wade in English,
harp, pipes, bodhran, bouzouki, bass, fiddle, flute and whistle combine in a graceful mix of Ireland's music, presented with a 14 pages of information set into beautiful colour photos of west of Ireland landscapes.
You can order by sending a mail through the contact page.
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