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Concertina Students
Concertina students at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
Copyright Tony Kearns
Image is present on following page(s): Instruments, Instruments, Irish Musical Instruments, Irish Music Instruments, Irish Musical Instruments
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Dancing a half set
Dancing a half set in the late Paddy Hennessy's pub, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare (1992)
Copyright Tony Kearns
Image is present on following page(s): Dances, Dances
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Box player and fiddle player
Johnny O'Leary (box player) with fiddle player in Scartaglen
Courtesy Terry Moylan
Image is present on following page(s): Dance Music, Dance Music
Box player and fiddle player -
fiddle player
Photo of Edel McWeeney - fiddle player
Courtesy Terry Moylan
Image is present on following page(s): Dance Music, Dance Music
fiddle player -
Singer Helen Roche
Helen Roche sings at a session in Meany's pub, Mullagh, Co. Clare.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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Singer Helen Roche -
Conor Byrne
Flute player - Conor Byrne
Courtesy Helmut Riedl
Image is present on following page(s): Irish Traditional Music Feature, Irish Traditional Music Feature
Conor Byrne -
Dancing in Gleeson's
Dancing in Nell & Jimmy Gleeson's Pub, Coore, Co. Clare, 2000.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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Edward Bunting
Edward Bunting was one of the major collectors of Irish traditional music. He was commissioned to notate the music played at the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival, and continued to collect the 'Ancient Music of Ireland' for the rest of his life.
Image courtesy of Simon Chadwick and www.earlygaelicharp.info
Image is present on following page(s): Collectors, Collectors
Edward Bunting -
Music trio
Mick Tubridy, Tony Crehan and John Kelly playing at Willie Clancy's grave, Ballard graveyard
Courtesy Terry Moylan
Image is present on following page(s): Irish Traditional Music Feature, Irish Traditional Music Feature
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From one generation to the next
Photograph of Pat Cash and his son with Johnny Doran
Courtesy NPU Archive
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Foghlaimaíonn Ó Cearúlláin an cláirseach
Thug Máire Bean Mhic Dhiarmada Rua cabhair do Ó Cearúlláin nuair a d’éirigh se dall. Chuir sí ar fáil ceachtanna cláirsigh, treoraí agus capall dó chun taisteal agus ceol a sheinm.
Courtesy Leabhar Breac, Indreabhán, Conamara
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Group of Traditional Musicians
Sorcha Ní Mhuirí (fiddle), Séamus Ó Rocháin (pipes) and Jack Healy (guitar)playing together at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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set dancers
Irene Martin and Dan O'Connell - set dancers
Courtesy Terry Moylan
Image is present on following page(s): Dance Music, Dance Music
set dancers -
Set Dancing in College Green
Aidan Vaughan and Mary Friel set dancing in College Green
Courtesy Terry Moylan
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Terry Moylan
Terry Moylan is archivist at Na Píobairí Uilleann.
© Na Píobairí Uilleann
Image is present on following page(s): Irish Traditional Music Feature, Irish Traditional Music Feature
Terry Moylan -
Sliabh Notes
Photograph of Sliabh Notes a Cork band
Courtesy Matt Cranitch
Sliabh Notes -
The Ní Dhomhnaill Sisters
Tríona and Mairéad Ní Dhomhnaill singing together in Nell & Jimmy Gleeson's pub, Coore, Co. Clare.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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Set dancing
Kay Moylan and Dan O'Connell - set dancers
Courtesy Terry Moylan
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Street Session
Marcas Ó Murchú (flute), Antón Mac Gabhann (fiddle), Mick O'Connor (banjo), Áine Ní Chonail (fiddle) and Connie O'Connell (fiddle) at a street session in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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The Dalway Harp
Made in A.D 1621, by Donal O'Dermody of Kilkenny, for Sir John Fitz Edmund Fitzgerald of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
Copyright managed by the Library Council
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The -Four Star Trio-
The "Four Star Trio" (Con O'Driscoll, Pat Ahern and Johnny McCarthy) and Paul O'Shaughnessy
Courtesy Terry Moylan
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Coat of Arms
This coat of arms was devised in 1947. It caused much controversy due to the design and orientation of the harp and the strings.
Courtesy of Merlin/Wolfhound Press
Image is present on following page(s): Harp Emblem - 20th century to the present day, Harp Emblem - 20th century to the present day
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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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O Carolan Harp, Cultural and Heritage Festival 2000
The programme of events for the 13th annual festival celebrating O Carolan in his native Nobber lists the lecture topic, the harp workshop and competitions, the traditional concert and other events which took during the festival of 2000. The festival dates that year were from the 29th of September to the 1st of October.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
Image is present on following page(s): The Harp Festival 1998 - 2002, The Harp Festival 1998 - 2002
O Carolan Harp, Cultural and Heritage Festival 2000 -
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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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
Image is present on following page(s): The Harp Festival at Nobber, The Harp Festival at Nobber
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Harp by Jan Muyllaert
This beautiful harp was hand-crafted by master instrument maker Jan Muyllaert of Ardbraccan, Navan. It forms a fitting backdrop to festival events.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
Image is present on following page(s): The Harp Festival 2003 - 2005, The Harp Festival 2003 - 2005
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Harpers and musicians perform at Nobber
Each year the Festival at Nobber includes a concert at which a large group of harpers and other musicians perform. Here the group is assembled in Nobber Community Hall.
Courtesy of 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
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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
Peter Gallegan Memorial Stone -
Nobber Festival Concert
Every year at the Nobber Harp Festival several harpers and other musicians perform in concert. Here a large group has assembled to play together and celebrate traditional music and song.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
Nobber Festival Concert -
Harp lesson with Dearbhail Finnegan at Nobber
The Meath Harp School was set up under the auspices of the Harp Festival to provide expert tuition to harp students. Dearbhail Finnegan teaches the harp and has brought students to a high level of competency.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
Image is present on following page(s): The Harp Festival 1993 - 1997, The Harp Festival 1993 - 1997
Harp lesson with Dearbhail Finnegan at Nobber
