*Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill. Photograph: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh KILLANENA’s Martin Hayes has penned a beautiful tribute to his musical partner and dear friend, Dennis Cahill.
RENOWNED guitarist and Irish traditional musician Dennis Cahill has died.
ENNIS’ Susan O’Neill was among the big winners at the recent RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards.
*Paddy Canny & Kieran Hanrahan at the opening of glór. Photograph: Press 22 TWENTY years of glór have been marked this week, exactly two decades on from its official opening.
*Aisling Lyons. Multi-award winning harpist and concertina player Aisling Lyons has released her debut album.
Tributes have been extended to Ennis born accordion player, Tony MacMahon who died on Friday at the age of 82.
Widespread sadness has been expressed following the death of Dun Purcell, a larger than life figure from Feakle.
*Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan T.D., with Master musician and founding member of The Gloaming, Martin Hayes. Photograph: MAXWELLPHOTOGRAPHY.IE Five Cultural Ambassadors have been appointed by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan including Clare’s very own Martin Hayes and Shelley McNamara. Martin, a native of Maghera joins …
World renowned fiddle player and Clare native, Martin Hayes has been awarded a honorary doctorate from NUIG. At the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) winter conferring, Hayes became a Honorary Doctor of Music at the third level institute. Dr. Clare O’Leary who is the first Irish woman to scale Mount Everest and reach the …
