Éadaoin Fitzmaurice took up sean nós singing as a hobby and through learning old songs has found a deeper connection to Ireland and those who have gone before us here. Ireland is in the midst of a ...

Oireachtas na Gaeilge, the biggest Irish-language arts festival of the year, ended last weekend with up to 14,000 people soaking up the atmosphere in and around Belfast city centre during the five-day ...

Have you ever been to a stonking night club that had a turf fire in the middle of the dance-floor? No, me neither. But that’s what you get when to listen to Cushla, a new Irish-Spanish fusion band who ...

Sean-nós singer and harpist Síle Denvir performs with Bláth na hÓige as part of Tradition Now in the National Concert Hall, Dublin on Friday 3 May. We asked her the BIG questions . . . Síle is deeply ...

An outsider’s eye often provides insights unseen by those close to their subject, but it was Alexander Martin Freeman’s ear for Cork’s Irish language singing that made the English scholar the unlikely ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

Imam Muhammad Al-Hussaini’s beautiful singing voice was first noticed in Irish circles after he sang the ‘Boys of Barr Na Sráide’ one night during the first Gaelic Voices Celtic music festival two ...

In celebration of sean-nós singing, dancing, the Irish language, and instrumental dance tunes outside of Ireland’s Gaeltachtaí, the Sean-nós Northwest Festival is held annually in Olympia, Washington, ...

Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin died tragically in a car accident in 1991. His family, friends, and fellow singers have been organising an annual event that keeps his memory alive, as well as showcasing some ...