Irish traditional music
Largest festival of traditional music
Comhaltas Cavan
The festival will run over 5 days and will feature over 200 artists.
Two highlights of trad every year are the Patrick O’Keefe Festival in the heart of Sliabh Luachra, and Oireachtas na Gaeilge which celebrates the most beautiful of Irish singing, amhránaíocht ar an sean-nós, in a weekend of competitions and recitals each year. This year, along with everything else in these beleaguered times, both festivals are taking place […]
With most festivals and fleadhs cancelled for the summer, musicians and performers are coming up with novel ideas to keep music going online. At the weekend, thousands took part in the first-ever online Céilí in the Kitchen where families or socially-distant friends posted videos on Facebook and elsewhere of their celebration of Irish traditional music and […]