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14ú Bealtaine 2008
Skerries
http://www.skerriestraditionalmusic.com/
 
Drumshambo
Telephone: +353 (0)71 964 1213

Email: nancywoods@iol.ie

Website: http://www.joemooneysummerschool.com/

Address: Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim, Republic of Ireland

 

20ú Mi Eanáir 2008

Fiddle and Bow lost - December 2007

Above is photo of Fiachra's missing fiddle and bow, a distinctive and unique black fiddle with ornate purfling and animal's head, which was left behind in a black case  at a bus stop on Mobhi Rad in December 2007. The bow is a black cromite bow. A reward is offered leading to it's return.

3ú Mi Na Nollag 2007

Dublin Camogie Player of the Year

2ú Mi Na Nollag 2007

Geantraí From The Cobblestone

Click on Ceol Cartlann

and then Programme dated 25/11/2007

 

26ú D Fomhair 2007

Clip from The Pure Drop TV programme in 1987:

 

Go to http://www.tg4.tv/

Click on Ceol Cartlann and then Siar an Bóthar - 3/10/07

It's about 20 minutes in.

International Bagpipe Festival, Estonia 2007

 link to photos of Bagpipe festival   http://www.flickr.com/photos/minamina/sets/72157601275318082/

 

 

Hi Alphie

 

Above is a link to photos of Bagpipe festival

 

Maybe you could put it up under Photo Gallery/Archive and just head it

 

 

 

 

 

19ú M Fomhair 2007

Orange Blossom Special - Estonia

New family photos

30ú Meitheaamh 2007

The Story of Easter Week. 1916

 

Participants accounts of the Easter Rising 
from the RTE Libraries and Archives.

Produced and presented by Peter Woods
incorporating Pronsias Mac Aonghusa's original narrative

Featured Music: The Foggy Dew Traditional Arr. Performed by 
Néillidh Mulligan

 

Track Listing
Disc One: 
1) Michael Coleman - Reels: The Boys of the Lough - The Devils of Dublin 
2) Deirdre Collins - Reels: The Leitrim Litter - The Chattering Magpie - Ronnie Cooper 
3) Martin Wynne & James O'Bierne - Reel: Reevy Johnstone 
4) Owenmore Ceili Band - Jigs: Coolalta Jig - Innisfree Jig 
5) Tommy Guigan - Reels: Creamers - The Longford Tinker 
6) Fred Finn, Peter Horan & Oliver Killoran - Reel: The Laurel Tree 
7) Neil Mulligan - Reels: Drunken Landlady - The Leitrim Thrush 
8) Una Devlin - Reels: Colonel Frazer - Love At the Endings 
9) Michael Hurley & Ollie Ross - Reels: The Pullet - The Old Bush - Tommy Coen's 
10) Coleman Society Musicians - Jigs: Strike the Gay Harp - The Shores of Lough Gowna 
11) Seamus Duffy - Song: Michael Davitt 
12) Michael Gorman & Margaret Barry - Reel: Mountain Road 
13) John Regan - Jigs: Billy McCormacy - The Ship In Full Sail 
14) Padraig Kerins - Reels: Sean Ryan's - Farrewell to Erin 
15) Shane Mitchell & Lian Kelly - Reels: Jim Coleman's Set 
16) Seamus O'Dowd - Reels 
17) Noel McTeirnan - Reels: Joe Cooley's - The Sligo Maid 
18) Kincora Ceili Band - Jigs: The Carriganat - Freenan's 
19) Therese Cully - Ollie Ross - Reel 
20) John McEvoy & Felix Dolan - Reels: THe Maid I Ne'er Forgot - The Jug of Punch 
21) Seamus Tansy - Reel: The Liffy Banks 
22) Paddy Killoran - Reels: Last Night's Fum - Martin Wynne's Disc Two: 
1) James Morrison - Reels: Irish Girl - The Musical Priest - Lord Wellington 
2) Finn, Horan & Killoran - Reel: The Blackthorn Stick 
3) Catherine McEvoy - Reels: Highest Hill in Sligo - Mama's Pet 
4) Andy Davey, Seamus Tansy & Tommy Toolan - Jigs: Willie Coleman's - Brendan Tone
Rowe's No.2 
5) Deirdre Collis - Jigs: Over the Bridge - Paddy Fahy's - The Steeplechase 
6) Bofield Ceili Band - Jigs: Humours of Ennistymon - Burke's - Redican's 
7) Jim Donaghue - Reel: The Haymaker's Reel 
8) Matt Molloy - Jig: The Gold Ring 
9) Paddy McDonnagh - Reel: Never Was Piping So Gay 
10) Dervish - Song: An Spalpin Fanach 
11) Michael Gorman & Mick Flynn - Reels: Miss McLeod's - The Duke of Leinster 
12) Tommy Diegnan - Reels 
13) John Wynne - Hornpipe: Jim Coleman's 
14) Martin Wynne & James O'Bierne - Reels: Phillip Beirne's Delight 
15) Aidan Duffy - Jigs 
16) Neil Mulligan & Seamus Tansy - Air & Poem: Caitriona Rua - Poem 
17) John & Peter Duffy - Hornpipes 
18) Paddy Sweeney & Seamus Horan - Reels: The Wind That Shakes the Barley - The
Sligo Maid - The Foxhunter 
19) Harry McGowan: The Man In the Bog - Liz Doherty's - The Flying Wheelchair 
20) Orla Healey - Jigs 
21) Joe Byrne & Anne Conboy - Air & Reels: A Week In January - The Rainy Day - The
Rossport Reel 
22) Owenmore Ceili Band - Reels: Boyne Hunt - Come West Along the Road 
23) Michael Coleman - Reels: Bonnie Kate - Jenny's Chickens
Neillidh O Maolagain

