Author: Eoin O'Sullivan

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Festival

Maurice O’Keeffe Festival Online 2020

Maurice O’Keeffe Festival is a celebration of the legacy of the great Sliabh Luachra fiddle player held in Kiskeam over the Easter weekend annually.

While the physical Maurice O’Keeffe Festival 2020 couldn’t go ahead a great number of musicians took to social media to share music and mark the much loved weekend.

Find more contributions to the weekend here:
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mokfestival

It was thanks to Timmy Collin of the Cill Mhin Comhaltas who contacted asked musician from around the area for contributions.

Hopefully we’ll see everyone in Kiskeam again for Maurice O’Keeffe festival 2021.

Maurice O’Keeffe Festival Website
MOK Fest on Facebook
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Resource

Biographies and Photos

World Fiddle Day Scartaglin and the Handed Down Archive have kicked the ball well over the bar by creating a comprehensive collection of biographical information about Sliabh Luachra musicians past and present.

World Fiddle Day Scartaglin biogs page

Information and pictures were collected by contributors from all over the area and while they admit themselves that you could never say that the database is complete it is a really useful page for anyone wishing to find out about players from the area. Well done to everyone involved!

Rare Sounds

The Handed Down Sliabh Luachra Audio Archive is growing all the time. Check it out now for loads of rare recordings.

Handed Down Audio Archive

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Events Handed Down

Monks of the Screw Revisited -Scart Feb 22nd

Here’s my trailer to the Monks of the Screw presentation at the Handed Down Series on Sat Feb 22nd in Scart. Similar to the one I did on Timmy Connors in 2017 I’ve recorded interviews with most of the characters about the music, the records and the people they got the tunes from.

Eoin O’Sullivan on Facebook