Liam O’Flynn

Liam O’Flynn and Garech de Brún enriched and strengthened our musical tradition

Uileann piper ‘bristled’ at being called a purist, funeral told

Michael D Higgins: musician ‘will be remembered for his performances and recordings’

The NCH closes its week-long exploration of 100 years of cultural history with a freewheeling journey through traditional music and words

‘Music and things of the spirit and heart can travel over borders so easily’ Michael D Higgins says

From the genius of Máirtín O’Connor and the huge contribution of the Irish Traditional Music Archive to the magpie stylings of Ensemble Ériú, the list of recipients of the annual TG4 awards is impressively diverse

A year of Yeats. The return of the Gathering. The zaniness of TedFest. The muckiness of the National Ploughing Championships. The musical magic of Electric Picnic. The spectacular scenery of Earagail Arts Festival. And much more. Consider yourself told

The fearless beauty of his poetry shone out of every aspect of the National Concert Hall celebration

Poet’s memory was celebrated in music, poetry and laughter in London last night.

Hundreds in Miltown Malbay to see piper Liam O’Flynn unveil life-size bronze statue

Ronan Guilfoyle’s Khanda bring together jazz with Irish trad and the complex rhythms of south Indian drumming

Priest says Bellaghy honoured that Heaney had chosen to be interred in his home town

He had many of the qualities of an ‘identikit portrait of the ideal Christian’

His books sold and continue to sell in the tens of thousands, while hordes of ‘Heaneyboppers’ flocked to his readings

The west Belfast Feile, which has been running since the height of the Troubles 25 years ago, has served as a model for the East Belfast Arts Festival, now in its second year

There is a fantastic sense of exploration in the programme for the Big House Festival in Celbridge in August

LAPD – aka Liam O’Flynn, Andy Irvine, Paddy Glackin, Donal Lunny – are charming a whole new generation, and breathing fresh life into traditional music