July 27th - August 3rd, 2013
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The annual Scoil Acla summer school takes place on Achill Island, Co. Mayo. Scoil Acla is Irelands oldest summer school, originally founded in 1910 and relaunched in 1985.
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Monaghan piper Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn and Dublin harpist Oisín Morrison were the winners of the Seán Ó Riada gold medal in the concert final which took place in Cork on Friday night.

The winners were each presented with a gold medal specially-designed by Cashel goldsmith Pádraig Ó Mathúna and a cheque for €1250 at the event in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork.

Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn is an accomplished musician has been playing the pipes since he was 9 years of age, when he started with The Armagh Pipers Club.  He has been playing and touring professionally since 1995, with bands and as a solo performer, and the music has taken him to Europe, USA, Asia, Africa, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.  He released the album ‘Ceol is Píob’ with his wife, singer Stephanie Makem, in 2008.  He has presented TV and radio programmes for TG4, RTÉ and BBC, and his music has been featured in the soundtrack for two films.
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The 4th Annual Ballincollig Winter Music Festival returns this January, with arguably it’s strongest lineup to date, welcoming Grammy and Mercury Award nominated aritsts to the town for headline concerts Upstairs at The White Horse. This three day celebration of music will rival any festival in the country and will see people travel from near and far to see the talented artists performing from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th January.
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The Online Academy of Irish Music

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Do you want to learn the B/C Accordion?  If so, Derek Hickey’s  new ‘B/C Accordion Basics’ course is the one for you. The first six lessons of this course are absolutely free, so log-in and get learning!
This course offers the learner of the accordion the opportunity to learn from one of the great accordionist in the Irish tradition.
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8th-10th February 2013

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The Drogheda Singing Gathering, Ireland’s largest gathering of traditional singers, will draw on the rich singing heritage of the Louth region to showcase some of the most talented traditional singers from Ireland and overseas. With a focus on a capella singing and harmonies, this unique event will draw together singers of different styles, languages and genres to nurture and capture the overall essence of this tradition.
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www.cuireadhchunceoil.ie

An astrophysicist with an interest in experimental music, a young man who keeps and shows hens, and an award-winning Scottish harpist will be amongst those playing in the final of the Seán Ó Riada gold medal competition which was launched by broadcaster Dáithí Ó Sé in Cork this week.  The concert final will be broadcast live from Cork on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta on Friday 18 January.

There will be fifteen musicians – pipers and harpists – playing in the final in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork, on Friday 18 January at 7pm, which will also be webcast on www.cuireadhchunceoil.ie.
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The 8th annual Temple Bar TradFest takes place in Dublin later this month with events scheduled in various venues. Having gained a reputation as the one of the biggest and best traditional Irish music and culture festivals in Ireland, the festival is now a firm fixture on the national and international festival calendar.

As part of the festival, IMRO will be hosting a series of traditional music showcases at the New Theatre, Temple Bar on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th January in an effort to highlight the high quality of emerging artists in Traditional music in Ireland.
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The Online Academy of Irish Music
www.oaim.ie

Do you want to learn the B/C Accordion?  If so, Derek Hickey’s  new ‘B/C Accordion Basics’ course is the one for you. The first six lessons of this course are absolutely free, so log-in and get learning!
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www.wmw.ie
The Shannonside Winter Music Weekend has habitually brought the best of music to the Banner county for the last 14 years, and this year they have hit the jackpot. Among the line-up are the Grammy Award nominees Special Consensus, a four-piece bluegrass band from the US, whose  “Scratch Gravel Road” CD is up for Bluegrass Album of the Year. The best place to catch them on their is their third visit to the festival is at the all-day music event on Sat 19th Jan in the Bunratty Folk Park, Co Clare
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All proceeds to the Peter McVerry Trust

Tues. 8th January 2013 – Vicar St.

Tickets on sale now!

Christy Moore and Declan Sinnott have announced they will perform a very special January Benefit Concert in aid of the Young Homeless on Tuesday, 8th January 2013 at Vicar St. This benefit concert is to acknowledge and support over 30 years of work by The Peter McVerry Trust. Peter McVerry Trust supports young homeless people to break the cycle of homelessness and move towards independent living through the provision of a continuum of care services. All proceeds from the concert go to the Peter McVerry Trust.

Christy Moore and Declan Sinnottt have partnered with Aiken Promotions for this very special benefit concert.

Tickets are on sale from www.ticketmaster.ie & Ticketmaster outlets Nationwide - 0818 719 300 Republic of Ireland customers; 0844 277 4455 - Northern Ireland customers and 00353 1 456 9569 - International customers.

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