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World Fiddle Day 2019
Author: County Arts Office
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Networking Meeting Friday 12 April
The Arts Services of Cork, Kerry and Limerick County Councils are inviting people to attend a networking session on the Sliabh Luachra Music Trail, Friday 12th April in the Riverisland Hotel, Castleisland at 7pm sharp. (please rsvp attendance to arts{at}kerrycoco,ie)
‘Musicians and festival organisers are central to ensuring this musical tradition flourishes today’, stated Sliabh Luachra Musician in Residence, Eoin O’Sullivan. Eoin is available to meet with schools, groups and individuals regarding the active promotion of Sliabh Luachra Music and can be contacted at eoinosullivan.net
A number of festivals and events are integral to the Sliabh Luachra Music Trail, these include; Maurice O’Keeffe Festival, Fleadh by the Feale, World Fiddle Day Scartaglin, Con Curtin Music Festival, Tureencahill Summer School, Rockchapel Summer School, Scullys Fest, Garry McMahon Singing Festival, Patrick O’Keeffe Festival – see this page for dates etc. These events are supported by the local communities, the Local Authority and many other sponsors and supporters.
The aims of the Sliabh Luachra Music Trail project, which sees the Local Authorities working with the Sliabh Luachra communities, are to:
- Celebrate and promote the region’s unique musical heritage
- Through documentation and the creation of an archive, contribute to the preservation of this unique style and repertoire.
- Develop increased opportunities for cultural and creative tourism.
- Establish a local promoter’s network to encourage a joined-up approach to event promotion.
- Develop an education programme to stimulate an interest in the performance of Sliabh Luachra music and an engagement with cultural heritage.
If you are interested in contributing to the Sliabh Luachra Music Trail Network meeting, 7pm at the Riverisland Hotel on April 12th to discuss the overall work and needs of the Trail, the current contribution of the Sliabh Luachra Musician in Residence, Eoin O’Sullivan and potential to grow awareness of this unique musical heritage please rsvp your attendance to arts{at}kerrycoco.ie. Teas and coffees will be served on arrival.
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Fundraiser Concert for WLSC
“It will be a night to remember when we pay tribute to one of the greats of Irish music “
The Conifers will launch their debut album in Tureencahill. It’s the homeplace of the band’s accordion player the great Bryan O’Leary so you should try to book your seats early.
For anyone who hasn’t been able to make the launch, the new album can be purchased online from theconifers.bandcamp.com
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Handed Down 26 January Scartaglin
Jackie Daly and Matt Cranitch are in Concert in Bruach Na Carraige Rockchapel on Saturday the 15th of December at 8pm.
Jackie Daly and Matt Cranitch are acknowledged masters of the rich musical tradition of Sliabh Luachra in the southwest of Ireland. This culturally unique area on the Cork / Kerry border is renowned for its distinctive style of playing, special repertoire, and as a source of inspiration for both Jackie and Matt. Their most recent album, Rolling On, draws upon this rich legacy. As Dan Neely said in the NY Irish Echo, “Separately, they are brilliant to hear but together they are sublime.” A recording sure to become a reference point of the tradition, it offers a wide range of tunes, old and new, from slides and polkas to reels and airs, played in the wonderfully expressive manner for which Matt and Jackie are justly famous.
Matt and Jackie are the benchmark of the current generation of Sliabh Luachra musicians. … This is the definitive voice of Sliabh Luachra in our generation.
– Sally Sommers Smith, Irish Music Magazine
Jackie and Matt have performed around the world individually and with groups who have set the standard for Irish traditional music. They have established enviable individual reputations, but their playing together, on CD and in live performances, displays not only virtuosity, but their respect, love and deep understanding of this vibrant musical tradition.
It’s a rare thing how easily and naturally Daly and Cranitch’s music articulates together, and through it one can sense the rare reverence they not only have for each other, but for the shared tradition they represent.
– Dan Neely, Irish Echo, NY
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Music Trail Calendar 2019
We’ve made a free A3 calendar that lists all the Sliabh Luachra music festivals of 2019. It will be available in public libraries in county Limerick, Kerry and Cork and will be given out to school children around Sliabh Luachra.
If you’d like a printable copy
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Who’s that girl?
The image of the fiddler on our calendar was taken from the photo above. The girl is the late Nora Mai Herlihy from Park in Knocknagree. She was later to marry and become Murphy. The woman on the far left is her mother and the man in the middle is the famous blind fiddle teacher Tom Billy Murphy. Nora learned fiddle from Tom and she was the original owner of the photo – which was borrowed by a certain local publication and never returned. We think that with the fiddle on her shoulder and that great smile that she is the perfect positive image to publicise music from Sliabh Luachra.
A brilliant night dedicated to one of the great saints of Sliabh Luachra Music Maurice O’Keeffe.