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When The Fureys make their eagerly awaited visit to The Shamrock Lodge Hotel on Thursday, January 4, they will treat their audience to one of popular music’s richest legacies.

Prior to 1961, public performance of Irish traditional music in Galway took place primarily in the form of céilís in large dancehalls — namely in the Hangar, the Commercial and the Astaire. These were enormously popular — remember the hundreds of bicycles parked outside the Hangar on a Sunday night — but they began to go out of fashion in the sixties and were regarded as old fashioned and backward.

THE YOUNG musicians of Athenry Music School Sinfonietta will give their debut performance of ‘A Baroque Session (with Carolan & Friends)’ by Raymond Deane online at 7pm on Culture Night, Friday, September 17.

As the phased pathway to post lockdown life continues, Irish folk group, The Fureys have announced a live autumn date in the Roscommon Arts Centre.

As the phased pathway to post lockdown life continues, Irish folk group, The Fureys have announced a live autumn date in the Roscommon Arts Centre.

As the phased pathway to post lockdown life commences on May 18, Irish folk group, The Fureys have announced a live autumn date in the Roscommon Arts Centre.

Mayo’s own James Kilbane & Friends will bring their Irish night of Irish song, great traditional music and culture every Thursday night to the Castlecourt Plaza Hotel, Westport for the months of August and September starting at 9pm.

THE FUREYS, one of Ireland's finest folk bands, best known for songs like ‘When You Were Sweet 16’, ‘The Green Fields of France’, ‘Red Rose Café’, and ‘Steal Away’, play the Loughrea Hotel & Spa on Friday March 22.

The world of Irish traditional music is this week coming to terms with the loss of one of Alec Finn, one of its most influential masters over the last four decades.

Since 2014, the Pillar House in Ballinasloe has operated the Pillar House Folk Club, welcoming a veritable 'who’s who' of the Irish folk & trad scene.