Traditional musicians
A group of musicians playing traditional music at a session. The participants are 'Lord of the Dance', Michael Flatley, Liam Kelly, Shane Mitchell, Tom Morrow and Brian McDonagh of Dervish. It also includes Sligo musicians Sean Carroll and Declan Courell, the legendary Seamus Tansey and local Sligo Grammer School students Elsa and Ted Kelly.
Image courtesy of Peter CrannTraditional musicians
Image courtesy of Peter Crann
Image courtesy of Peter Crann
Traditional musicians
A group of musicians playing traditional music at a session. The participants are 'Lord of the Dance', Michael Flatley, Liam Kelly, Shane Mitchell, Tom Morrow and Brian McDonagh of Dervish. It also includes Sligo musicians Sean Carroll and Declan Courell, the legendary Seamus Tansey and local Sligo Grammer School students Elsa and Ted Kelly.
Image courtesy of Peter CrannThe Sligo Music Tradition
Sligo fiddlers such as Michael Coleman and James Morrison played an important part in reviving traditional music in Ireland through the recordings they made when living in America.
These recordings preserved the special Sligo style of playing, as well as helping to make Irish traditional music popular in the United States. The flute was always important in Sligo as well, and now other instruments are becoming more and more common there.
Other types of music are also on the increase in Sligo today, from jazz to classical and contemporary styles. Read on to find out more about music and musicians in Sligo.