 

 

18ú Meitheaamh 2007

Brian Rooney Benefit Concert 

Line up for this concert confirmed so far: 
Ben Lennon,Eleanor Shanley, Charlie McGettigan, Mary McPartlan, Gregory Daly, Jesse
Smith, John Blake, Kevin Loughlin, Rosie Stewart, Neilidh Mulligan, Pat & Frank
Fox,The O’Brien family, Louise Horan & friends,Jim Connolly, Kathleen Meehan,Kevin
O’Brien, Dave Sheridan, John McCartin, Sean Ward & Mick Mulvey, Paddy Hayes, John
Carty, Francis Gaffney and many more 
Venue: Manorhamilton Community Hall, Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim 
Friday 29th June 8pm 
Tickets on door:€10 or donations in advance to
http://www.johncartymusic.com/news.asp

 

6ú Meitheaamh 2007

Family Photos

29ú Bealtaine 2007

On the 31st of May, the RTE radio programme "The Eleventh Hour", introduced by Páraic Breathnach, will focus on the two recently published books on Séamus Ennis - Pat Mitchell's The Dance Music of Séamus Ennis and Ríonach Uí Ógáin's Mise an Fear Cheoil.

The programme will include interviews with the two authors, and contributions from Seamus's son Chris Ennis, and from Neillidh Mulligan and Peter Browne, both of whom will also play the pipes.

 

28ú Bealtaine 2007

• AN EVENING OF

‘Ceol, Craic agus Comhrá’

featuring Kevin O’Brien & Friends

• Community Centre - 9pm

• MUSIC WORKSHOPS

Flute - Catherine McEvoy

Fiddle - Laura Kerr & Jesse Smith

Sean Nós Dancing - Seosamh Ó Neachtain

Uilleann Pipes - Néillidh Mulligan

Singing - Mary McPartlan / Meaití Jó Sheamuis

Tin Whistle - Seán Ryan

• Community Centre - 11am

• MUSIC COMPETITIONS

Flute: U-10, U-12, U-14, U-18

Tin Whistle: U-10, U-12, U-14, U-18

• Community Centre - 4.15pm

• COTTAGE SESSION

with Michael O’Brien & friends

• Community Centre - 5.00pm

• AIFREANN AN FHÉILE 12PM

St. Patrick’s Church Tarmon followed by

wreath laying ceremony at the

John McKenna monument

• LÁ NA nÓG

in conjuntion with

DRUMKEERAN YOUTH CLUB

Street Entertainment including:

Samba Band

Street sessions

Céilí Dancing

• Main st., Drumkeeran - 3 to 5pm

(please note that the Main street will be closed to

traffic during Lá na nÓg)

• FESTIVAL CONCERT

‘The Tap Room Trio’

Jesse Smith

Harry Bradley

John Blake

• Community Centre - 9pm

• TUTOR’S CONCERT

A Feast of music featuring tutors, local

musicians and many more!

