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• Songs for Ireland | Sean Kelly's 'The Celtic Roar'
  some members of The Kelly Family, ~1989, Wuppertal Germany Deutsch: Einige Mitglieder der Kelly Family als Straßenmusikanten, ~1989 (oder etwas später), Wuppertal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The latest entry for our increasingly popular Euro 2012 song search is a lively traditional number called ‘The Celtic Roar’ by Down musician Sean Kelly. Sean, who hails from Newry, has a bit of an advantage

  
  

  
  
  
• John Reid
  JOHN REID par BalconyTV Related articlesIrish Musicians Achieve New Height of Recognition at the 4th Annual Irish Music Award Presentation on Jan. 28, 2012 Recently departed never forgot mentoring roles The Alan Kelly Gang from Ireland to Barbados " Irish Music Magazine Barney McKenna

  
  

  
  
  
• Oranmore twins with Breton village
  Oranmore wild grass (Photo credit: boocal)Last week marked the beginning of the twinning of the town of Oranmore and the Breton village Clohars-Fouesnant, organised by the Oranmore Twinning Committee and its chairperson, Gerardine Costello. A group from the village arrived in Ireland and was greeted by members of the committee before they commenced their busy week-long visit to the west. For

  
  

  
  
  
• Paddy Keenan to perform at London Irish Centre
  Cover of Paddy KeenanThe Jimmy Hendrix of Irish piping will delight traditional music enthusiasts in London. Paddy Keenan, a former member of The Bothy Band, performs at the London Irish Centre on Friday, February 3. Born in Meath to a Travelling family steeped in traditional music - both Keenan’s father and grandfather were uilleann pipers. Paddy himself took up the pipes at the age of 10,

  
  

  
  
  
• Karl Jenkins releases new choral work ‘The Peacemakers’ on EMI Classics
  Cover via AmazonKarl Jenkins is to release The Peacemakers, the follow-up to his highly successful The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, on EMI Classics. The 17-movement work for chorus and orchestra features texts by some of the most famous advocates of peace and compassion in the 20th century, including Mahatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, and

  
  

  
  
  
• Far away fields are greener, but Irishness runs deep
  Neil Goodwin, who considers himself as “a nomadic Irishman, indigenous to the world but belonging to Ireland”, has returned to live in the country of his birth after 16 years travelling the world. Neil Goodwin on Lough ErneI was born here in Ireland, in 1976, to a 17-year-old girl. Sadly for her, and many others like her, she had to give her child up for adoption. This does not tend to

  
  

  
  
  
• Martin Meehan, Barry Kerr and Paul Meehan
  

  
  

  
  
  
• Few takin’ high road on winds of change at Gaelic College | The Chronicle Herald
  Image via WikipediaWell, it’s no Battle of Culloden. The moors of Inverness lie far across the sea, and Bonnie Prince Charlie retired to his grave many years ago. And yet, recent developments at the Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts — North America’s lone and long-considered pre-eminent institution devoted to the preservation and promotion of Gaelic language, traditions and music — seem

  
  

  
  
  
• Candlelit non-commercial parade - Drogheda-Independent.ie
  A NON-COMMERCIAL and spirit orientated candlelit procession takes place through the streets of Drogheda on Wednesday December 21st from 5pm to 6.45pm. The event will begin from St Dominic's Park on the occasion of the Winter Solstice and march to St. Peter's Church via Dominic's Bridge and West Street. 'We will gather in Dominick's Park at 5pm on Wednesday 21st December, candles in hand -

  
  

  
  
  
• Celtic Sojourn Lights Up Music Hall
  Image via Wikipedia The Christmas spectacular that has sold out shows throughout New England returns to The Music Hall this season for what promises to be an unforgettable holiday event! A top-flight cast of singers, musicians, and dancers join Brian O’Donovan, host of NPR’s wildly popular Celtic Sojourn, for a festival of traditional and contemporary music from the Celtic countries and England.