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Martin Tourish and Paddy McMenamin Named as being in the top 3 piano accordionists
in Irish music, Martin won TG4s prestigious ‘Young Musician of the Year’ in
2008, an accolade regarded by the Irish Times as being ‘the Irish Music
equivalent of an Oscar’. Martin will perform with his old friend and mentor,
fiddler Paddy McMenamin from Glenfin.
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Tommy Peoples (fiddle)
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Sean Magee
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Kitty
Sean Cunningham from Teelin is one of the great characters in
the traditional music scene in Donegal. Now in her late eighties, she
is known the length and breath of the country and beyond for her
lilting and singing, her stories and her dancing. Kitty who never
learned to play an instrument yet came to be the custodian of a great
store of very old local tunes which she learned from legendary players
like Frank and Con Cassidy, John Doherty and Jimmy Lyons and which she
in turn passed on through her lilting. Many of theses tunes, like the
now famous Kitty Sean’s Barn dance, made popular first through the
playing of James Byrne, have found their way into the repertoire of
musicians from Ireland to America.
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Maire
Ní Choilm from Gweedore is highly regarded seannos
singer. She is a member of Cór Mhuire in Derrybeg and has been singing
since her childhood. Maire has won numerous competitions over the years
including the U18 singing competition at the Oireachtas in Galway in
1993 and later the Women’s class in 1996. In 2005 she won the All
Ireland Fleadh. Maire has been giving workshops in Lewis, Glasgow,
Boulder and at various festivals around Ireland. Maire now lives in
Sligo and teaches at Gaelscoil Chnoc na Ré.
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Margaret Cunningham and Derek Williamson song and guitar
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Dance
instructors
Jacinta Breslin
and
Clement Gallagher
from Ardara are respected teachers of local community dance styles
which are still enjoyed in Glencolmcille and the surrounding parishes.
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Sean Con Johnny Byrne(guitar) and banjo player Tomas Cunningham from
Teelin are two well known musicians in the local trad scene.
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The Byrne Family
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Aisling Ni Churraighin
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Additional participating artist profiles will
be added here shortly.
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