Shaun Davey
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Flawless master of uilleann pipes who left priceless legacy
- People
- March 31, 2018, 00:57
Traditional music lost one of its finest exponents with the passing of Liam O’Flynn. He was, without question, the most significant figure in uilleann(...)

Master and patron: traditional music loses two pivotal figures
- Editorial
- March 17, 2018, 00:02
The passing of Liam O’Flynn and Garech de Brún mark the departure of two pivotal figures from the Irish traditional music firmament. O’Flynn came from(...)

Liam O’Flynn left ‘a perfect legacy for generations of musicians’
- Music
- March 14, 2018, 15:06
There has been a sad sense of anticipation leading up to the passing of Liam O’Flynn, or Liam Óg Ó Floinn as he was often referred to, amongst those w(...)

President pays tribute to master uilleann piper Liam O’Flynn
- Music
- March 14, 2018, 12:29
President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to master uilleann piper Liam O’Flynn who has died at the age of 72 having endured a long illness. He w(...)

Locals need not apply: a planning problem in west Kerry
- People
- June 6, 2017, 16:58
Tiny-house living fascinates Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich, though it is more by accident than design. His own tigín in west Kerry’s Baile na bPoc bears all(...)

Writers’ view of Rising far from rose-tinted
- Heritage
- April 29, 2016, 12:50
Of all the myths of Easter 1916, perhaps the most misleading is that the Rising was relentlessly mythologised. That may have been true in the politic(...)

RTÉ takes a fresh approach to new music
- Music
- April 27, 2016, 01:00
Music of Our Time, a new lunchtime concert series at the NCH from, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, offers recent music, including a programme de(...)

Premiere of choral work with 1,000 voices at Rising commemoration
- Irish News
- March 27, 2016, 22:29
One Hundred Years a Nation, a new orchestral and choral work to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising has received its world premiere. Thousands (...)

Paul Muldoon: ‘Pearse and his fellow rebels were not terrorists’
- Books
- March 23, 2016, 07:00
About 30 years ago, a mischievous BBC producer invited me to adapt The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for a 20-minute radio script. Never one to turn(...)

The Irish Canon: mad ambition, madder promotional strategy
- Culture
- December 11, 2013, 01:00
It has to be a world-record attempt. I’m talking about a new series of concerts, The Irish Canon, promoted by the Association of Irish Composers. The (...)