Fiddler Martin Hayes: ‘I come to the table with whatever little bit I managed to bring off the side of the mountain’
The acclaimed musician reimagines his album Peggy’s Dream with the National Symphony Orchestra this St Patrick’s weekend
Dennis Cahill
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Martin Hayes: ‘Our souls need music, art and poetry, and we need human connection’
Masters of Tradition celebrates its 20th year with a stellar programme
Dennis Cahill obituary: Celebrated traditional musician who was a mentor to many
President Higgins says Cahill brought a ‘unique style to his guitar playing, while being deeply respectful of the essence of traditional Irish music’
Martin Hayes: How I smashed my fiddle and stopped drinking
The fiddle player on becoming a ‘vegetarian, eastern-thinking, long-haired something’
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett review: Joyous music defying categorisation
The Gloaming duo’s collaboration is dreamlike, mysterious and utterly engaging
The Gloaming: The Gloaming 3 review – Visionary exploration of traditional music-making
Group have found their groove and third album provides a focus on the darker side
2019 cultural highlights: You’ll laugh, you’ll picnic, you’ll plough
The best music, theatre, comedy, film and spoken word in the coming year
The Gloaming announce concert series at NCH in March 2019
Dublin performances likely to showcase trad supergroup’s new album, due next spring
Fleadh Cheoil festival expected to draw 400,000 to Drogheda
Traditional music festival comes to Co Louth town for first time
‘Nobody gets rich from folk music, which is a great leveller’
Doolin Folk Festival brings Persian, Irish, Swedish and American folk sounds together
TV this weekend: Attenborough on eggs and Geldof on the ‘Late Late Show’
The Ray D’Arcy show will discuss consent in wake of Belfast trial while Aidan Gillen plays Dave Allen
The Gloaming: ‘We’ve lost cohesion in our communities’
Ahead of their sold-out concerts at the NCH, The Gloaming reflect on modern Ireland, women in trad, and how they work, rest and play
Last convict ship of Irish prisoners arrived in Perth 150 years ago
Ten-day 'Fenians, Fremantle and Freedom Festival' celebrates connection between Ireland and Perth
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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