Camden Town - The Return To Camden Town Festival

2013
Return to
15th
Camden Town
www.returntocamden.org
Magazine
FREE
AN EXCEPTIONAL
CONTRIBUTION
MICK O'CONNOR
TRIBUTES
PLUS
FULL FESTIVAL
PROGRAMME
FESTIVAL OF TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC, SONG & DANCE
ALL INCLUSIVE WEEKEND TICKETS £40 ONLY
FRIDAY 25TH – SUNDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2013
CONCERTS, SESSIONS, MUSIC AND SONG WORKSHOPS
AND
FRIDAY 1ST – SUNDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2013
SET DANCING, CÉILÍS AND DANCE WORKSHOPS
WELCOME
CONTENTS
VENUE DETAILS
WELCOME
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03 Director’s Introduction
FEATURES
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1 LONDON IRISH CENTRE
50-52 Camden Square, London
NW1 9XB Tel: 020 7916 7272
THE GREEN NOTE
106 Parkway, London
NW1 7AN Tel: 020 7485 9899
06 A tribute to Mick Doheny
2 THE GOLDEN LION
88 Royal College Street, London
NW1 0TH Tel: 020 7387 2035
THE KING AND QUEEN
1 Foley Street, London W1W 6DL
Tel: 020 7636 5619
07 Bridie & Michael Flaherty
3 THE COBDEN
28-30 Camden High Street, London
NW1 0JH Tel: 020 7209 2472
CAMDEN ROAD STATION
(London Overground)
LISTINGS
4 THE WORLDS END
174 Camden High Street, London
NW1 0NE Tel: 020 7482 1932
04 An exceptional contribution
09 Festival listings
16 Table of events
CAMDEN TOWN STATION
(Northern Line)
MORNINGTON CRESCENT
STATION (Northern Line)
TICKETS AND SPECIAL OFFERS
n All Concerts ticket: £40 (26-27 October London Irish Centre Concerts)
n All Dancing ticket: £40 (1-3 November All Dancing Events)
COVER PHOTO:
Courtesy of
James Berry
DIRECTOR: KAREN RYAN
EDITOR: LAURIE HARPER
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VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED:
Would you like to be involved in helping to organise events for Return to
Camden Town? Not only do we organisers need hands-on help during
this year’s event, but we’ll be needing assistance with future events we
are planning under the Return to Camden Town banner, including help
with administration, organisation, PR and event management. If you
would like to get involved in any way, please email us at:
[email protected] or call the Festival hotline on:
+44 (0)7871 088121
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WELCOME TO THE 15TH RETURN
TO CAMDEN TOWN FESTIVAL
R
eturn to Camden Town Festival was
originally started in 1999 to create a focal
point for the long established, wide
spread London Irish music community who
had fewer and fewer regular music venues to
congregate in. The Festival continues to cater
to that community and has long embraced
newcomers to the tradition. Now in its 15th
year, Return to Camden Town Festival feels
more relevant than ever in providing a focus
for the large number of young Irish musicians
and music followers who have come over
in the most recent wave of emigration
to work in the capital City. You’re all very
welcome to the London Irish community
– we are delighted to have you all here.
This year’s Festival opens with a night celebrating
some of the finest young musicians around –
at The Green Note in Camden, Crossharbour
in concert (featuring multi All Ireland winner,
Orlaith McAuliffe) and at the London Irish Centre
we have an album launch/ performance by
two TG4 Gradam Ceoil Young Musicians of
the Year, fiddler, Dónal McCague (2013) and
uilleann piper, Caoimhín Ó’Fearghail (2012).
The Festival will also feature appearances by a
further two past recipients of the Award: June
McCormack (flute) and Edel Fox (concertina).
London’s very own John Carty has become
somewhat of an unofficial patron to Return to
Camden Town, having played at the very first
Festival in 1999 and most years since. This year
we will get to experience his exciting 8 piece
Festival Band and witness his involvement
in the 3rd year of the great Leitrim Equation
project alongside Séamus Begley, Dónal Lunny
plus 20 of Leitrim’s finest musical guests.
It’s all going to be fantastic – the concerts,
album launches, workshops, sessions, céilís,
singing sessions, late night Festival clubbing,
the catching up with old friends and the
making of new ones… we couldn’t even
Return to Camden Town Organising group 2013:
Geoff Walker, Sue Banks, Margaret Reilly, Karen Ryan,
Laurie Harper and Kathy Walton
dream of any of it happening without the
support of our Festival funder Culture Ireland,
sponsors: John Griffin, Ardmore Group,
Murphy Group, O’Donovan Waste Disposal Ltd,
media sponsors The Irish World, The Irish Post
and our donors Macai Projects and Beckett
Homes – we are hugely grateful to you all.
This year has been particularly tough since the
loss of a large part of our public funding, the
15th Festival very nearly didn’t happen and
as it stands, it will be a challenge for us to go
forward from this point. I urge those of you who
value this unique Festival in London to buy as
many tickets for paid events/ raffle tickets as
you can and to think about any contacts you
may have for potential sponsors for next year
(perhaps even your own company) – ideas
welcomed at [email protected]
And last, but not least a huge thanks must go to
the Festival Organising Group (pictured above)
and RtCT volunteers who
make it all happen. Hope you
all have a brilliant Festival!
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AN EXCEPTIONAL
CONTRIBUTION
BY LAURIE HARPER
who may be less confident, not
so experienced or newcomers
to the session, to contribute. Play
for an evening with one of these
Photo: James Berry
“HE SEEMS TO HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN ON
THE SCENE, PLAYING
HIS OLD CLIFFORD
ESSEX PARAGON
WITH A WHIMSICAL
SMILE ON HIS FACE”
individuals and you’ll go home
with a smile on your face. They
just make the music feel “right”.
