Irish Traditional Music Festivals and Summer Schools in Ireland in Summer 2024
FLEADH CHEOIL NA hÉHIREANN Ireland's traditional music is one of the world's most vibrant and enduring folk traditions, and retains its vitality and relevance year after year, producing new generations of musicians, singers, dancers and storytellers. Start your musical journal this summer by visiting these traditional music gatherings, and also check out live Irish music, readily found in pubs and cafes, street corners and town squares and concert halls across the island of Ireland. GAIRLOCH The 52nd Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy Summer School in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, from July 6-14, honors Ireland’s great uilleann piping tradition, exemplified by Clare’s own Willie Clancy himself. This year the event welcomes the Canadian group Gairloch, to teach at the summer school and perform recitals and concerts throughout the week. MARY DILLON, DÓNAL O'CONNOR & NEIL MARTIN The 6th Annual Belfast Trad Fest and Summer School in Northern Ireland’s capital city, from July