Brian McNamara: Portrait of a Piper – Masterly return of a piper who plays with pinprick precision
First collection from Leitrim piper in two decades is a feast for fans of this magnificent instrument
Liam O’Flynn
Tradition Now: Place, home and identity explored through music at the NCH
After over a year of lockdown, musicians are set for two days of live-streamed concerts
Claddagh records relaunched after deal with Universal Music Ireland
Label founded by Garech Browne in 1959 to remaster and digitise archive
Folk Awards: Steve Cooney revels in the achievement of a lifetime
The Australian-born musician was exhorted to explore his Irish roots by Aboriginal elders
Claddagh Records agrees licensing deal with Universal
Independent label’s back catalogue includes Chieftains and Seán Ó Riada
Where traditional and classical music come together
The West Ocean String Quartet’s album Atlantic Edge celebrates the majesty of our west coast
Arty McGlynn obituary: Traditional music’s pioneering guitar man
The breadth of his musicianship led to collaborations with notable artists of the era
Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan: Hurry the Jug review – Graceful collision of past and present
This trio have parked their egos outside the door, and let the music tell its own tales
Shaun Davey: ‘I got to know where the sweet spot is on the uilleann pipes’
The 70-year-old composer prepares for a performance to celebrate his ground-breaking orchestral work The Brendan Voyage
National Concert Hall launches bumper programme for 2019-20
Joyce DiDonato, Damon Albarn, Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson in wide-ranging line-up
Úna Monaghan: Electroacoustic experiments on the harp
Winner of the inaugural Liam O’Flynn Award talks sensors and the sonic arts
RIP: Famous names we said goodbye to in 2018
From Dolores O’Riordan and Myrtle Allen to Stephen Hawking and Aretha Franklin
No plans for the bank holiday and Halloween? You need to read this
From Macnas parades and the Bram Stoker Festival to Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
Master and patron: traditional music loses two pivotal figures
Liam O’Flynn and Garech de Brún enriched and strengthened our musical tradition
Liam O’Flynn remembered as a ‘magical’ musician
Uileann piper ‘bristled’ at being called a purist, funeral told
President pays tribute to master uilleann piper Liam O’Flynn
Michael D Higgins: musician ‘will be remembered for his performances and recordings’
Imagining Home: Out of the Tradition review
The NCH closes its week-long exploration of 100 years of cultural history with a freewheeling journey through traditional music and words
More EU emphasis on culture may have made ‘better union’
‘Music and things of the spirit and heart can travel over borders so easily’ Michael D Higgins says
Gradam Ceoil showcases the eclectic best of Irish traditional music
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
We have lift-off: Irish cultural calendar 2015
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
A magnificent tribute to Seamus Heaney
The fearless beauty of his poetry shone out of every aspect of the National Concert Hall celebration
Heaney remembered at Southbank celebration
Poet’s memory was celebrated in music, poetry and laughter in London last night.
Sculpture of Willie Clancy unveiled
Hundreds in Miltown Malbay to see piper Liam O’Flynn unveil life-size bronze statue
Tight as a drum: Guilfoyle’s Irish-Indian supergroup
Ronan Guilfoyle’s Khanda bring together jazz with Irish trad and the complex rhythms of south Indian drumming
Funeral Mass celebrates ‘the beauty of Seamus Heaney...in his being’
He had many of the qualities of an ‘identikit portrait of the ideal Christian’
Poet laid to rest under shadow of sycamore trees
Priest says Bellaghy honoured that Heaney had chosen to be interred in his home town
Obituary: Heaney ‘the most important Irish poet since Yeats’
His books sold and continue to sell in the tens of thousands, while hordes of ‘Heaneyboppers’ flocked to his readings
East meets West in the growth of Belfast arts festivals
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
Big fun and a big five from the Big House
There is a fantastic sense of exploration in the programme for the Big House Festival in Celbridge in August
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