Tionscnamh Lugh seisiúins called "Trad Tráthnóna" take place in Ionad Cois Locha, Dún Lúiche, Pairc Naisiunta, Gleann Bheithe and Foras Cultúir Uladh, Gleann Cholm Cille.






Trad Tráthnóna sessions feature local musicans augmented each week by visiting guest musicians, dancers and singers in an informal cafe atmosphere.

Summer 1998 Trad Tráthnóna featured musicians -

Conor Byrne is a member of that famous musical family that includes Christy Moore and Luka Bloom. Conor has been playing the flute since he was four years of age and the pipes since the age of nine. Appearing with Conor is Nial Ó Callainn.

Johnny Duhan is a singer songwriter from Limerick who, as well as recording a number of albums himself, has had his songs performed by the likes of Mary Black and Christy Moore.

Lá Lugh are a five piece band who made their debut at the Dublin Traditional Music Festival in June 1991. Their music is drawn mainly from South East Ulster, an area rich in language and poetry for generations and now enjoying a new lease of life by some of the areas finest musicans.

A performance by Dúlamán features songs in Irish, in sean-nós and "new style" with vocal harmony and accompaniment on bodhráns, pipes, whistles, guitar and percussion all woven together in a tapestry of music. Dúlamán are Seoirse O Dochartaigh and Heather Innes joined on this occasion by Aodh Mac Ruairí and Paddy Higgins.

Lillis Ó Laoire is one of the country's finest exponents of sean-nós singing. Lillis is a lecturer in the University of Limerick and is a noted authority on this old style of song as well as being a renowned collector of traditional songs.

Johnny Óg Connolly and Brian Mc Grath are the priveleged inheritors of two formidable musical legacies. One from Connemara, the other from Co. Fermanagh, both were steeped in tradition form an early age. Their combined musical talents flowers into a very precious and emphatic musical experience.

Paddy Glackin from Dublin was introduced to traditional music by his Rosses-born father. Having studied music at the College of Music in Dublin, he was exposed to the fiddle from an early age through a meeting with the legendary John Doherty. A founding member of the Bothy Band, he is generally regarded as one of Ireland's master fiddlers. Another former Bothy Band member is Michéal Ó Domhnaill who accompanies Paddy on guitar. Michéal, whose roots can be traced back to Rann na Feirste, has played with many artists and bands through the years, not least Skarabrae and is considered to be one of the foremost accompanists around.

Joe Burke, the famoust accordionist from Loughrea, Co. Galway, traces the sources and melodic forms of Irish music back to the rhythms and cadences of Irish speech and language. Born into an area well known for traditional music Anne Conroy Burke has been playing music since she was ten years old. As her interest in music grew, she began to develop her own style of accordian playing. She is acknowleged also as a very competent guitar accompanist.

Mary Bergin has the reputation of being Ireland's premier exponent on the tin whistle. Due to her own dedication and with the encouragement of her family, she developed a highly orginal and innovative style of playing. Her sister, Antoinette Mc Kenna, is a master of the harp and its music, espicially as it is used in accompaniment and her own compositions for the harp. She sings a wide range of traditional and contemporary songs in both Irish and English. Joe Mc Kenna studied the pipes in the famous Pipers Club in Thomas Street, Dublin. He was absorbed and extended the art of piping, creating his own individual style and technique. Joe also plays whistles, low whistles and button accordion.

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