Beating Time: the Story of the Irish Bodhrán by Fintan Vallely – a forensic examination of a much-neglected instrument
While the drum is now part of many traditional Irish ensembles, it only arrived on the scene in the 1950s
The Chieftains
Barry Lyndon turns 50: Is Kubrick’s epic, filmed in Ireland, a folly or a masterpiece?
The lavish take on Thackeray’s novel received mixed reviews on its first release, but has secured its place among the greats
The bodhrán: Ireland’s oldest instrument – or its newest?
What you thought you knew about the Irish drum’s history is almost certainly wrong
A Breton in Ireland: ‘My wife calls me a culchie, which I completely embrace’
At 18, Charlie Le Brun travelled to Ireland, determined to meet his musical idol, The Chieftains’ Matt Molloy. After a memorable few months of playing the flute in a Westport pub, he knew he’d be back
Begin Anywhere: ‘It’s like your daughter was told her dress wouldn’t arrive until the day of the wedding – but it’s a Dior!’
Choreographer John Scott and composer Mel Mercier have adopted techniques of Merce Cunningham and John Cage for new collaboration
Saoirse Ronan wants to rewrite the script for new Cork home
Paddy McKillen’s wine embarks on a voyage to America; bread giants have a word about a word; while the National Gallery of Ireland is unsure about language requirements
The Dublin Trio: The Pride of Pimlico - A testament to the indomitable spirit of former Chieftains singer
Kevin Conneff teams up with Tony Byrne and Joe McKenna for a celebration of life in all its local colour
The Letters of Seamus Heaney: ‘Flying kites in the imagination’
These magical correspondences often contain a word or phrase that later make their way into art
‘Chaos, conflict and creativity’: The extraordinary life of Garech Browne
The Claddagh Records founder is celebrated in a new book that comes with remastered versions of some of the label’s finest recordings
Seán Keane obituary: Late Chieftain excavated music in a way few people could
A musician’s musician, fiddler understood the emotional, spiritual and lonely quality, the darkness as well as the light, in Irish traditional music
Seán Keane: A giant of Irish music, a virtuoso player who wore his musical talents lightly
Death, at 76, of the Chieftains fiddle player described as a huge loss for traditional music
‘A giant of Irish trad music’: The Chieftains fiddle player Seán Keane dies
Musician joined trad band in 1968 and recently performed for US president Joe Biden in Ballina
Garech de Brún, Paddy Moloney and the reinvention of Claddagh Records
The dying wish of label’s founder was to revive a company known for trad records
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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