• Community Centre - 9pm

• INFORMATION

info@johnmckenna.ie 086 8569900

www.johnmckenna.ie

 

 

 

16ú Bealtaine 2007

Skerries Traditional Music weekend 18- 20th May 2007 Further details at: http://www.skerriestraditionalmusic.com/

20ú Aibreán 2007

Mohill O’Carolan Celebration  May Bank Holiday Weekend

On Wednesday, 11th of April Members of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Maothail gathered with invited guests to launch the first Mohill O’Carolan Weekend at the beautiful grounds of Lough Rynn Castle Hotel which is to be the setting for the performance by The National Harp Orchestra directed by Dr. Janet Harbison. This concert will take place on Sunday 6th May at 3.00 p.m.

Chairperson of CCÉ, Maothail Councillor Enda Stenson welcomed the gathering and explained the background of the Mohill O’Carolan Weekend.

In 2006 CCÉ, Maothail had hosted Fleadh Cheoil Liatroma and as part of its opening ceremony had been delighted to present Dr. Janet Harbison and the National Harp Orchestra.  Such was the reception from the crowds and the media both local and national, that the branch as part of its programme for 2007 invited Dr. Harbison and her wonderful orchestra back to be part of the inaugural Mohill O’Carolan Weekend.  Councillor Stenson explained that Mohill has a long association with Turlough O’Carolan, the blind harpist, reputed to be the first great Irish composer.

 It is most fitting that the branch should celebrate and commemorate a musician with local connections  O’Carolan’s only permanent home being but a few miles from the town on land given to him by his patrons the Crofton family of Lakefield House Gortletteragh.  A project such as the ‘Mohill O’Carolan Weekend’ will allow locals and those who travel from afar the opportunity to hear some of the work of O’Carolan which has survived and has been celebrated and enjoyed for over two hundred years.

Nancy Woods, County Secretary of Comhaltas and former Leitrim Person of the Year spoke of “a dream come true” as CCÉ, Maothail prepare to welcome Dr. Janet Harbison and the National Harp Orchestra to Mohill this May bank holiday weekend.  “When Comhaltas was founded back in 1951 one of its primary objectives was to preserve, and to keep alive the great Irish tradition of the harp and the uillean pipes and here in Mohill we are doing just that with the bringing together of the National Harp Orchestra and the renowned uillean piper with Leitrim connections Neillidh Mulligan. It is a great honour and indeed a great privilege to be associated with the Mohill O’Carolan Weekend,” Ms.Woods added. It was also revealed at the launch that Dr Harbison, Director of the National Harp Orchestra is composing a piece of music dedicated to the memory of one of Leitrim’s and Ireland’s greatest writers- John McGahern which will be performed for the first time at the concert

Mohill is the place to be on May 5th –May 6th.

 

The weekend starts on Saturday afternoon with workshops being given in the Vocational School, Mohill from 10.00a.m. – 1.00p.m.

 

·       Harp with Dr. Janet Harbison,

·       Uillean pipes with Neillidh Mulligan

·       Flute with Ryan Murphy (National Harp Orchestra)

·       Tin whistle with Mossie Martin

·       Singing with Fionnuala Maxwell

·       Parents are encouraged to bring along their children to experiment with baby harps (kindly provided by Dr Harbison) with the view to cultivate further interest in harp music.

 

Traditional sessions will be held in the various pubs throughout the town later that night and throughout the weekend.  Sunday afternoon at three o clock sharp on the lawns of Lough Rynn Castle Hotel an open air concert will be held. Artists featuring will include the National Harp Orchestra, Neillidh Mulligan one of Ireland’s finest and most distinguished uilleann pipers, the Tracy O Neill School of Dancing who have travelled throughout Ireland, England and America, the Aughnasheelin 2006 Scor All Ireland Ballad Singers,

Sean Ward, Joe Mc Govern and friends and members of the Mohill Singers Club.

          CCÉ, Maothail believe that this will be a weekend of wonderful music, song and craic framed against the beautiful backdrop of Lough Rynn Castle Hotel with its elegant fairways, copses, nature trails and lakesides walks. Mohill O’Carolan Weekend is a must for all music lovers and CCÉ extend a warm welcome to all. The branch is extremely grateful to the management of Lough Rynn Castle Hotel and the Hanly Group for their support and assistance in hosting this event and Leitrim VEC for the use of the Vocational School, Mohill.

            On Monday 7th the Harp Orchestra will be going on a tour of O’Carolan Country and will be visiting all sites associated with the famous harper.   They will start the tour from Hatley Manor, Carrick-on-Shannon, the home of the St. George family where O’Carolan’s father was employed as a farmhand and blacksmith. While there they will play the traditional tune “Molly St. George”.

         

          At Alderford House, they will play Mrs McDermott Roe and Carolan’s Farewell to Music”.

 

          At Kilronan Cemetery, (his burial place) they will play “Nach í seo an chuairt easbhach” (Marbhna Chearbhallain le Cahaoir Mac Cába).

          At Letterfine they will play “George Reynolds”.

          At Shebeg they will play “Shebeg and Shemore”

          At Laheen they will play “Tobias Peyton”.

          At Fenagh they will play “Lament for Charles McCabe”.

          At Drumboy they will play “Carolan’s Cottage (Alloa house).

          At Mohill they will play “William Eccles”.

          At Lakefield they will play “Miss Crofton.                      

 

23ú Mí Marta

Budapest 2007

Eabha March 2007

21ú Mí Feabhra

Concert Featuring Néillidh Mulligan Michael Geaney (Songs) And Hungarian Pipers 

Monday 12th March at 19.30pm on Boat 38(Buda Side of Danube), Budapest, Hungary

12ú Mí Feabhra

The Session with the Pipers 

Traditional Music Recital Neillidh Mulligan (Pipes) Tony Mc Mahon (Accordion) Steve Cooney (Guitar)

 The Cobblestone Bar, 77 North King Street, Dublin 7 Tuesday March 6th 2007, starting at 9:30pm (Doors 9.00pm) 

Admission : €12.00 (concession €8.00)

16ú D Fomhair

Tallinn City Theatre’s 4TH International Theatre Festival

Midwinter Night’s Dream

27-31 December 2006

 

festival PROGRAMME

 

Wednesday, 27 December

21.00      Jam session at the Festival club                    Festival club

 

Thursday, 28 December

12.00               Opening Ceremony                  Tallinn Town Hall

18.00      “The Tailor” (Tallinn City Theatre, Estonia)                  Small Stage

18.00      “A Hundred Year-Old House” (Frú Emilía Theatre, Iceland)               Horse Mill

20.00               Néillidh Mulligan and Vincent Woods (Ireland)                 Chamber Theatre

21.30               Kusum Gboo workshop – drums                     Festival club

              

Friday, 29 December

11.00               Encounter with Issey Ogata and Yuzo Morita                    Heaven Theatre

13.00      “A Hundred Year-Old House” (Frú Emilía Theatre, Iceland)               Horse Mill      

13.00               Néillidh Mulligan and Vincent Woods (Ireland) – for children               Chamber Theatre

15.00               Kusum Gboo workshop – dance                     Small Stage

16.00               Encounter with Jón Atli Jónasson and Jaan Tätte                 Festival club

18.00               “Donky Khot” (The School of Dramatic Art, Russia)                   Hell Theatre

21.00      “A Catalogue of City Life” (Issey Ogata, Japan)                    Heaven Theatre

21.00      Jam session at the Festival club                    Festival club

 

Saturday, 30 December      

12.00         “Donky Khot” (The School of Dramatic Art, Russia)             Hell Theatre

12.00               Néillidh Mulligan and Vincent Woods (Ireland) – for children               Chamber Theatre

13.00      “A Catalogue of City Life” (Issey Ogata, Japan)                    Heaven Theatre

16.00               Dmitry Krymov’s workshop                        Small Stage

16.00               Néillidh Mulligan and Vincent Woods (Ireland)                 Chamber Theatre

19.00               “Somu” (Kusum Gboo, Ghana)                 Salme Cultural                                                Centre

21.00      Jam session at the Festival club                    Festival club

 

Sunday, 31 December

Starting from 19.00 – New Year’s Gala throughout the entire Tallinn City Theatre complex

 

 

Locations:

Tallinn City Theatre complex: Festival club, Small Stage, Hell Theatre – 23 Lai Street; Heaven Theatre – 21 Lai Street; Chamber Theatre – 19 Lai Street

Horsemill: 47 Lai Street

Salme Cultural Centre: 12 Salme Street

Tallinn Town Hall: 1 Town Hall Square

 

 

 

Tallinn City Theatre’s 4TH International Theatre Festival

Midwinter Night’s Dream

27-31 December 2006

 

This year’s Midwinter Night’s Dream festival is dedicated to the centennial anniversary of professional theatre in Estonia. For the occasion we have invited guest performers from very different parts of our world – with participants arriving from Japan, Africa, Russia, Iceland and Ireland. The main theme of the festival is the art of storytelling and the migration of people and stories.