F
lute player Mick Mulvey
contributed a fascinating
article to our 2011 festival
magazine, entitled Making musical
glue. He explained that he had
taken the title from a conversation
he and I had had at a session
one evening in North London,
when I had described the playing
of a particularly fine accordion
player and great friend of ours
as being “like musical glue”.
What I had meant by the remark
was that our friend was one of
those rare people who possess
the ability to bring more than just
their own musical contribution
to the table. When they join a
session, the musicians they are
playing with just sound, well,
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better. They bind everything
together, hence the glue.
It isn’t easy to pin down
exactly what they do or how
they do it. Technical mastery of
their instrument is a given, but
there’s much more to it than
that. They don’t take over or
direct proceedings – they are
often quite understated in their
approach – but somehow, their
playing and presence seems to
cause everyone to up their game.
The tempo becomes crisper (but
not quicker), the musicians listen
more intently to one another and
everything snaps into sharper
focus. They also take pains to
involve everyone, for example, by
encouraging those on the fringes,
I had coined the phrase several
years previously to describe the
playing of the man who is the
subject of this piece. Banjo and
mandolin player and all-round
nice guy Mick O’Connor has
been “making musical glue”
for over forty years now.
I realised when I sat down to
write this that, although I have
known him for more than 30 years,
I had never spoken with Mick
about his background or how he
came to be doing what he does.
He seems to have always been on
the scene, playing his old Clifford
Essex Paragon with a whimsical
smile on his face and regaling the
company from his endless store
of terrible (but never off-colour)
jokes during the breaks between
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tunes. He is famed for his unique
take on the concept of punctuality,
too, but that’s another story.
I knew his age and background
were similar to mine – born in
London in the early 1950s and of
Irish ancestry – but that was about
it. So I offered him a lift to a session
recently and subjected him to the
third degree about his life; it felt
slightly odd to be “interviewing”
someone I had known for so long.
Mick, who appears in concert
this year with his old friend,
accordion player John Bowe,
and the brilliant young guitarist,
Caoimhín Ó Fearghail, was born
in Kilburn, where he has always
lived, in 1950. He inherited a love of
Irish music from his parents, who
were from Kerry and Roscommon.
They did not play themselves, but
Mick remembers their owning
many of the classic recordings of
traditional music from the time, by
the likes of the Gallowglass Céilí
Band and Jimmy Shand (another
parallel with my own life – my
uncle, who was responsible for
introducing me to Irish music,
had a similar record collection).
Growing up in the London Irish
community, it was inevitable that
the “Folk Revival” of the 1960s and
early 1970s would have a major
influence on him. Inspired by the
Clancy Brothers, Mick initially played
the guitar. However, it was the great
Barney McKenna of The Dubliners
who really fired his enthusiasm
and, in 1967, he took up the banjo.
As so many of us did, he started
seeking out the sessions where
some of the great musicians from
Ireland, who had settled in London
to work (mainly in the construction
industry) during the 1950s and
60s, gathered each week to play.
Pubs such as The White Hart
in Fulham and The Favourite in
Holloway were meccas to anyone
who loved Irish music in those days.
The number of legendary musicians
you might see and hear during a
single evening was remarkable;
accordionists Raymond Roland
and John Bowe, fiddle players
Bobby Casey, Mairtín Byrnes, Bryan
Rooney and Danny Meehan, flute
player Roger Sherlock, banjo player
Liam Farrell, piper, concertina
and whistle player Tommy
McCarthy… the list just goes on.
Mick had the good fortune
to be taken under the wing of
Tommy McCarthy, one of the
gentlemen of traditional music
(and another undoubted maker
of musical glue). Tommy was a
remarkable musician and man,
who was very influential in Irish
music, particularly in London,
where he lived for more than 40
years. I can heartily recommend
the documentary film made by
Ken Lynam about his life, Handing
Down the Tunes, which received
its UK premiere at the Return to
Camden Town Festival in 2008.
Tommy introduced Mick to
Barney McKenna and The Dubliners
and Mick embarked on what was
to become his life’s work. I had to
smile when he told me how he
had learned many of the tunes by
slowing down his vinyl albums,
as I had done exactly the same
myself. The old LPs played at 33
rpm, but most record players had
a 16 rpm setting, meaning you
could play records at about half
speed and a little more than an
octave lower in pitch. With a spot
of judicious re-tuning, you could
play along with your heroes over
and over again until you got it
right, at half the correct tempo.
All (all!) you had to do then was
practice the piece until you
could play at the proper speed.
He was obviously a quick
study. So much so, in fact, that
he won the Senior All Ireland title
on the tenor banjo at the Fleadh
Cheoil na hÉireann in 1971. As he
recounts, there were far fewer
divisions in the competitions
back then. More recently, the list
of instruments one can compete
on has expanded considerably,
but in those days, the banjo was
lumped in with the mandolins,
guitars and harmonicas in what
was called the “Miscellaneous
Instruments” category.
Nevertheless, he was declared the
winner, although he received his
award the following year; the 1971
event was postponed and the
competitions did not actually take
place until June 1972, in Dublin.
Since then, he has played at
countless concerts, ceili's and
sessions in Ireland, the UK, USA,
Canada, South Africa, Australia,
France, Switzerland, Germany
and Italy. He has worked and
performed with an enormous
variety of musicians, including
Tommy Makem, Paddy Glackin,
Joe Burke, Paddy Carty, Kevin
Burke, Brendan Shine, Dónal
Lunny and Noel Murphy.
In 1992, he accompanied
Elvis Costello in concert and
performed with Ronnie Drew
of The Dubliners in 1998.
He was a member of the great
Thatch Céilí Band during the
1980s. Named after the (now
sadly no more) Irish night club
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at the south-eastern end of the
Holloway Road, the band featured
an all-star line-up, with Bobby
Casey, Brendan Mulkere and Adrian
Bourke (fiddles), Roger Sherlock
and Paul Gallagher (flutes), Tommy
Keane (uilleann pipes), John Bowe
(accordion), Kevin Taylor (piano),
Mick Whelan (drums) and Mick
on tenor banjo. They won the
All-Ireland Céilí Band title for two
successive years, in 1986 and 1987.
