Frankie Gavin
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St Patrick’s Day: 21 events across Ireland for the bank holiday weekend
- People
- March 14, 2019, 06:00
The forecast may not be great for this year’s St Patrick’s Day, but there are lots of events and other attractions, many indoors, to keep you entertai(...)

President leads tributes after death of De Danann’s Alec Finn
- Irish News
- November 16, 2018, 15:13
President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to the traditional musician Alec Finn who has died aged 74. Finn was a founder member of De Danann, one(...)

Women dominate the 2018 TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards
- Music
- November 20, 2017, 05:00
Gender balance has never been one of traditional music’s strong suits, and down through the years, women’s contribution has too often been ignored. Bu(...)

Miriam Lord: Penrose plans to lead Enda on a merry dance
- Oireachtas
- July 21, 2016, 01:00
That heartfelt whimper of relief we hear today comes from the poor unfortunate tin can – battered and abused after months in the political firing line(...)

What’s on: Something for the weekend
- Life & Style
- April 24, 2015, 10:52
Dublin Bay Prawn Festival It ain’t all about tasty crustaceans- the idyllic seaside town of Howth transforms into a veritable wonderland of mer(...)

Bookseller, writer and musician receive honorary degrees at NUI Galway
- Irish News
- October 22, 2014, 01:00
Bookseller Charlie Byrne, writer and former novitiate Patricia Burke Brogan, and composer and musician Carl Hession have been awarded honorary degrees(...)

Sam Amidon – an old folk head on young shoulders
- Music
- October 25, 2013, 00:00
Sam Amidon is trying his hardest to rein in his inner fanboy, but it’s impossible. He just can’t help it. “I mean, Martin Hayes, ” he says with the(...)

Toner Quinn & Malachy Bourke: Live at the Steeple Sessions
- Music
- September 27, 2013, 00:00
Small but perfectly formed, this live recording clocks in at a modest 28 minutes, an object lesson in the less-is-more school of traditional music.(...)

Frankie Gavin & De Dannan: Jigs & Jazz 11
- Music
- August 23, 2013, 00:00
Trad’s evolutionary qualities are alive and in evidence in this latest incarnation of Frankie Gavin’s De Dannan. With a few relative newcomers aboard (...)