 

In addition to performances we will offer you workshops and encounters with our guests – the Kusum Gboo Dance Ensemble will teach us about African music and dance, Russian scenographer Dmitry Krymov will reveal to us some secrets of his creative laboratory, Estonian playwright Jaan Tätte and his colleague from Iceland, Jón Atli Jónasson, will discuss the great stories of small nations, and Japanese actor Issey Ogata and director Yuzo Morita will tell us about their working methods and acting techniques. The workshops were initiated with theatrical professionals in mind, but they are also open to the general public.

 

The artistic director for this year’s festival is Jaanus Rohumaa.

 

 

THE PARTICIPANTS

 

Japan

Issey Ogata

“A Catalogue of City Life”

Directed by Yuzo Morita

 

Issey Ogata, a master of one-man theatre, and his director Yuzo Morita have worked together for more than thirty years. Having participated in student demonstrations in his youth and worked in the early years as a janitor and construction labourer alongside his acting, Issey Ogata is familiar with many different sides of life, and it’s mainly among ordinary Japanese people that he finds characters to depict on stage. In his shows one can see commuters stuck on crowded trains, bartenders cheerfully waiting on an almost empty house, impertinent pizza delivery boys, and widows in love – ordinary people, who are still somehow different from the others.

            Slipping from one role to another with enjoyable ease, Ogata brings out the wittier and funnier side of everyday life – therefore it’s not surprising that he is extremely well loved in his home country. In addition to theatre Ogata often performs on television, and apart from Asia he has toured the US and in Europe. He has also acted in films both in Japan and abroad, recently playing the Emperor Hirohito in Alexander Sokurov’s film “The Sun”.

 

The performances are in Japanese, with synchronous translation into Estonian and English.

 

Russia

School of Dramatic Art

Dmitry Krymov’s Creative Laboratory

“Sir Vantes. Donky Khot”

A collaborative creation. Opus No 2.

Directed by Dmitry Krymov

 

Dmitry Krymov is a renowned Russian scenographer and professor. In studying the possibilities of visual theatre, a few years ago he and his scenography students created a production called “Not a Fairytale”, where the very same students participated as actors. Anatoly Vassilyev, the artistic director of the School of Dramatic Art, noticed the production and he offered Krymov the opportunity to establish a creative laboratory at his theatre. By today the laboratory, made up of students of scenography and some young actors, has already created five different productions.

            “Donky Khot” is a fantasy based on “Don Quixote” by Miguel Cervantes – it’s a story about love, hatred, loneliness and death; a humorous and moving performance about a man who is different from everyone else. The creators of “Donky Khot” have said that the performance is meant for people who understand the theatrical language, but also for those who have sometimes felt that they’re different from the crowd. “Donky Khot” is a mixture of different styles – drama, stage movement, dance, song, shadow theatre, puppet theatre and happening.

 

The performance doesn’t need any translation.

 

 

Ghana

Kusum Gboo

“Somu”

Directed, choreography and compositions/re-arrangements by: Richard Danquah

 

The Kusum Gboo Dance Ensemble will deliver our festival a hot vibe, travelling here from Africa, the cradle of humanity, to bring to us stories about the creation of Man and world, and colourful dance numbers from the rich cultural heritage of Ghana. “Somu” is a word in the local Akan language, loosely translated as “hold on tightly to whatever you possess”, calling on all Africans to embrace the traditions they have inherited from their forefathers.

            The director, Richard Danquah, was very active in protecting and promoting African dance and culture during his entire lifetime. In addition to Ghana he also gathered knowledge and experience form Benin, Benin and Burkina Faso, and Kenya. Kusum Gboo is one of the most renowned ensembles of traditional dance in Ghana, and they have toured with their performances in several European countries.

            The Kusum Gboo drummers will also contribute to festival life by participating in the evening jam sessions at the festival club.

 

The verbal section of the performance is in English, with translation into Estonian.