Mick was delighted to be among
the traditional musicians invited to
meet Irish President Mary McAleese
at a special reception held at
her official residence in Phoenix
Park, Dublin on 21st April 2004.
Surprisingly, although he
has played on a number of
recording sessions, he has rarely
been recorded in his own right.
His first recording was with the
legendary flute player Paddy Carty,
from Loughrea, Co. Galway. Their
classic album, Traditional Music of
Ireland, was released on vinyl by
Shanachie Records in 1976 and
re-released as a CD in 1998.
It would be more than 30 years
before his next album saw the
light of day. In 2009, he and fiddle
player Antóin MacGabhann, from
Co. Cavan, released Doorways
and Windowsills. A collection of
classic tunes that Mick and Antóin,
who won the Senior All Ireland
fiddle title in 1971 and 1972, had
played at street sessions and
get-togethers down the years
(hence the title), the CD also
features Marcus Ó Murchú on flute
and Eddie Whelan on guitar.
In addition to concerts, céilís
and running or playing at many
of the music sessions in London,
Mick has taught the banjo for many
years. After all this time, he retains
his great appetite and enthusiasm
for playing. Not that long ago, he
was due to go on holiday for 2
weeks and asked another musician
to cover his commitments. The
musician, who is a mutual friend,
agreed, thinking that he would
be required to play perhaps half
a dozen times. He told me later
that he had done 17 different
jobs, plus some teaching, during
the space of the fortnight. “I don’t
know how he does it”, he said.
Most recently, Mick was
honoured by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí
Éireann, which bestowed its
Bardic Award on him. The letter
notifying him of the award,
which he received at this year’s
Fleadh Cheoil in Derry, refers to
his “exceptional contribution to
the promotion of Ireland’s cultural
traditions”. Describes the man
and his music rather well, I think.
A TRIBUTE TO MICK DOHENY
I
t’s nearly a year since we heard
the very sad news about the
unfortunate, accidental death
of Mick Doheny, the landlord of the
World’s End pub and Underworld
night club in Camden – a huge lover of
traditional Irish music and a great friend
of Return to Camden Town Festival.
Mick was one of the few remaining
traditional Irish landlords in Camden
Town. As well as his regular Thursday
night session in the bar of The World’s
End, Mick willingly hosted his Sunday
session during RtCT Festival in recent
years (which is continuing to be
hosted at the venue this year in his
honour), he was also fantastically
pro-active at helping us to get our
promotional material out and about
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in Camden High Street and further
afield – his only complaint being
‘the posters are too small – I need
to put them all over my walls!’
For 10 years Mick Doheny held the
position as Chairman of Camden’s
Inner London Licensee’s Association
(CILLA) during which time he granted
support towards establishing the
Business Improvement District which
in turn has helped to cut crime
and the fear of crime in Camden
Town, has enhanced the physical
environment and promoted the area.
Mick raised thousands of pounds
for charities through the CILLA Ball
each year at the London Irish Centre,
he was a great supporter of the
Aisling return to Ireland project.
In the words of Henry Conlon: ‘Mick
will be sorely missed, by many parts of
the community and will leave his own
legacy behind. Many conversations
will be less colourful without him.
If only we all had a chance to thank
him and to have said goodbye.’
Karen and all of the RtCT
Organising Group
With kind thanks to Henry Conlon
(Dublin Castle/ Vice Chair of
CILLA) for allowing me to add
some words from his own tribute
to Mick, written last year.
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BRIDIE & MICHAEL FLAHERTY
W
e have been trying to
find a suitable photo for
the Festival poster that
features set dancing for a good few
years now and we were delighted
when we found this one. It was
taken at The Forge in Camden last
year; we particularly like it because
it captures a lot of what the Festival
is about and because it features
(among others) two legendary
figures on the London Irish scene
– Bridie and Michael Flaherty.
Originally from Galway, Bridie
and Michael (dynamic husband
and wife team) have been valued
members of the set dancing
and Irish music communities for
decades. I remember I first met
Bridie when she used to bring
her granddaughter, Brooke, to
music classes run by Kathy Walton
and myself in Holloway. As with
anything she and Michael are
involved with, they were always
the most positive presence; they
spread the good word about the
music classes and so much more.
Ever since the Festival started,
Bridie and Michael have been first
to offer to help in any way they
can – selling door and raffle tickets
at céilís during the Festival itself
and year round, encouraging their
wide network of friends to come to
our events and more. The couple,
who are the most fabulous dancers
themselves, now host a set dancing
class each Wednesday at St Joan
of Arc in Highbury. It’s lovely to
see the fruits of their labours at
the Friday night sessions at the
Auld Triangle in Finsbury Park, as
new faces continue to appear in
the sets which are occasionally
danced during the evening.
Their tireless work to raise funds
for various charities never fails to
impress us – from raising money
through hosting dances to knitting
(very fine) hats and scarves. Bridie
and Michael, we take our hats off
to you and appreciate all you do.
Karen and all of the RtCT
Organising Group
RTCT EVENTS/ LIC PRESENTS...
DERMOT BYRNE (TG4 Gradam Ceoil
Musician of the Year 2013) and
FLORIANE BLANCKE in concert
SUNDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2013
Doors: 8pm
Presidential Suite, London Irish Centre
Tickets: £12 (plus booking fee)
available to purchase at:
www.musicglue.com/londonirishcentre
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LISTINGS
RETURN TO CAMDEN TOWN
PROGRAMME LISTINGS
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THURSDAY 24TH OCTOBER
Pre-Festival Warm-up Session at The Cobden featuring Kylie Ann Moynagh, Gary and Teresa Connolly.
