Cruit Éireann, Harp Ireland, is a collective of harp players working together to promote our national instrument, gain recognition for its unique status and secure its sustainability. Enabling inclusive contemporary expression of our 1000-year-old harp tradition is at the heart of what we do.

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Harp Ireland Annual Lecture 2024 – What’s Next for Irish Music? | Toner Quinn

Harp Ireland Annual Lecture 2024 What’s Next for Irish Music? | Toner Quinn Sunday 17 November, 6pm Royal Irish Academy of Music Toner Quinn reflects…
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Harp Makers’ Symposium 2024

Harp Makers’ Symposium 2024 Sunday 17 November 2024, 11am – 4pm Royal Irish Academy of Music Featuring surprise pop-up Harp Performances Our Harp Makers’ panel…
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Harps Plus at Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford

Harps Plus featuring ALFI, Macdara Ó’Faoláin, Jill Devlin and the young harpers from Music Generation Waterford Harp Ensembles Saturday 9th November, 7:30pm Garter Lane Arts…
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17 Nov 2024

Harp Makers’ Symposium 2024

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21 Nov 2024

The Sugar Club Harp Sessions | Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain

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Lá na Cruite | Harp Day 2024

On Saturday 19th / Sunday 20th October we celebrate the eighth annual Lá na Cruite | Harp Day. Irish harpers extend a warm invitation to harpers globally to join them, in person and online, to celebrate our 1000-year-old Irish harping tradition, recognised on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanities.

Lá na Cruite | Harp Day holds something for everyone. It’s a day shared by harpers globally, with their individual events dovetailing with those of Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland. The day includes Hands-on-Harp taster sessions, concerts, recitals, workshops and pop-up performances, as harpers worldwide celebrate our national instrument.

Our Gala Concert, Sunday 20th October, RIAM, Dublin features brother and sister duo Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta, a new all-island harp ensemble commission by Maeve Gilchrist, and a unique reimagining of our ancient harpers’ songs by seannós singer Iarla Ó Lionaird, with US Harper Parker Ramsay, arranged by harper composer, Connor Way.

Finally, across the weekend of Lá na Cruite | Harp Day, we look forward to streaming continuous videos of harpers from all four corners of the globe as part of The Harpers’ Call. If you would like to send us a video for the Harpers’ Call, or if you would like to organise an event for Lá na Cruite | Harp Day, please contact us a info@harpireland.ie

Save the date - Saturday 19th October 2024

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