Recorded live at Liverpool Philharmonic
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The Liverpool Irish festival has recently released the first ever Irish Sea Sessions concert recorded live at Liverpool Philharmonic on Friday October 22nd, 2010, part of Liverpool Irish Festival 2010.
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THE ONLINE SONG WRITING COMPETITION IN AID OF PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
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Music4you.ie are running an online songwriting competition to raise much-needed funds to support the work of the Parkinson’s Association. The Parkinson’s Association is a charity supporting people with Parkinson’s, their carers, and families.

This exciting project will raise much needed awareness of the condition. It will put Parkinson’s out onto the airwaves where more people will talk about the condition, to reach new patients who need support.
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www.ulsterhall.co.uk

A major musical concert is being staged at the Ulster Hall in Belfast on Saturday 26th November, 2011, featuring Phil Coulter and special guests the Cross Border Youth Orchestra of Ireland, Una Hunt, Kintra and Liam O’Connor. This special musical concert is to mark over thirty years of north south co-operation by the Downpatrick and Listowel Linkage Group.
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Since 1982 the Downpatrick and Listowel Linkage Group has engaged many thousands of people of all ages and from many walks of life in cross-community/cross-border exchanges, promoting social, cultural, educational and economic links. It encourages participants and the wider community to identify areas of common interest and uses these as a means of addressing the barriers that exist between North and South. Today the group is the longest running and most successful north south co-operation body in existence and its work continues to be of relevance as it was in 1982.
Coulter enjoyed his greatest success as a writer after teaming up with collaborator Bill Martin; together they wrote some of the biggest pop hits of the period, including Sandie Shaw’s Eurovision-winning Puppet on a String and Cliff Richard’s Congratulations.
Other performers on the evening include one of Ireland’s leading pianists, Una Hunt, accordion player, Liam O’Connor, the Cross Border Youth Orchestra of Ireland and Kintra, a traditional group who appeal to lovers of Irish and Scottish music, song and dance.
The Ulster Bank, Ulster Scots Agency and Foras na Gaeilge are proud sponsors of the concert.

Tickets for this event are available from the Ulster Hall Box Office, Telephone: 028 9033 4455 or check out the website www.ulsterhall.co.uk

www.sligolive.ie

Once again Sligo’s dynamic musical heritage was celebrated over the October Bank Holiday weekend at SLIGO LIVE FESTIVAL, Ireland’s folk, roots and indie music Festival bringing leading Irish and International Artists to Sligo. The Festival had an attendance of over 40,000 people at the 100 different Concert, Festival Club, Sessions, Café Culture, and market events that made up the festival weekend. It is the biggest crowd in Sligo since the All Ireland Fleadh in 1991. The Festival has grown considerably over the last 7 years and brought an estimated €4.5 million into Sligo over the 6 days.
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