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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.
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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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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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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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Box player and fiddle player
Johnny O'Leary (box player) with fiddle player in Scartaglen
Courtesy Terry Moylan
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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
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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
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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 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.
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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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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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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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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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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, 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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Derek Bell
Derek Bell, musician with the Chieftains, was one of the first musicians to play and record Carolan's music in recent times.
Courtesy of the 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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Johnny Doran
The travelling piper Johnny Doran can be seen on the right of this photograph.
Courtesy NPU Archive
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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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O Carolan Pageant Programme
An O'Carolan festival was held in Kilmainhamwood in 1970 to celebrate the tricentenary of the birth of O'Carolan. Members of the pageant included Carolan as a boy and as an adult, Bridget Cruise, Mrs MacDermottroe and her husband and some of the patrons for whom Carolan composed music. The pageant was written and directed by Proinnsias O Duigneain. The whole community was involved in the production which had an elaborate script, thirteen different scenes, various stage sets, multiple props and a small army of actors and stage assistants. The pageant was performed six times in June and July 1970.
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O Carolan bas-relief
This memorial to O Carolan was presented to St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin by a Lady Morgan. It is in the north aisle of the church. It depicts a seated O Carolan playing the harp.
Reproduced from out of copyright source
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Ó Cearúlláin agus Brid Chrús
Nuair a bhí siad sean bhuail Ó Cearúlláin lena chara ón óige, Bríd Chrús, ag Loch Dearg.
Courtesy Leabhar Breac, Indreabhán, Conamara
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Portrait of Carolan the Irish bard
James Christopher Timbrell (1807-1850), the Dublin born painter and sculptor, exhibited this painting of Carolan the Irish Bard at the Royal Academy in London in 1844. Carolan is shown as he would have performed for a patron and guests in one of the Big Houses of Ireland.
Courtesy of Sotheby's
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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
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Programme of Events 1993 Harp Festival
The Programme of Events for the 1993 Harp Festival lists the instrumental workshops, harp competitions, lectures and special events that were arranged for that year. The Chieftains appeared in concert. The Festival ran from the 30th of September to the 4th of October 1993.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Seineann Ó Cearúlláin an cláirseach.
Sheinm Ó Cearúlláin an cláirseach do dhaoine saibhre agus do dhaoine tábhachtaí. Scríobh sé a chuid ceol féin chun imeachtaí sona a cheiliúradh ina saol féin. Bhí grá ag daoine dó mar gur sheinm sé ceol álainn.
Courtesy Leabhar Breac, Indreabhán, Conamara
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Ó Cearúlláin agus a threoraí
Bhí treoraí ag taisteal ó Ó Cearúlláin chun taisteal ar fud na hÉireann agus cabhair a thabhairt dó.
Courtesy Leabhar Breac, Indreabhán, Conamara
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Nobber Festival Ceile
In addition to the harp competitions, instrumental workshops, lectures and concerts the festival organisers and visitors enjoy the annual ceile
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Programme of Events 1996 O Carolan Harp and Cultural Festival
The programme of events for the 1996 O Carolan Harp and Cultural Festival lists the lectures, harp workshops and competitions, and music events that were arranged for 1996. The festival took place between the 3rd and 6th of October in 1996.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Presidential Seal
This is the presidential seal of Ireland devised in 1937 and still in use in this design. The harp, Ireland's national symbol, is based on the great Harp of Ireland in Trinity college, sometimes called Brian Boru's harp.
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Tá Ó Cearúlláin ag fáil bháis
Nuair a d’éirigh Ó Cearúlláin sean agus breoite chuaigh sé ar ais chuig a chara Bean Mhic Dhiarmada Rua agus d’fhan sé ina teach. Thug sí aire dó go dtí gur fuair sé bás i 1738 agus é 68 bliain d’aois.
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Tá Ó Cearúlláin ag fáil bháis