Musicians very welcome. 9.00pm until late.
FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER
TG4 GRADAM CEOIL YOUNG MUSICIANS
OF THE YEAR 2013 & 2012
Please note that all advertised times are door opening times. Performances will start 30 minutes after doors open.
■DÓNAL
MCCAGUE – TG4 GRADAM CEOIL YOUNG MUSICIAN OF
THE YEAR 2013 (ALBUM LAUNCH)
■CAOMÍIN Ó’FEARGHAIL – TG4 GRADAM CEOIL YOUNG MUSICIAN
OF THE YEAR 2012
7.30pm ¤ London Irish Centre, McNamara Hall ¤ Free
Monaghan, Dónal has absorbed the
playing of many of the present day
greats, including Tommy Peoples,
Bryan Rooney and John Carty.
■ DÓNAL MCCAGUE
Fiddle player Dónal McCague
launches his CD, Bits ‘n’ Pieces.
The latest in a line of fine young
musicians to emerge from Co.
■ CAOIMHÍN
Ó FEARGHAIL
Caoimhín Ó Fearghail, from An Rinn
in the west Waterford Gaeltacht,
began playing the tin-whistle at the
age of eight and quickly progressed
to the uilleann pipes, learning
from David Power and later Jimmy
O’Brien-Moran. He cites them,
together with Séamus Ennis, Willie
Clancy, Tommy Reck and Patsy
Touhey, as his greatest influences.
EVENING CONCERT
■CROSSHARBOUR
7.30pm ¤ The Green Note ¤ £10 in advance (now sold out).
■ CROSSHARBOUR
Named after a tube station in
London’s docklands, CrossHarbour
is an exciting new band whose
members are drawn from the
thriving London Irish music
scene. The band showcases
the talents of flute and whistle
virtuoso and composer Órlaith
McAuliffe, 19-times All Ireland
Champion, together with Fiddler
Sam Proctor, multi-instrumentalist
Philippe Barnes, bouzouki and
bodhrán player Tad Sargent
and singer Rosie Hodgson.
The band performs a variety of
traditional and newly composed
music and songs. They recently
recorded their debut album,
which is due for release shortly.
■ FESTIVAL
CLUB AT
THE COBDEN
12am until late ¤ Session
musicians welcome ¤ Free
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SATURDAY 26TH OCTOBER
WORKSHOPS, SESSIONS, ALBUM
LAUNCHES AND AFTERNOON CONCERT
Please note: Instrumental workshops are aimed at intermediate to advanced level players. Beginners may
purchase tickets to attend as observers.
All advertised concert times are times for doors opening. Performances will start 30 minutes after doors open
(15 minutes for album launches in the Presidential Suite).
WORKSHOPS
■FLUTE
WORKSHOP WITH
JUNE MCCORMACK
■FIDDLE
WORKSHOP WITH
DÓNAL MCCAGUE
11am – 1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10
11am – 1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10
See pic and biog on page 13.
See pic and biog on page 9.
■HARP WORKSHOP WITH
MICHAEL ROONEY
■ACCORDION WORKSHOP
WITH DANNY O’MAHONY
11am – 1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10
11am – 1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10
See pic and biog on page 13.
See pic and biog on page 19.
■CONCERTINA WORKSHOP
WITH MICHEÁL O’RAGHALLAIGH
11am – 1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10
See pic and biog on page 19.
AFTERNOON CONCERT
■THE
LONDON LASSES AND CHRIS O’MALLEY
O’CONNOR, JOHN BOWE AND CAOMÍIN Ó’FEARGHAIL
■MICK
1.00pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10. All music events for under-18s: £6
■ THE LONDON LASSES
AND CHRIS O’MALLEY
For more than a decade, The
London Lasses have appeared
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at some of the world’s most
prestigious festivals and venues,
including Cambridge Folk Festival,
the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam),
Glastonbury and Philadelphia
Irish Festival. More recently, they
headlined at Dublin City Hall as
part of Temple Bar Trad. Festival,
closed the night at the St Patrick’s
Day Festival in Camden’s iconic
Roundhouse, appeared on BBC
Radio 3’s In Tune and supported
The Chieftains on their 50th
Anniversary Tour appearance
at the Royal Albert Hall.
The Lasses celebrated their
10th anniversary in 2010, with the
release of their fourth album, By
Night & By Day. Today, the band
will be accompanied by highly
regarded Leeds-born musician Chris
O’Malley, on keyboards and guitar.
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■ JOHN BOWE
Accordion player John Bowe was
born in Birr, Co Offaly. He was
greatly influenced by the playing of
Paddy O’Brien, from neighbouring
Tipperary. John won the All Ireland
Junior Championship in 1960, 1961
and 1962 and the Senior Title in
1963. He was the accordionist in
North London’s seminal Thatch
Ceili Band. He recorded his first
solo album, Ceoil Álainn, in 1977,
with Mary Conroy on guitar. His
second album, The Contradiction,
with Kevin Taylor on piano, was
released in 2004. John holds a
long term residency on Sunday
nights at the famous Kilkenny
Tavern in South Wimbledon.
Please see page 4 and page 9 for
information about Mick O’Connor
and Caoimhín Ó’Fearghail.
ALBUM LAUNCH
■COLM
GANNON
■DAOIRÍ FARRELL
5.00pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
■ COLM
GANNON
Originally
from Boston
and now
living in
Connemara, accordionist and
member of the John Carty Festival
Band, Colm Gannon, launches
his second solo album, The Rights
of Man. The recording features
guest appearances by Alec Finn
on bouzouki, Johnny ‘Ringo’
McDonagh on bodhrán and
Kelly Gannon, as well as excellent
accompaniment from John Blake.
