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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
‘When Séamus Ennis played, it stood your hair on end’
An extract from a new book on the history of Irish uilleann pipers paints a picture of the inimitable, self-assured Dubliner
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
New festival to celebrate Dublin’s musical diversity
Irish musicians gather at Mansion House to launch MusicTown festival
Trad’s slow-burning winter warmer
Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy has been drawing students from around the world for two decades. Now the winter school’s driving forces, who include Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, are handing on the baton
Thinking outside the squeeze box
By staying ahead of the technological curve, the Irish Traditional Music Archive has become a one-stop shop for anyone curious about our cultural heritage, as its director, Nicholas Carolan, explains
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
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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