*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 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.
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.