Willie Clancy week records biggest & busiest run in Miltown Malbay
*Students playing the banjo. Photograph: John Sheridan. WILLIE CLANCY week 2025 was the busiest and biggest one yet according to organisers and local businesses.
Harry Hughes
Return of Willie Clancy week to lift Miltown Malbay
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis MILTOWN MALBAY’s economic is readying itself for a surge with the return of the Willie Clancy Festival.
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy to stay as virtual event again this year
*Photograph: Ann O’Connell Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy is going all virtual for the second year running as COVID-19 restrictions have forced the iconic Miltown Malbay traditional music school to host all events this summer through Zoom.
Virtual Willie Clancy week begins on Saturday
The Miltown Malbay Development Committee is pioneering a new initiative to showcase local talent in the face of the cancellation of the 48th Willie Clancy Summer School this year.
Willie Clancy Week has had influx of Japanese musicians in past decade
Over the past decade a surge in Japanese visitors to Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy has been visible and organisers are expecting their strong presence to remain for the years to come as Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann expands across the world.