Warm up for the Five Lamps Arts Festival 2024
Ceol na Cathrach (Music of the City) is a bilingual series of 4 gigs featuring traditional music and songs that celebrates the great talent of musicians in the city.
The gigs will take place at Annesley House every Wednesday, from March 20th – April 10th, in the lead up to The Five Lamps Arts Festival 2024, that happens from 11th to 20th April.
Two acts will perform at each gig and the series will compose the Ceol na Cathrach: An Ghig Mhór, where all of the acts that took part will come together to play in St. Columba’s National School, North Strand on Monday the 15th of April.
Is sraith ghigeanna dhátheangach í Ceol na Cathrach a dhíreoidh aird ar bhua na gceoltóirí traidisiúnta sa chathair seo.
Beidh ceithre ghig ar siúl in The Annesley House sna seachtainí roimh The Five Lamps Arts Festival, 2024, tráthnónta Céadaoin ón 20ú de mhí an Mhárta go dtí 10ú lá de mhí Aibreáin ina mbeidh beirt cheoltóir nó dhá ghrúpa páirteach gach oíche.
Tiocfaidh na ceoltóirí go léir le chéile a raibh páirteach sa tsraith don Ghig Mór in séipéal St. Columbas, sa Trá Thuaidh, a bheas ar siúl i rith na féile ar an 15ú lá de mhí Aibreáin.Tuilleadh eolais le teacht…Tá fáilte roimh chách. Bígí linn!
SHOW INFORMATION
Ceol na Cathrach (Music of the City) – Traditional Irish music
Annesley House
70 North Strand Road – D03
from March 20th to April 10th 2024
On Wednesdays – 8pm
Tickets € 5
Ceol na Cathrach: An Ghig Mhór (Music of the City: The Big Gig)
St. Columba’s National School
North Strand Road – D03
April 15th 2024 – 8pm
Tickets € 15
Agenda
March 20th
Eva Carroll & Méabh Mulligan
March 27th
Natalie Ní Chasaide, Iarfhlaith Ó Domhnaill & Seamas Hyland
Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill & Liam Lonergan
Sinéad Kennedy & EllieNicFhionnghaile
Áine & Aisling Lonergan
Ceol na Cathrach: Gig Mhór (The Big Gig)
All musicians that took part in the series will perform – Tiocfaidh na ceoltóirí a bhí páirteach sa tsraith le chéile
About the Artists
Sinéad Kennedy
Traditional musician, radio broadcaster and multidisciplinary visual artist. Host of Queen of the Rushes, a weekly music radio program on internet station Do!! You!!! World. Resident musician in the Cobblestone Dublin (since 2014), where with Ellie Níc Fhionnghaile host a weekly fiddle session of Donegal music.
Méabh Mulligan
Singer and concertina player from Dublin, with a background steeped in tradition. Granddaughter of two renowned musicians: Micil Ned Quinn from Mullaghbawn, and Tom (TP) Mulligan, from Bornacoola. Méabh has performed at events around Ireland and abroad, with her band ‘The Len Collective’.
Ellie Nic Fhionnghaile
Traditional fiddle player and singer from Gleann Cholm Cille, Donegal. With repertoire inspired by local musicians such as the late James Byrne, Mick Brown and Cití Seaín Uí Chuinneagáin. Ellie is a native Irish speaker and music teacher and works as the Communications Officer with Na Píobairí Uilleann.
Áine and Aisling Lonergan
Aisling and Áine, on box and fiddle, are sisters from North Dublin. They grew up playing music, with parents hailing from the premier county and teachers from as far flung places as Baltimore, Maryland and North Sligo (John Regan – accordion). Their music is inspired by the musicians they have met along the way.
RTÉ Radio interviews Liam Lonergan
The musician Liam Lonergan spoke to Áine Ní Bhreisleáin about the Ceol na Cathrach (Music of the City) and Ceol na Cathrach: Gig Mhór (The Big Gig), on during the Five Lamps Arts Festival 2024.