 

 

Iceland

Frú Emilía Theatre

Jón Atli Jóansson “A Hundred Year-Old House”

Directed by: Hafliði Arngrímsson

 

Iceland is indeed a land of theatre – statistically they have the highest percentage of theatre-goers in the world. During recent years Jón Atli Jónasson’s play called “Surf” has been performed with great success in many European festivals. Midwinter Night’s Dream is proud to present his next play, “A Hundred Year-Old House”.

            In Iceland the play is performed in an old hospital tent that has been abandoned by the British military. The central characters are three old people sharing a room at a nursing home. Together they try to keep alive their memories about a world that is becoming more and more alien to them, and seek each other’s company in a struggle to stay alive, while at the same time longing for another life, another world. The play is written in the form of the evening gatherings which are customary in Icelandic farms, even reminding us sometimes of a wake. The characters tell stories, dance, reminisce, listen to music, drink whiskey, eat sweets, and try to read a Norwegian book about death.

 

The performances are in Icelandic, with Estonian and English subtitles.

 

 

Ireland

Néillidh Mulligan and Vincent Woods

 

Ireland is a land of fairytales, poetry and folk music. Renowned uilleann piper, Néillidh Mulligan, and one if Ireland’s best-known contemporary playwrights, Vincent Woods, present a programme including all of those three components. It is a friendly gathering, comprising traditional music, stories and poetry from ancient tradition, framed in the context of modern music and literature. Two performances are meant for grown-ups and two for children.

            Néillidh Mulligan has been in contact with traditional music since his childhood, being a son of an acclaimed fiddle-player and piper. Mulligan has been described as a piper who is sure of his touch and who plays with warmth and emotion. He has worked as a teacher and musician, participated in many festivals, worked in television, theatre and film, and has released three solo albums. Since his first visit here in 1988, he has been a regular performer in Estonia.

            Vincent Woods is a renowned playwright, whose work has been staged both in Ireland and abroad. His plays include “At The Black Pig’s Dyke” and “A Cry from Heaven”, which draw on old traditions and myth to tell powerful stories with strong resonances for today. He has also published several collections of poetry.

 

The performances are in English, with translation into Estonian.

 

 

Estonia

Tallinn City Theatre

Sławomir Mrožek “The Tailor”

Directed by: Mart Koldits

 

Mart Koldits, who graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music Drama School in 2004, is the youngest director at Tallinn City Theatre. In his latest production, “The Tailor,” he continues his efforts to present the human mind in metaphorical language, using theatrical means in his search for substance.

            “The Tailor” is a play about culture and its relationship with humans. When the King, the scheming Tailor, the young Idealist, the beautiful Courtesan, and the hostile Barbarians step onto the stage, there begins an intense struggle, the pattern of which has repeated itself from one century to another. But the Tailor discovers a way (at least in the interpretation of some schools) of changing this pattern.

 

The performance is in Estonian, with synchronous translation into English.

 

10ú D Fomhair

Brian 'The Godfather' Rooney at the Cobblestone, October 2006.

New links to 

Iain Mac Donald

Tommy Martin's recordings

Seth Gallagher

26ú M Fomhair

 

ESTONIAN MUSIC
Johanson family performances in Ireland
Oct.30 - Nov.1 2006
....................................................
Oct.30
21.00 At the "Cobblestone"
North King Street
Dublin 7.
.......................................................
Oct.31
14.00 Opening of the exhibition: Tallinn Litography
in the Dublin City Council
....................................................... 
Nov.1 
20.00 At the "O`Riada Hall"
in Univercity Colledge Cork
in Cork
......................................................................
Estonian musicians will be joined by Irish trad. players and singers.
......................................................................

Three brothers and a sister from Estonia: Jaak, Ants, Mart, Kärt Johansons' music, but even more their way of thinking, the way of living has been influenced on one hand by Estonian traditional songs, by the choir-singing activities of their parents and themselves...
On the other hand by the folk and traditional music revivals, that have in waves spread over the world since their childhood in 60-s and 70-s; also by jazz, by Barbershop singing, by Russian romances, music from Soviet cartoons and by personal contacts with traditional musicians from different cultures ...
They have been making theatre projects, have been promoting trad. music
through festivals and media and running their own small record company
ARM Music.
They really like to perform in their homeland.
But some of their travels have been really significant for them –
Finland, Ireland, Canada, Great Britain, USA, Russia, Norway, Hungary,
Sweden, France …
Johansons can somehow always catch the ready-to-listen audience with
the thoughts and "pictures" about this strange world around us, despite
of the fact that most of the songs are in Estonian.

So on the concert you will probably hear a selection of old traditional
a capella runosongs and newer folksongs by turns with here-and-now-songs made by the singers. And a lot depends on the particular audience that hasgathered on a certain evening in a certain place ...
Jaak Johanson - guitar, vocal
Kärt Johanson - vocal
Mart Johanson- guitar, vocal
Ants Johanson - bouzouki, vocal
www.johanson.ee
www.arm.ee
.......................................................................
This takes place in the framework of Estonian trade mission in Ireland; the visit of Foreign Minister of Estonia and Lord Mayor of Tallinn.
Thanks to Estonian Air, Estonian Institute, City of Tallinn, Estonian Embassy in Dublin ...



The famous singers, the Johanson Family from Estonia, will be joined by some Irish Traditional musicians for a unique night of music and song from both traditions.
Backroom
Cobblestone
Smithfield
Dublin 7

Admission €10.00/7.00 concess.
on Monday 30th October 2006
at 9.00pm
For further info.
tel: 086 6778834

Three brothers and a sister from Estonia. Johansons' music, but even
more their way of thinking, the way of living has been influenced on one
hand by Estonian traditional songs, by the choir-singing activities of
their parents and themselves... On the other hand by the folk and
traditional music revivals, that have in waves spread over the world
since their childhood in 60-s and 70-s; also by jazz, by Barbershop
singing, by Russian romances, music from Soviet cartoons and by personal
contacts with traditional musicians from different cultures ...
They have been making theatre projects, have been promoting trad. music
through festivals and media and running their own small record company
ARM Music.
A sister and three brothers really like to perform in their homeland.
But some of their travels have been really significant for them –
Finland, Ireland, Canada, Great Britain, USA, Russia, Norway, Hungary,
Sweden, France …
Johansons can somehow always catch the ready-to-listen audience with
the thoughts and "pictures" about this strange world around us, despite
of the fact that most of the songs are in Estonian.

So on the concert you will probably hear a selection of old traditional
runosongs and newer folksongs by turns with here-and-now-songs made by
the singers. And a lot depends on the particular audience that has
gathered on a certain evening in a certain place ...

Jaak Johanson - guitar, vocal
Kärt Johanson - vocal
Mart Johanson- guitar, vocal
Ants Johanson - bouzouki, vocal

www.johanson.ee
www.arm.ee

9ú M Fomhair

Brian Rooney (fiddle)
Neil Mulligan (pipes)

A rare concert from Brian ‘The Godfather’ Rooney (Fiddle) with Neil Mulligan (Pipes) and friends.
Backroom
Tha Cobblestone
Saturday 21st October
9.00 pm
Admission €15.00
Concession €12.00 

11ú Iúil 2006

Photo of  John Brogan and pat Ward  

23ú Meitheamh 2003

Holidays photos west cork

24ú Bealtaine 2006

The Horse Mulligans, 
Mullingar, 2005

 

11ú Bealtaine 2006

NEILLIDH MULLIGAN

Date: Sunday, June 18, 2006


Venue: Seamus Ennis Centre

Naul

Co Dublin


3:00:00 PM

 

Admission E 5.00

Contact details: Sean: + 353 87 7870138

 

15ú Mí Marta

NEW NPU WEBSITE FORMAT

The new NPU website format can be seen at:
<http://www.pipers.ie/

24ú Mí Feabhra

Release of CD of Irish and Galician music by Aran

Extract from their website : http://www.arangalicia.com/noticiasing.

•GalÉire is ready to be posted!

The price is 10€ plus the post, which depends on the country you are. If you want to listen our music, you can download 2 tracks of our CD, and listen the first minute of all tracks on the Dowloads section in our web (two of them are full).
To order the CD is very easy, just mail us through the email section of this web. We hope you enjoy our music!.

Under this lines, GalÉire CD cover.

 

http://www.arangalicia.com/

 

 

3ú Mí Feabhra

This year’s Joe Mooney Summer School will be held in Drumshanbo from

15th July to 22nd July 2006.

