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Box player and fiddle player
Johnny O'Leary (box player) with fiddle player in Scartaglen
Courtesy Terry Moylan
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Éamonn Ceannt
A member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and later a founding member of the Irish Volunteers Éamonn Ceannt was a master of the uilleann pipes. He even put on a performance for Pope Pius X.
Image is present on following page(s): Antiquity and Origins, Antiquity and Origins
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set dancers
Irene Martin and Dan O'Connell - set dancers
Courtesy Terry Moylan
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set dancers -
Peter Gallegan Memorial stone
In 1992 the Nobber Harp Festival Committee commemorated local poet, scribe and scholar Peter Gallegan (1792-1860). Preparations are underway here to unveil a new stone marking his grave in old Kilmainhamwood graveyard.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
Image is present on following page(s): Literary Tradition in North Meath, Literary Tradition in North Meath
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Young Piping Student
A young student in Peter Browne's piping class, Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore wrote many well-known songs using the harp as a motif for Ireland. His works are known as Moore's Melodies and were popular parlour songs in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Image is present on following page(s): O' Carolan Inspires, O' Carolan Inspires
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Bodhrán
Unidentified bodhrán player at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. The bodhrán is a single sided drum beaten with the knuckles or with a stick. It was included in the music of Seán Ó Riada in his ensembles in the 1960s.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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Concertina Students
Concertina students at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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Paul O'Brien
Paul O'Brien(1763-1820) was an Irish scholar and priest from Moynalty in County Meath. He was the first professor of Irish in Maynooth college and was the author of A Practical Grammar of the Irish Language published in 1809. He was also a poet.
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Turlough O Carolan at Nobber
The Turlough O'Carolan statue sculpted by Ann Meldon Hugh was unveiled at Nobber in 2003. The statue is cast in bronze and shows the harper seated at his instrument.
permission courtesy of the Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Moore's Melodies
The title page of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies published by James Duffy in Dublin in 1859 demonstrates the resurgence of interst in Irish emblems at this time. The book title is surmounted by an ancient Irish bard complete with harp and wolfhound. Many of Moore's songs made reference to the harp as a symbol of Ireland.
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Bookcover of 'Keepers of Truth' by Michael Collins
'Keepers of Truth' by Michael Collins bookcover. This book was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2002.
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Peter Gallegan Memorial Stone
The poet and scribe and scholar Peter Gallegan (1792-1860) from Ardamagh, near Nobber, was commemorated in 1992. A new stone was placed on his grave in old Kilmainhamwood graveyard and his descendants were invited to the unveiling ceremony.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
Image is present on following page(s): Literary Tradition in North Meath, Literary Tradition in North Meath
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The Image of Ireland
This plate appeared in John Derricke's anti Irish work "The Image of Ireland" published in 1581. It shows a traditional Irish feast with a harper playing for the host. Despite the strings of the harp being wrongly drawn, it does show the status of the harper in Irish society at the time.
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The Harp That Once
Thomas Moore's Melodies were very popular in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Many of his songs incorporate the theme of the harp as a symbol for Ireland. This one called "The Harp that once through Tara's Halls" is especially resonant for county Meath.
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The Irish Harp Emblem
The harp is one of the oldest and most distinctive national emblems in the world. It holds a unique place in the cultural identity of Ireland and its evolution as an Irish icon is traceable from the thirteenth century to the present day. Wolfhound Press have kindly given permission to use material from this publication.
Courtesy of Merlin/Wolfhound Press
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Commemoration of Turlough O'Carolan, 1988
The harp festival at Nobber started in 1988 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the death of Turlough O Carolan. O Carolan was born in 1670 in the townland of Spiddal near Nobber. He contracted smallpox resulting in blindness in his teens and following training to play the harp he embarked on an itinerant career composing and playing for his patrons. O Carolan died in 1738.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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The Chieftains at site of Carolan's birthplace
The Chieftains first came to the Harp Festival at Nobber in 1990. Professor George Eogan, a native of Nobber and professor of archaeology at UCD, brought the musicians to the site of Carolan's birthplace at Spiddal just outside nobber village.
Courtesy of the Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Peter Gallegan Memorial Stone
The poet and scribe and scholar Peter Gallegan (1792-1860) from Ardamagh, near Nobber, was commemorated in 1992. A new stone was placed on his grave in old Kilmainhamwood graveyard and his descendants were invited to the unveiling ceremony.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
Image is present on following page(s): The Harp Festival at Nobber, The Harp Festival at Nobber
Peter Gallegan Memorial Stone -
William Larkin's Map of Meath 1812
This is William Larkin's map of Meath drawn for the Grand Jury in 1812. Places particularly associated with O Carolan and other places with Gaelic literature relevance are highlighted.
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O'Carolan Harp Weekend, Nobber, 1989
Following on the success of the first harp festival the second festival took place in early October 1989. A harp school, instrumental workshops and competitions featured for the weekend. Visiting musicians entertained festival goers in the evenings.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Programme of Events 1991 Festival
The programme of events for the 1991 festival lists all the competitions, workshops, lectures and entertainments that took place from the 2nd to the 6th of October 1991.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Programme of Events 1991 Festival -
O Carolan Harp Weekend, 1990
The 1990 Festival featured The Chieftains in concert. The harp school, workshops, competitions and sessions also took place over the weekend.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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O Carolan Harp Weekend, 1990 -
Seal of the United Irishmen
The United Irishmen (1791-1798)devised a seal incorporating the harp to represent Ireland with the slogan it is new strung and shall be heard. The red cap of liberty, presented to freed Roman slaves, is included.
Courtesy of Merlin/Wolfhound Press
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Bookcover of 'Ghosts' by John Banville
Bookcover of 'Ghosts' by John Banville. This book was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary award in 1996.
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Robert Emmet's flag, 1803
Robert Emmet tried to continue the revolution begun by the United Irishmen of 1798. His flag incorporated the harp under the cap of liberty given to freed Roman slaves and the slogan Erin go bragh.
Courtesy of Merlin/Wolfhound Press
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Programme of Events 1992 Festival
The programme of events for the 1992 Harp festival lists the competitions, the instrument workshops and the musicians giving them, the lectures and the entertainment events for that year's festival which took place from the 1st to the 4th of October.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Looking Good - Front cover
The front cover of Tracy Culleton's "Looking Good" published by Poolbeg Press 2003
Tracy Culleton
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Bookcover of this Side of Brightness
Bookcover of this Side of Brightness by Colum McCann. This was shortlisted for the Dublin City Council/IMPAC prize in 2000.
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Bookcover of 'The Blackwater Lightship' by Colm Tóibín.
Bookcover of 'The Blackwater Lightship' by Colm Tóibín. this book was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2001.
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Bookcover of 'That They Might Face the Rising Sun' by John McGahern
Bookcover of 'That They Might Face the Rising Sun' by John McGahern. This book was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003.
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Annie D'Alton
Annie D'Alton
John McDarby
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Annie D'Alton