FESTIVE fun descended on Southend as the city's Christmas light switch-on was enjoyed by hundreds of residents. The event, ...

There were music performances from groups such as the Buskerteers Choir, The Southend Irish Association Ceili Band and The Ironworks Additional Needs performance group. There were also musicians ...

This year’s event promises a full day of festivities, performances, and family-friendly activities ahead of the grand 6pm light switch on.

With thoughts now firmly on Christmas, it already feels like ages since Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann brought an explosion of ...

Music, song, dance and storytelling greeted a capacity attendance at a hugely successful Concert in Cullen Community Centre ...

Abhann Glas Céilí band made history at the weekend, after becoming the first Longford céilí band to qualify for the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in almost forty years. The band, made up of Irene Guckian, ...

Fiddle, box, and piano is a classic instrumental grouping. For me, the die for this array was cast in the 1960s, when Andy ...

and with céilí bands in the Fleadh Cheoil. It was in his first year competing in the under 18 category that he won his first All-Ireland gold. “I didn't compete solo after that,” he revealed. He still ...

Folk artist Niamh Regan is stepping into a very busy November, playing full band shows across Ireland, kicking off with an intimate performance at Other Voices: Home at the Guinness Storehouse on ...

Brendan was a member of the Prison service based in Portlaoise for most of his career but prior to that was well known as the accordion player with the Gallowglass Ceili band that played all over the ...

If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism ... Saturday night we did indeed raise the roof dancing to Rise the Dust Ceili Band. And on Sunday afternoon the magic of Kerry music ...

Billy’s grandmother was born in Offaly and he grew up listening to traditional Irish music from a young age, with his lifelong friends, the Kilgannon family, forming his first Ceili band at 15.