 

Further information on this Summer School can be seen at:

 

http://www.joemooneysummerschool.com/index.html

 

Contact:

Nancy Woods

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+353 (0)71 964 1213

Mary Doyle

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+353 (0)71 964 1426

Padraig McLoughlin

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+353 (0)71 964 1015

Jimmie Costello

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+353 (0)71 964 1243

Michael Smyth

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+353 (0)71 964 1154

 

 

 

 

Creche facilities

 

Childcare Centre

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+353 (0)71 964 1987

 

Email: nancywoods@iol.ie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22ú Mí Na Nollaig

Tionól an tSléibhe Dhuibh

  Feabhra 11ú 2005

 10-12 agus 2-4 ranganna píobaireachta le Neillidh Mulligan, Éamon Ó Bróithe agus Muirís Ó Brollacháin,

ceardlann déanta feag le John Mitchell ó Chorcaigh.

Beidh rang breise againn le Steven Porter, is rang speisialta é chun deis a thabhairt do dhaoine nár thriall na píobaí ariamh(steve bocht). Ceolchoirm leis na múinteoirí ar 4.30 Beidh oíche neamhfhoirmiúil againn i siléir uí cheallaigh, tá súil agam go dtig leat fanacht.

Bheinn buíoch duit dá dtiocfadh leat an t--eolas seo a chur ar do shuíomh agus an focal a chur thart go ginearálta,go háirithe i measc na nGaei

Tionól 11th of February,classes from 10-12 and 2-4,Tutors are Néillidh Mulligan, Éamon Ó Bróithe and Muirís ÓBrollacháin, we will have a special class to give people a chance to try the pipes for the first time, the tutor will be Stephen Porter,we will be able to supply a few practise sets but places for this class must be booked in advance.John Mitchell from Cork will host the reed making class. We will have a concert at 4.30 with the tutors and special guests. A night of informal piping is planned for the evening in Kellys cellars bar.more info from Cormac on 048 from south or 028 from north 90209193 or 07803501916 or cormacobriain@hotmail.com .

Tuilleadh Eolas

Cormac Ó'Briain

cormacobriain@hotmail.com

 

13ú D Fomhair

Vincent Harrisson, Ben Lennon and Néillidh Mulligan
Derrygonnelly Festival October 2005.

Photo George Beuge http://www.irlandfoto.com/

 

12ú D Fomhair

Piping Recital: John Rooney (London), Néillidh Mulligan, Gay, Conor & Seán Mc Keon
Date: Friday 28th October 2005
Fear an tí: Noel Pocock
Venue: Séamus Ennis Cultural Centre, Naul
Time: 9pm
Admission: EUR10 (EUR7 conc) 
Seán Mac Philibín or Ger Griffin
Phone: +353-(0)1-8020898
E-mail: info@scoilsheamuisennis.com 

11ú D Fomhair

More Photos of Estonia 2005

19ú M Fomhair

Family photo of Caoimhe First holy Communion

Photos of Estonia 2005

31ú lá de mhí Lúnasa 2005

Photos of Estonia 2005

29ú Meitheamh 2005

Photos of  Lorient

22ú Mí Feabhra 2005

Click for details on the Fishguard Folk festival 2005

17ú Mí Feabhra 2005

Fundraiser for

Dublin 15 Hospice

Draíocht,

Blanchardstown Centre,

Dublin 15

on

9th April 2005 at 8.00 p.m.

Organised by:

Castleknock Community College

Featuring past and present pupils and staff

of the Castleknock Community College.

Guests include Dublin uilleann piper

Néillidh Mulligan

Admission:€20.00

Please support this very worthwhile cause

contact draíocht

Draíocht
The Blanchardstown Centre
Dublin 15

Box Office 01 885 2622
Administration 01 885 2610
Fax: 01 824 3434
Email:
marketing@draiocht.ie

 

27ú Mí Eanair

Photos Mulligans playing Mulligan 

Sunday February 13th @ 3.00pm.


"The Piper in the Parlour" 
featuring 

Néillidh Mulligan.

Admission is EUR5.

Seamus Ennis Cutural Centre,
Naul,
Co. Dublin.

14ú Mí Eanair

 

Details on the Joe Mooney Summer School

Mulligans Logo

Mulligan Plays Mulligans

Néillidh Mulligan

21st January 2005

in Mulligans

Amstel 100

Amsterdam

At 9.30 pm

Further info:

E-mail to Mulligans:mulligans@mulligans.nl

 

   

PARTICIPANT VACANCIES  

Course Code FG52P 

NPU Heritage and Research Project.