■ DAOIRÍ
FARRELL
Daoirí Farrell, launches his debut
album, The First Turn. Daoirí, from
Dublin, appears regularly with
the John Carty Festival Band. He
won the All Ireland Senior Men’s
Singing in English title in Derry
in 2013. He is currently studying
for a B.A. in Applied Music.
Singer,
bouzouki,
guitar and
banjo player
SESSIONS
For details of session musicians please see
full listings schedule on pages 16-17
■SESSION
1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
■SESSION
2pm ¤ The Cobden ¤ Free
■SESSION
4pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
■SESSION
ALL THE BEST TO THE
RETURN TO CAMDEN TOWN
FESTIVAL 2013
HARINGEY IRISH CULTURAL
AND COMMUNITY CENTRE
Pretoria Rd, Tottenham, N17 8DX
Tel: 020 8885 3490
Fax: 020 8801 4839
Email: [email protected]
5pm ¤ The Golden Lion ¤ Free
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SATURDAY 26TH OCTOBER
EVENING CONCERT
■JOHN
CARTY FESTIVAL BAND
■MICHAEL ROONEY AND JUNE MCCORMACK
7.30pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £13 in advance/£15 on the day. All music events
for under-18s: £6
■ JOHN CARTY
John Carty is one of Ireland’s
finest traditional musicians. Born
in London, he was TG4 Traditional
Musician of the Year in 2003. His
extensive discography includes
three solo fiddle albums, two banjo
■ MICHAEL ROONEY AND
JUNE MCCORMACK
Michael Rooney is widely regarded
as one of the finest exponents of
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albums and two group albums
in his own right, together with
many guest appearances on banjo,
fiddle, flute and tenor guitar. His
Festival Band features John (fiddle,
banjo, tenor guitar, flute), James
Carty (fiddle), Shane McGowan
the Irish harp. From Scotstown,
Co. Monaghan, he is a prolific
composer; he has written seven
major suites of music. His most
recent composition, The De
Cuellar Suite, was premiered in
Sligo 2011 and his music featured
on RTE's recent documentary
of Queen Elizabeth's visit to
Ireland, The Queen's Speech.
(guitar), Kieran Munnelly (snare
drum, flute), Kevin Doherty (double
bass), Maggie Carty (banjo, vocal),
Colm Gannon (accordion) and
Daoirí Farrell (vocal, bouzouki). The
band was launched in 2012 at the
Boyle Arts Festival and went on to
headline the Ennis Trad. Festival.
Carty and friends play a unique
spectrum of traditional music,
with influences from O’Carolan
to the 1920s, old time music,
swing/jazz and beyond.
Flute player June McCormack
is from Ballintogher, Co. Sligo. In
1998, she won the Senior All Ireland
flute competition and was named
TG4 Gradam Ceoil Young Musician
of the Year. She concentrates
principally on teaching.
Michael and June have recorded
two albums together; Draíocht
in 2004 and Land's End in 2006
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WORKSHOPS, SESSIONS, ALBUM
LAUNCHES AND AFTERNOON CONCERT
Please note that instrumental workshops are aimed at intermediate to advanced level players.
Beginners may purchase tickets to attend as observers.
WORKSHOPS
■UILLEANN
PIPES WORKSHOP
■WHISTLE WORKSHOP WITH
WITH CAOMHÍN Ó’FEARGHAILL NOREEN O’SULLIVAN
11am – 1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10
See pic and biog on page 9.
11am – 1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10
See pic and biog on page 19.
■BANJO
WORKSHOP WITH
JOHN CARTY
■BODHRÁN
11am – 1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10
11am – 1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10
See pic and biog on page 21.
WORKSHOP WITH
KIERAN MUNNELLY
For biog see page 13, John Carty Festival Band.
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FULL EVENT PROGRAMME
ALL INCLUSIVE CONCERTS TICKET FOR 25-27 OCTOBER: £40
(this ticket is for concerts at the London Irish Centre ONLY)
ALL INCLUSIVE SET DANCING EVENTS TICKET FOR 1-3 NOVEMBER: £40
All music and song events for under 18s: £6
All children free at dance events when accompanied by a paying adult
Please note that all advertised concert times are times for doors opening. Performances will start 30 minutes after
doors open (15 minutes for album launches).
THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER 2013
9pm
Pre-Festival Warm
Up Session
Kylie-Ann Moynagh, Gary
Connolly, Teresa Connolly
The Cobden
Free
FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013
7.30pm
Opening Night
Album Launch
Dónal McCague (TG4 Gradam
Ceoil Young Musician 2013)
with Michael McCague – Album
Launch plus performance by
Caoimhín Ó’Fearghail (TG4 Gradam
Ceoil Young Musician 2012)
London Irish Centre
Free
7.30pm
Opening Concert
Crossharbour
Green Note
£10 in advance
12am
Festival Club
Session musicians welcome
The Cobden
Free
SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 2013
11am-1pm
Flute Workshop
June McCormack
London Irish Centre
£10
11am-1pm
Harp Workshop
Michael Rooney
London Irish Centre
£10
11am-1pm
Concertina Workshop
Micheál Ó’Raghallaigh
London Irish Centre
£10
11am-1pm
Accordion Workshop
Danny O’Mahony
London Irish Centre
£10
11am-1pm
Fiddle Workshop
Dónal McCague
London Irish Centre
£10
1pm
Session
Andrea Palandri, Colm
McGonigle, Conor Healy
London Irish Centre
Free
1pm
Afternoon Concert
The London Lasses/ Mick O’Connor,
John Bowe & Caoimhín Ó’Fearghail
London Irish Centre
£10
2pm
Session
Paddy Egan, Larry Egan,
Sharon Whelton
The Cobden
Free
4pm
Session
Tom O’Connell, Dónal
McCague, Pete Quinn
London Irish Centre
Free
5pm
Album Launch
Colm Gannon/ Daoirí Farrell
London Irish Centre
Free
5pm
Session
Brian Kelly, Martin Fahy, Mark Conyard
The Golden Lion
Free
7.30pm
Concert
John Carty Festival Band/ Michael
Rooney & June McCormack
London Irish Centre
£13 (in adv) /
£15 on day
12am
Festival Club
Session musicians welcome
The Cobden
Free
SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 2013
11am-1pm
Uilleann Pipes
Workshop
Caoimhín Ó’Fearghail
London Irish Centre
£10
11am-1pm
Banjo Workshop
John Carty
London Irish Centre
£10
11am-1pm
Whistle Workshop
Noreen O’Sullivan
London Irish Centre
£10
11am-1pm
Bodhrán Workshop
Kieran Munnelly
London Irish Centre
£10
1pm
Session
Edel Fox, Neill Byrne, Noel Whelton
London Irish Centre
Free
1pm
Afternoon Concert
Danny O’Mahony & Micheál
Ó’Raghallaigh/ Tara Connaghan &
Ronan Galvin/ Noreen O’Sullivan
London Irish Centre
£10
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3pm
Mick Doheny’s Session
Noreen Cullen, Tommy
Deignan, Adrian Burns
The World’s End
Free
4pm
Session
Claire Egan, Eoin O’Neill,
Michael McCague
London Irish Centre
Free
4pm
Talk by Seán Gilrane
‘The Life and Music of legendary
Leitrim flute player, John McKenna’
London Irish Centre
Free
5pm
Album Launch
Edel Fox and Neill Byrne
London Irish Centre
Free
5pm
Singing Session
Hosted by Pat Connolly
London Irish Centre
Free
7.30pm
Concert
The Leitrim Equation 3: Séamus Begley, London Irish Centre
John Carty and Donal Lunny with
special guests: Ben Lennon, Eleanor
Shanley, Mick Mulvey, Seán Gilrane,
Niall Keegan, Edwina Guckian & more
£13 (in adv) /
£15 on day
8pm
Session
Sam Proctor, Colman Connolly,
Tad Sargent and George Staines
The Cobden
Free
12am
Festival Club
Session musicians welcome
The Cobden
Free
FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013
8pm
Set Dancing Céilí
McNamara Céilí Band
London Irish Centre
£8
8pm
Folk Club Concert:
Musical Traditions Club
Len Graham
The King and Queen
£7 / £5 conc.
SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2013
10.30am – 1pm
Set Dancing Workshop
Mick Mulkerrin
London Irish Centre
£8
1pm
Session
Mick O’Connor, Eugene Teevan,
Mick Bailey
London Irish Centre
Free
2.15pm-5pm
Set Dancing Workshop
Mick Mulkerrin
London Irish Centre
£8
4pm
Session
Sinéad Munroe (née Linane), Paul
Gallagher, Peter McAlinden
London Irish Centre
Free
5-6pm
Performance of
Songs from the
Ulster Tradition
Len Graham
London Irish Centre
Free
6-7.30pm
Singing Session
Co-hosted by Len Graham
and Pat Connolly
London Irish Centre
Free
8pm
Set Dancing Céilí
Star of Munster Céilí Band
London Irish Centre
£10
Mick Mulkerrin
London Irish Centre
£8
SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2013
10am - 12pm
Sean Nós Dancing
Workshop
11am-1pm
Len Graham – co-hosted by
‘Here I am Amongst
You – Len Graham talks James McDonald and the
about and shares songs Song Collectors Collective
from singer and song
collector Joe Holmes’
London Irish Centre
£10
1-4pm
Matinée Set
Dancing Céilí
Star of Munster Céilí Band
London Irish Centre
£10
1pm
Session
Andy Martyn, Adrian Bourke, Reg Hall
London Irish Centre
Free
4pm
Session for all ages
Hosted by Meitheal Cheoil
London Irish Centre
Free
7.30pm
Concert
Comhaltas in Britain
London Irish Centre
£10
8pm
Session
Sam Proctor, Colman Connolly,
Tad Sargent and George Staines
The Cobden
Free
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SUNDAY 27TH OCTOBER
AFTERNOON CONCERT
Sponsored by:
■DANNY
O’MAHONY AND MICHEÁL Ó’RAGHALLAIGH
■TARA CONNAGHAN AND RONAN GALVIN
■NOREEN O’SULLIVAN AND ADRIAN BURNS
1.00pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10. All music events for under-18s: £6
■ DANNY
O'MAHONY
AND
MICHEÁL
Ó’RAGHALLAIGH
Accordionist Danny O’ Mahony,
from Ballyduff in North Kerry, is a
multiple All Ireland title winner. He
presents and produces a weekly
radio programme, Trip to the
Cottage, for Radio Kerry and is much
in demand as a performer, tutor
and lecturer. His highly regarded
debut album, In Retrospect,
featuring Patsy Broderick on piano,
Cyril O’ Donoghue on bouzouki
and Johnny ‘Ringo’ McDonagh on
percussion, was released in 2011.
Danny has performed with
concertina virtuoso Micheál
O’Raghallaigh, from Co. Meath,
since 2012, when they released
their duet album, As it Happened.
Micheál, from one of Ireland’s
best loved musical families, is
the driving force behind one of
Ireland’s best up coming bands,
Providence, and a member of
the 3-time All-Ireland Céilí Band
Champions, The Tain Céilí Band.
■ TARA
CONNAGHAN
AND RONAN
GALVIN
Fiddle player Tara
Connaghan is from
Glenties, Donegal. Her playing is
firmly rooted in the southwest
Donegal fiddle style, exemplified
by Vincent and Jimmy Campbell,
Danny Meehan, James Byrne as
well as musicians from the older
generation, such as travelling
maestro John Doherty. Rónán
Galvin was born in Dublin but
is closely connected with the
Donegal fiddle tradition through
his parents, both of whom are
from southwest Donegal. Tara and
Rónán have played together for
many years and both teach at the
annual Glencolmcille Fiddle School,
run by Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí.
