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• Connolly to Receive Medal of Honor
   (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Sullivan Artist-in-Residence Seamus Connolly, director of the University’s Irish Studies music programs, will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) this Saturday in recognition of his distinguished career as one of the world’s most respected master Irish musicians. The Ellis Island Medals of Honor
  
  
• Fiddler Tommy Peoples to receive his 2nd Gradam Ceoil
  Related articles Competition for young Irish musicians: An Ré Nua - The New Era New season of Geantraí on TG4 Ceol Na Mara Summer School for Strings in Connemara The Hairy Chested Frog - Louisa Bennion (concertina) & Loïc Bléjean (pipes)
  
  
• Michael Coleman Fiddle Performance @ Oriel Centre - Comhaltas
  Oriel Centre (Dundalk Gaol) – A truly unique opportunity to hear Michael Coleman’s fiddle performed by fiddle virtuoso and composer Josephine Keegan at Oriel Centre. Introduction and background review by Dr Daithí Kearney DKIT. Date Sunday 16th December 12noon - 2.00pm. Limited capacity so booking essential. For further information contact info@orielcentre.ie | Ph 042 9328887 Comhaltas: Blog:
  
  
• Dylan Foley
  Dylan Foley, 2nd place winner in fiddle at the 2012 All-Ireland Fleadh, dropped in on the North Highlands Firehouse sessions with Hudson Valley Comhaltas in October. Related articles O'Brien from Newtown, The Haunted House - Crawford, Foley & Dukes Patrick Street - Live at Earagail Arts Festival, Ionad Cois Locha 2008 Martin O Connor, Liz Carroll, Dave Flynn & Peadar Ó Riada The 2012 Edition
  
  
• Liz Carroll (fiddle), 1981 Milwaukee Irish Fest
  Related articles Milwaukee Irish Fest Presents Tallymoore "Christmas Concert" Martin O Connor, Liz Carroll, Dave Flynn & Peadar Ó Riada Irish Traditional Music Archive in Ennis, Co. Clare The McCarthy Family play Sligo Live Accordion star Sharon to play in Leamington
  
  
• Bruce Molsky - Shove the Pig's Foot Further Into the Fire
  Fiddler Bruce Molsky plays an instrumental for the Transatlantic Sessions series #3 (2007) taped by BBC-4 in Scotland. Related articles Martin O Connor, Liz Carroll, Dave Flynn & Peadar Ó Riada Founder member of The Chieftains Fay dies aged 76 The McCarthy Family play Sligo Live The Morning Thrush - Patrick D'Arcy Uilleann Pipe Tutorial. Paddy Fahey's Reel
  
  
• Liz Carroll - Sat 17 November 2012 - The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
  Liz Carroll playing "Catherine Kelly / Lake Effect / The Wild Irish Man" on Sat 17 November 2012 at The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh as part of the Scots Fiddle Festival 2012. You can also find pictures from this show on our Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/thequeenshall Related articles Martin O Connor, Liz Carroll, Dave Flynn & Peadar Ó Riada The Tune Makers The Tune Makers - sharing tunes
  
  
• Donal Lunny, John Carty & Séamus Begley
  Three of Ireland's premier traditional Irish musicians, Donal Lunny (bouzouki), John Carty (fiddle) and Séamus Begley (accordion) play a set of tunes in preparation for an upcoming live webcast with the trio on www.irelandwesttrad.com. This webcast will take place on Tuesday November 20th 2012 from 8pm GMT and will feature lots of other fantastic musicians too. In addition, you'll get a chance
  
  
• Honoring tradition Larry Reynolds, fiddler of local renown, is mourned - The Boston Globe
  Frank Joyce had to keep his funeral home in Waltham open a lot later than planned Wednesday night. Larry Reynolds’s wake was supposed to last for six hours. But it took more than nine hours to get everybody through the line. “At least a couple of thousand people,” Joyce said. “They just kept coming.” It seemed like half of them returned to Waltham on Thursday morning, to St. Jude Church,
  
  
• Brendan Mulvihill | Blue Ridge Irish Music School
  Cover of Brendan Mulvihill Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle)  and Keith Carr (bouzouki) Saturday 20 October, 8 pm, House Concert,  Tx $15 Afternoon workshops on fiddle, bouzouki and banjo To reserve a space for the concert or workshop or for more information, please email to or call 434-409-9631. Performances & Events | Blue Ridge Irish Music School: Related articles The Tune Makers play 'The