List of Events 3 - 6 May 2013

DATE: Friday 3 May
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE: Áras Shorcha Ní Ghuairim
EVENT: Official Opening with Guest Speaker Fr. Eddie Bheairtle Ó Conghaile.
Music and Entertainment with Local & Visiting Artists

DATE: Friday 3 May
TIME: 10.30pm
VENUE: Tigh Mheaic
EVENT: Danny O’Mahony (accordion), Cyril O’Donoghue (bouzouki), Johnny Ringo McDonagh (bodhrán), featuring local Sean Nós Singers and Dancers.

DATE: Saturday 4 May
TIME: 10.00am – 2.00pm
COVER: €10 Adults / 2nd Level Students. Primary School pupils free of charge.
VENUE: Áras Shorcha Ní Ghuairim
EVENT: Workshops -
Sean Nós Singing Tutor: Gearóidín Bhreathnach
English Ballads Tutor: Rosie Stewart
Sean Nós Dancing Tutors: Róisín Ní Mhainín (advanced) & Proinsias Ó hIarnáin (beginners)

DATE: Saturday 4 May
TIME: 3.00pm – 6.00pm
VENUE: Tigh Mhóráin
EVENT: Main Festival Singing Session with a host of Local and Guest Singers

DATE: Saturday 4 May
TIME: 7.30pm
COVER: €20
VENUE: Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara
EVENT: Traditional Festival Concert featuring:
Ailean Domhnallach, Mairí Smith, Calum Mac Millan (Scotland) ● Breandán Ó Ceannabháin ● Danny O’Mahony & The Shannonvale Céilí Band ● Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh ● Gearóidín Bhreathnach ● Mick & Aoife O’Brien ● Néillidh & Caoimhe Mulligan ● Liz &Yvonne Kane ● Toner Quinn ● Johnny Ringo McDonagh ● Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha ● Nathan Pilatzke ● Róisín Ní Mhainín ● Conal Ó Flatharta ● Cormac Ó Briain ● Proinsias, Breandán & Labhrás Ó hIarnáin ● Jason McGuinness ● Máire Éinniú ●

DATE: Sunday 5 May
TIME: 10.30pm
VENUE: Carna Bay Hotel
EVENT: Open Session

DATE: Saturday 4 May
TIME: 10.30pm
VENUE: Tigh Mheaic
EVENT: Music, Song and Dance, featuring Don Stiffe and the Hernons: Marcus, Proinsias, Labhrás and Breandán.

DATE: Sunday 5 May
TIME: 11.30am
EVENT: A visit to Joe Heaney’s Grave in Maíros Cemetery after festival mass at 11.30am in St. Mary's  Church, which will be broadcast live on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

DATE: Sunday 5 May
TIME: 12.30pm
VENUE: Tigh Mhóráin
EVENT: Singing & Music Session with Local and Visiting Artists

DATE: Sunday 5 May
TIME: 2.00pm
VENUE: Áras Shorcha Ní Ghuairim
EVENT: Childrens Singing Competition – Under 9, 12, 15, 18. (Joe Heaney Perpetual Cup – Under 15)

DATE: Sunday 5 May
TIME: 5.00pm - 7.00pm
VENUE: Tí Mheaic
EVENT: Presentation of Song & Music from Scotland featuring Mairí Smith (song), Ailean Dòmhnallach (song & pipes) & Calum MacMillan (song & pipes). Featuring special accompanying guests: Bríd Ní Mhaoilchiaráin, Néillidh Mulligan & Gearóidín Bhreathnach.

DATE: Sunday 5 May
TIME: 8.00pm
VENUE: Carna Bay Hotel
EVENT: Album Launch: 'Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts'
“The music is drawn from collection made by Canon James Goodman in the mid-nineteenth century in his native province of Munster”
Mick O’Brien (pipes), Aoife Ní Bhriain (fiddle) agus Emer Mayock (flute). Guest Speaker: Seán McKiernan

DATE: Sunday 5 May
TIME: 10.30pm
VENUE: Tigh Mheaic
EVENT: Open Session

DATE: Sunday 5 May
TIME: 10.30pm
VENUE: Carna Bay Hotel
EVENT: Music, Song and Dance, featuring Pat Coyne and the Hernons: Marcus, Proinsias, Labhrás and Breandán.

DATE: Monday 6 May
TIME: 12.30pm
VENUE: Tigh Mhóráin
EVENT: Farewell Singing & Music Session with Local and Visiting Artists