■ NOREEN
O'SULLIVAN
AND ADRIAN
BURNS
Noreen O’Sullivan,
from Galway, is one of the great
tin whistle players. For many years,
she has focussed on teaching
music, rather than performing. She
comes from a famous Irish musical
family; her brothers are accordionist
Seán Gavin and Frankie Gavin, the
legendary fiddle player. Noreen
was born in Corrandulla, where her
father ran a pub which was a noted
meeting point for musicians. She
has been playing since the age of 5
and has taught in the Connemara
Gaeltacht for more than 30 years.
Last year, she released her long
awaited debut album, The Quiet
House, which features guest
appearances by Seán and Frankie.
ALBUM LAUNCH
■EDEL
FOX AND NEILL BYRNE
5pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
■ EDEL
FOX AND
NEILL
BYRNE
Concertina
player
Edel Fox
was TG4 Young Musician of the
Year in 2004. She has toured and
performed with Cherish the Ladies,
The Kane Sisters, Jackie Daly and
Ronan O’Flaherty. Her most recent
project, The Sunny Banks, with fiddle
player Neill Byrne, has been very
well received in Ireland and the
resultant CD was released in July
this year. Their music is a mixture
of older traditional melodies and
newer compositions, performed
with lively dance rhythms and
infused with a great sense of fun.
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TALK: THE MUSIC OF JOHN MCKENNA, BY SEÁN GILRANE
4pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
n JOHN
MCKENNA
The legendary
John McKenna,
from Tents,
Tarmon, Co
Leitrim was the most influential
flute player in the history of Irish
music. Born in 1880, he emigrated
to the USA in 1909. Between 1921
to 1937, whilst living and raising a
family in New York, he recorded
an extremely important body of
work. These recordings, totalling
44 sides, have influenced, directly
or indirectly, most flute players in
the modern Irish Traditional idiom,
including modern day greats
Matt Molloy, Patsy Hanly, Conal
O Gráda, Harry Bradley, Frankie
Gavin, Mick Woods and Patsy
Maloney, as well as players from the
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12.30pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
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previous generation, such as Josie
McDermott, Peter Horan, Vincent
Broderick and Packie Duignan. John
McKenna died in New York in 1947.
Seán Gilrane will present
the story of John McKenna’s life,
with extensive photographic and
musical illustrations. McKenna's
complete discography is being
digitally re-mastered for release
as a double CD in summer 2014.
SESSION
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8pm ¤ The Cobden ¤ Free
3pm ¤ The World's End ¤ Free
The Official Return to Camden Town 2013
FESTIVAL CLUB at
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Sun 27 October... Session musicians welcome... food available.
Come and join us after the concerts.
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■SINGING
SESSION: HOSTED BY PAT CONNOLLY
5pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
■ PAT CONNOLLY
All Ireland singing champion
Pat Connolly is well known on
the London scene. Originally
from Connemara, Pat has lived
in London for many years and
is highly regarded as a singer of
traditional songs in both English
and Irish. Pat features at the Return
to Camden Town Festival every
year and hosts a singing session
at the London Irish Centre each
month. Pat recently received
the Bliain na Cruinne Comhaltas
Award for promoting Irish culture
in the country of his adoption.
Today is also a special day for Pat.
EVENING CONCERT
■LEITRIM EQUATION
3, FEATURING SÉAMUS BEGLEY,
JOHN CARTY, DONAL LUNNY AND SPECIAL GUESTS
7.30pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £13 in advance/£15 on the day. All music events for
under-18s: £6
■ LEITRIM EQUATION 3
Tonight’s concert is the culmination
of an 18 month residency in the
county of Leitrim by leading
traditional musicians Dónal Lunny
– bouzouki and guitar, John Carty
– fiddle, banjo and tenor guitar
and Séamus Begley – accordion
and vocals. A remarkable and
■
unique project, the
Leitrim Equation
originated in 2006,
when Leitrim County
Council Arts Office,
with the support of the
Arts Council of Ireland,
devised a programme
to invite Ireland’s most
respected traditional
groups and musicians to spend
time in the county working with
local musicians and groups.
The project would celebrate
music in and of Leitrim, contribute
to the professional development of
musicians and act as a focal point
for the development of music in
the county. The first two residencies
were led by traditional music ‘supergroups’ Lúnasa and Dervish. For
the third residency, Dónal, Séamus
and John were invited and were
joined by special guest, Leitrim
native and 2012 TG4 Musician of
the year, Bryan Rooney, on fiddle.
The CD of the residency, The
Leitrim Equation 3, will be launched
at the concert. Joining the group
on the night will be over twenty
of Leitrim’s finest musicians,
singers and dancers, including
Eleanor Shanley, Ben Lennon, Mick
Mulvey, Niall Keegan and Edwina
Guckian. Truly a night to remember
and a celebration of Leitrim’s
rich living musical tradition.
FESTIVAL CLUB AT THE COBDEN
12am until late ¤ Session musicians welcome ¤ Free
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FRIDAY 1ST NOVEMBER
SET DANCING CÉILÍ
■THE
MCNAMARA CÉILÍ BAND
8pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £8. All children free at dance events (but must be accompanied
by a paying adult).
■ THE MCNAMARA
CÉILÍ BAND
A popular band whose members
are all prominent figures on
the London Irish scene: Gary
Connolly (accordion) has held
a long residency at the Auld
Triangle pub in Finsbury Park (and
was a founding member of their
Céilí Band). Kathy Walton (flute)
co-founded Meitheal Cheoil and
was recently awarded the Gradam
an Comhaltas for teaching and
promoting traditional music with
young people and within schools.
