3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (857+ words) Paddy Keenan was the third generation in his family to take up the uilleann pipes; both his father and grandfather were uilleann pipers. Tributes have poured in for one of Ireland’s most influential traditional musicians and master of the uilleann…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1424+ words) Jimmy MacCarthy is to perform gigs in Cork, Dublin, and Limerick. Picture: Gareth Chaney Jimmy MacCarthy is back in the saddle. The Cork singer-songwriter has been doing live gigs again, his first since 2015. Recent outings have included a rousing four-night…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (615+ words) The old Cork Opera House, previously titled the Athenaeum. (Picture courtesy of the National Library of Ireland) Cork Opera House has been a centre for cultural and entertainment activities in the city since reopening its doors on October 31, 1965. Generations of…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (408+ words) Sigur Rós, BGE Theatre, Dublin, ★★★★☆ The beautifully alien music of Icelandic indie trio Sigur Rós was given a majestic makeover at BGE Theatre in Dublin with the thunderous assistance of the 41-piece Ulster Orchestra. Songs that weren’t exactly understated to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (381+ words) 6 Months for €18.50 The first annual Féile Springsteen took place in Rathangan in Co Kildare earlier this month with music, talks, historical tours, art exhibitions, film screenings, competitions and other activities celebrating Bruce Springsteen and his ancestral links to the town....

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (153+ words) Try from €0.25 / day. The Mayo All-Ireland Football Championship winning team join The Saw Doctors on the Electric Picnic Main Stage. Picture: Ramsey Cardy Mayo’s All-Ireland winning footballers made a surprise appearance alongside The Saw Doctors at the Electric Picnic this…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1045+ words) Try from €0.25 / day. Frankie Sheahan and Norma Murphy, the couple behind Pendulum Summit pictured in the Montenotte hotel. Picture: Chani Anderson “We were meant to be flying out to Pisa tomorrow to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary, but we postponed it,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1025+ words) Julian Lloyd Webber and his wife Jiaxin play at St Luke's in Cork as part of their Irish tour. In October 2013, Julian Lloyd Webber had to face the unimaginable prospect that his career as a performer was over. In a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (295+ words) Lord Mayor Cllr Damian Boylan with Bus Éireann representative Farai Tawanda, Local Swing Dancer Rosie Roccaforte, musicians from Cork Light Orchestra Olive Vaughan, Neal Dunnigan, Virginia Giglio and local swing dancer Clodagh Hurley launching Culture Night Cork City. Picture: Darragh…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (819+ words) Fota House, Fota, Co Cork. Picture: Neil Danton The stories of people who worked upstairs, downstairs and outdoors in the great Irish houses of the past have never been fully recorded. But that is now about to change with the…...