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2010 Festival

Friday September 10th - Sunday 12th September


Details to be announced later


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  The 3rd Annual Tulla Traditional Music Festival is a weekend packed with wonderful music, song, dance, concerts, céilithe and workshops. This year we are showcasing some wonderful fiddle and flute players, with special guests, Martin Hayes, Mike Rafferty and Willie Kelly. Our Fiddle and Flute Rectial on Sunday evening is not to be missed with all of the above joined by Eileen O'Brien and Deirdre McSherry  and of course our local virtuosos Vincent Griffin and Paddy O'Donoghue. A weekend of set dancing to the music of  our own great Tulla Céili Band on Saturday night and the closing Céíli on Sunday night which has a magic of its own with music by Andrew MacNamara, Martin Hayes, Mark Donnellan and Jim Corry. Saturday night's Concert in St. Peter and Paul's Church is a two part concert featuring Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, you will enjoy an hour of Martin and Dennis performing their unique and extraordinary style of music. This will be followed in a completely contrasting style by the wonderful foursome At The Rackett, when you will experience the joy, spirit and pure fun that is Irish music at its best.

Come to Tulla for a weekend to enjoy, savour and remember..........

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Friday September 11th


8.00pm  Official Opening @

Tulla Courthouse by

Joe O'Connor Comhaltas Reachtaire

& Launch of Tulla Comhaltas Archive CD

"Humours of Tulla
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This  is part two of a three part archival project on the Music, Songs and Poetry of an area of East Clare , steeped for centuries in the musical tradition that gives us a strong sense of who we are. Part one was the publication of the Book " The Humours of Tulla" in 2007 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Comhaltas Branch, the DVD with the televised and visual clips will conclude this project.


 

Our journey of discovery begins in the 1750s when Sean Aerach O Seanacháin, a native of Tulla,  (who enjoyed the patronage of the Knight of Glin in his declining years) composed “An Buachaill Cáol Dubh.” As we rewind the great tape of time we encounter the likes of Connie Hogan from Bodyke and the “singing clown”Johnnie Patterson in the 1800s, as well as the great stalwarts of the more recent past, many of whom gained international acclaim for the East Clare village .Other less well known musicians, singers and poets are now recorded and saved for the future generations. Musicians like Bill Malley, Joe Bane, John Naughton, Paddy Grogan  who never made a commercial recording feature in the C.D. We are given a glimpse at the fruits of their labours in the performance of today’s crop of young musicians , most notably the prize winning Tulla Junior Band.

Click here to purchase CD online from Custys Music shop

Friday,  September 11th 9.00 pm
 
@ Minogues, Tulla

Launch of Traditional CD 

"The New Broom"

Mike Rafferty, Willie Kelly, Donal Clancy  
 (all based in
U.S.A.
)



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Friday, September 11th

9.30pm Opening Ceili at Powerhouse
Music:  Larry McEvoy - Adm €5.00

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Saturday September 12th
 

Workshops
11:00 – 16:30 Reg. 10:30am

(click here for Details)

Gala Church Concert @ 8pm

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
At the Racket

Click here to buy concert tickets online from Custys Music Shop
                                                                                                  

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10:00pm Céilí at   Tulla Secondary School

with Martin Hayes & Tulla Céíli Band

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10pm Saturday Minogues

Launch of Claire Keville's new CD

'The Daisy Field'


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Sunday September 13th



12:00 Singing Session with Robbie McMahon & Nora Butler
 at Teach Ól



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6.30pm Fiddle / Flute Recital at Tulla Courthouse
NOTE:  CHANGE OF TIME TO 6.30 PM
(To facilitate watching of the All Ireland U21 Hurling Final
)


Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
Mike Rafferty, Willie Kelly & Donal Clancy
Vincent Griffin & Paddy O’Donoghue
Eileen O’Brien & Deirdre McSherry

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9:30pm Céilí at Minogues

with Martin Hayes, Andrew McNamara,  Mark Donnellan, Jim Corry

Sessions Galore in the local pubs.

Concert Tickets:Custy’s Ennis,                         Accommodation:00-353-(0)86-8268862

                          Tulla Pharmacy, Tulla P.O.      Workshops – 00-353-(0)87 -2378611    

                         Music Room Tulla                  Gen Enquiries: 00- 353- (0)87- 8350996
Click here to buy tickets online from Custys Music Shop

                                                                                                  




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