Karen Ryan (fiddle) is a member of
The London Lasses and co-founder
of Meitheal Cheoil. Pete Quinn
(keyboard) holds a Saturday night
residency with Karen and Gary at
Toolan’s, was the accompanist with
The London Lasses for 15 years
and has recorded and peformed
with many notable musicians.
FOLK CLUB CONCERT AT THE MUSICAL
TRADITIONS CLUB
■LEN
GRAHAM
8pm ¤ The King and Queen ¤ £7/£5 conc.
■ LEN
GRAHAM
One of Ireland’s
best-known
singers, Len
Graham has
gained an international reputation
for his inimitable singing style
and also for the breadth of his
knowledge of Irish music. He
performs traditional Irish songs
in English, collected mainly from
the North of Ireland, and shares
memories drawn from a lifetime
of collecting and singing. Len’s
extensive repertoire covers the
gamut of themes and human
experience, portrayed in early
classic ballads, broadside ballads,
local songs, come-all-ye’s, lyric
folksongs, music hall pieces,
songs on politics, murder, love,
emigration and much more.
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SATURDAY 2ND NOVEMBER
DANCE WORKSHOPS, SESSIONS, EVENING
CONCERT AND SET DANCING CÉILÍ
■SET
DANCING WORKSHOPS WITH MICK MULKERRIN
10.30am–1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £8. Children free with a paying adult.
2.15–5pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £8. Children free with a paying adult.
■ MICK MULKERRIN
Making a welcome return to the
Festival, dancing master Mick
Mulkerrin was born in Glasgow to
Irish parents. He learned his first
sean nós steps at the age of 10
and began teaching set dancing in
1987 with Séamus O’Mealoid. The
pair went on to present workshops
in Ireland over a period of five
years. Mick now runs a weekly
set dance class in Ballyboghill,
North County Dublin. He travels to
North America three or four times
every year to dance and teach
and also teaches at the annual
Aarhus Festival in Denmark. He is
one of the most highly regarded
tutors of Irish set dancing; his
expertise is much in demand
on both sides of the Atlantic.
SET DANCING EVENTS
NOVEMBER 2013
• Saturday 23rd – Slough Irish Centre. 7pm-midnight:
THE SALAMANCA CEILI BAND with support act 'The Lucky Plucker'
• Sunday 24th – Slough Irish Centre. 12-2:45pm:
Set and Sean Nós workshop with GER BUTLER
3pm-6pm – THE SALAMANCA CEILI BAND
(8pm: Music session in The Hershel Arms Public House, Slough)
JANUARY 2014
• Saturday 11th – Haringey Irish Centre. 8:30pm-11:30pm:
THE ABBEY CEILI BAND
• Sunday 12th – Slough Irish Centre. 12-2pm: Set Dance workshop with
MARGARET MORRIN. 2.30-5:30pm THE ABBEY CEILI BAND.
Also coming to Haringey and Slough – 19th and 20th April 2014:
THE NEILY O'CONNOR CEILI BAND
For further details call Jim Filgate on 07930 313 309
e-mail: [email protected]
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For details of session musicians please see
full listings schedule on pages 16-17
■SESSION
1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
SET DANCING CÉILÍ
■THE
STAR OF MUNSTER CÉILÍ BAND
8pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10. All children
free at dance events (but must be accompanied
by a paying adult).
■SESSION
3pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
■SESSION
4pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
■LEN
GRAHAM –
Performance followed by
singing session, co-hosted
by Len and Pat Connolly
5pm & 6pm ¤ London Irish Centre
¤ Free
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■ THE STAR
OF MUNSTER
CÉILÍ BAND
features four very popular
musicians, Ralph Morgan
– banjo, Michael Bland –
accordion, Fintan McMahon
– piano and Dave Culligan
– vocal and drums, who have
played with some of the top
céilí bands in Ireland. They
have performed in Leeds,
Manchester, Nottingham,
Wembley, Spain, Holland
and at Gertrude Byrne’s Irish
weekends. They have also
played on four Caribbean
Cruises and are due to
appear at Gertie Byrne’s
All Star Caribbean Charter
Cruise in February 2014.
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SUNDAY 3RD NOVEMBER
DANCE WORKSHOP, SINGING WORKSHOP,
SESSIONS, MATINEE SET DANCING
CÉILÍ AND EVENING CONCERT
■SEAN-NÓS
DANCING WORKSHOP WITH MICK MULKERRIN
10.30am–1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £8. Children free.
■
SINGING WORKSHOP
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SONG COLLECTOR COLLECTIVE
“HERE I AM AMONGST YOU” – Len Graham discusses and shares songs from singer
and song collector Joe Holmes. Co-hosted by James McDonald.
www.songcollectors.org
11am–1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10/£6 under 18s
LONDON
IRISH
CENTRE
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1-4pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10. All children free at dance events (but must be
accompanied by a paying adult).
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1pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
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SESSION FOR ALL AGES – HOSTED BY MEITHEAL CHEOIL
4pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
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8pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ Free
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COMHALTAS IN BRITAIN
7.30pm ¤ London Irish Centre ¤ £10. Under-18s: £6.
Featuring many of the finest
Comhaltas musicians based
in England, including: James
McDonald (vocal/ MC),
Patrick Ballantyne (fiddle),
Aaron Gallagher (flute),
Saoirse Ni Michail (uilleann
pipes), Elaine Walsh (fiddle)
and Marian Cournane.
An evening of traditional Irish Music,
song and Dance from some of the
finest traditional performers London
has to offer. The cast comes from
across the generations, and includes
several All Ireland Champions.
Following the success of a
nationwide tour in 2011, Comhaltas
UK on tour, is out on the road again
this Autumn. Proceeds from the
concert will go to the provincial
council of Britain to help towards
their staging of national events.
For more information contact
Comhaltas development worker for
London and the Southern Region,
John Devine:
[email protected]
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would like to thank Karen and all the team of The
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wishing all the artists and every one involved all
the best for another weekend of mighty music.
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