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.

Read more About Us



What's happening at Harp Ireland...

Latest News

Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland received Music Network

Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland is delighted to announce that we are in receipt of funding from this year’s Music Network Music Capital Scheme. A…
Read more >

Study Harp at Third Level with RIAM Dublin

Third level applications for 2025/26 at the Royal Irish Academy of Music are now open! The BMus (Strings) course includes opportunities for harpers to study…
Read more >

Music Network announce Making Music with Trio Accord: The Wicklow Teaching Residency

Music Network and Wicklow County Council Arts Office are inviting Wicklow residents aged 55 and over to join an exciting music project with renowned musicians…
Read more >

Events

29 Nov 2024

Sult & Irla O’Muirthile | The Vintage Dublin

Sult, a multi-award winning Irish trad group and…
Co. Dublin
VIEW EVENT
30 Nov - 01 Dec 2024

Sarah McVeigh Music at Ulster Folk Museum

Join Sarah McVeigh for two mornings of harp…
Co. Down
VIEW EVENT
07 Dec 2024

Tuamgraney Harp Festival Fundraiser

Tea, coffee and Cake accompanied by seasonal harp…
Co. Clare
VIEW EVENT
08 Dec 2024

Cairde na Cruite Christmas Concert

Join Cairde na Cruite for their annual Christmas…
VIEW EVENT
14 Dec 2024

Harp & Song: A Christmas Concert

Experience the magic of Christmas in Russborough’s magnificent…
Co. Wicklow
VIEW EVENT
29 Jun - 04 Jul 2024

An Chúirt Cruitireachta 2025

Save the date – Cairde na Cruite International…
VIEW EVENT

What’s On

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

Read more

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram