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.
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy
TG4 series to showcase Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy
Liam O’Brien, Ciara Ni Bhriain and Libby McCrohan. SCOIL SAMHRAIDH WILLIE CLANCY is to be showcased in a four-part series airing on TG4.
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.
Willie Clancy week cancelled
*Willie Clancy wearing a face mask in Miltown Malbay. Photograph: Ann O’Connell Miltown Malbay’s most significant economic and cultural event has been cancelled for 2020.
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.