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SUMMARY:O'Carolan Harp Festival: Sonóir
DESCRIPTION:Cruit Éireann|Harp Ireland\, in conjunction with The O’Carolan Harp Festival\, is thrilled to announce a spectacular headline concert taking place on 31st July 2026\, in the St.Ronan’s Hall\, Keadue. The evening promises an unforgettable celebration of harping.  \nAt the heart of the night is a performance of Sonóir\, a groundbreaking Harp Ireland commission by renowned percussionist and composer Mel Mercier. Originally premiered to critical acclaim at the Royal Irish Academy of Music last November\, the piece brings together a highly unusual and evocative blend of two Irish harps (Niamh O’Brien and Alannah Thornburgh)\, bassoon (John Leonard)\, viola da gamba (Malachy Robinson)\, and traditional percussion (Mel Mercier). \nThe concert will also feature The Keadue Harp Ensemble ensuring the legacy of Turlough O’Carolan is celebrated by the community that champions it best\, featuring Fiachra Guihen\, Emma Benson\, Sophie Daly\, and Aoife Guckian. \n\nDate: Friday 31 July 2026\nTime: 9pm\nVenue: St. Ronan’s Hall\, F52 N928\nTickets Here
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/ocarolan-harp-festival-sonoir-2/
LOCATION:St. Ronan’s Hall\, Keadew West\, County Roscommon\, Keadue\, Co. Roscommon\, F52 N928\, Ireland
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SUMMARY:Harps Alive: Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join researcher and storyteller Mark Doherty for a fascinating walking talk exploring Belfast’s rich and often overlooked harping heritage through the lives of two pivotal figures: Valentine Rennie and Alexander Jackson. Central to the development of the Belfast Harp Society in the 19th century\, both men played a crucial role in preserving\, promoting and reviving the Irish harp tradition during a period of immense cultural change. \nDrawing on fresh research\, historical insight and engaging storytelling\, this special Belfast TradFest event traces the people\, places and ideas that helped shape Belfast’s unique place in the history of Irish harping. From the legacy of the Belfast Harp Festival to the city’s continuing role in the contemporary harp revival\, the tour offers audiences a deeper understanding of how Belfast became one of the most important centres of Irish musical heritage. A must for anyone interested in history\, music\, culture and the living tradition. \nDate: Saturday 1st August\nTime: 2pm\nVenue: Belfast City Hall\nTickets: Book here.
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/harps-alive-walking-tour/
LOCATION:Belfast City Hall\, Donegall Square N\, Belfast\, BT1 5GS
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SUMMARY:TU Dublin Heritage Week Harp Events
DESCRIPTION:Talk with Music Performance -The Harp in Nineteenth-Century Ireland: Heritage\, Instruments and Music\nAn Illustrated Talk with Music Performance by Professor Clíona Doris and Dr Clare McCague (TU Dublin) \nFor National Heritage Week\, Clíona Doris and Clare McCague from Technological University Dublin present an illustrated talk on Ireland’s harp tradition in nineteenth-century Ireland\, including performance of repertoire from the period. \nDrawing on the collection of nineteenth-century harps preserved at the National Museum of Ireland\, this talk considers what surviving harps can reveal about a changing musical landscape\, as well as the efforts to preserve and revive a harp tradition in Ireland. Linking with this year’s National Heritage Week theme of ‘Heritage at Risk’\, this talk also presents a current project funded by the Heritage Council’s Heritage Stewardship Fund\, which is to conserve and restore to playing condition a rare nineteenth-century pedal harp by Dublin maker William Jackson Junior (active in Dublin between c.1840–47)\, currently held in the custody of TU Dublin Conservatoire. William Jackson Junior represents the final generation of a successful Dublin harp-making lineage\, started by his grandfather John Egan. \nThis event is drop-in\, with no pre-booking required\, and spaces will be allocated on a first-come\, first-serve basis. The event will be taking place in the Museum’s Palatine Room\, off Clarke Square. This space is accessible by lift and ramp. \nDate & Time: 16 August\, 2:30pm – 3:15pm \nVenue: National Museum – Collins Barracks\, Palatine Room\, Collins Barracks \, Benburb St\, Dublin 7\, D07 XKV4 \nEvent Information: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/the-harp-in-nineteenth-century-ireland-heritage-instruments-and-music \nThe Jackson Harp: Craft\, Commerce and Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Dublin\nThis lecture takes a rare nineteenth-century pedal harp by William Jackson Junior as its central focus and situates it within the thriving pedal-harp tradition that existed in Irish urban centres in the first half of the nineteenth century\, particularly in Dublin. The pedal harp formed part of a European-derived art-music culture\, embedded in concert life\, domestic music-making\, and private musical education. \nUsing the Jackson harp as a material and historical anchor\, the lecture explores the wider network of pedal-harp making\, selling\, and playing in nineteenth-century Ireland. It examines how these instruments were produced and marketed\, the economic and social conditions under which they were bought and sold\, where they circulated\, and who acquired them\, with particular emphasis on the role of wealthy amateur musicians and domestic music-making. The Jackson harp is placed within the Egan–Jackson family network\, a Dublin harp-making dynasty whose history was shaped not only by craftsmanship and commercial success\, but also by internal family tensions and competing interests. \nBy centring on a single surviving instrument and examining the historical context of its manufacture and use\, the lecture demonstrates how material objects can illuminate the musical\, social\, and economic history of the pedal harp tradition in Ireland\, linking craft\, commerce\, and musical life in the nineteenth century. \nDate & Time: 19 August\, 6pm – 7pm \nVenue: Oak Room\, Mansion House\, Dawson Street\, Dublin 2\, D02 AF30 \nEvent Information: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/the-harp-in-nineteenth-century-ireland-heritage-instruments-and-music
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/tu-dublin-heritage-week-events/
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SUMMARY:Harps at Dublin City Fleadh
DESCRIPTION:Harper Aisling Ennis \nEver wondered what it feels like to play the Irish harp? Come and explore this beautiful instrument in a relaxed\, hands-on session where you’ll hear it up close\, learn a little about it\, and have the chance to play a few notes yourself—no previous musical experience needed. \nDate: Saturday 22 August\nTime: 4-5pm\nVenue: Parliament St (Workshop Tent) \n  \nMartin Family Harp Trio \nJaymee\, Ryan and Kayla Martin are a family of harpers and multi-instrumentalists. They have performed extensively at home and abroad appearing at Belfast TradFest\, the World Harp Congress in Cardiff\, the Edinburgh Harp Festival\, and most recently the 2026 IAYO Festival of Youth Orchestras at the National Concert Hall with the Music Generation Louth Harp Ensemble. \nDate: Sunday\, 23 August\nTime: 1-2pm\nVenue: Wolfe Tone Square (Main Stage) \n  \nHarper Claire O’Donnell \nJoin harper Claire O’Donnell on a musical journey through the world of Ireland’s travelling harpers. Blending harp music\, storytelling and interactive family fun\, this workshop celebrates the history\, imagination and enduring magic of Ireland’s harp tradition. \nDate: Sunday\, 23 August\nTime: 4-5pm\nVenue: Parliament St (Workshop Tent)
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/harps-at-dublin-city-fleadh/
LOCATION:Dublin City
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SUMMARY:Harps for Heritage: Macalla na Mara
DESCRIPTION:Join Cruit Éireann|Harp Ireland in the beautiful surroundings of Muckross Schoolhouse for an afternoon of music\, conversation and craft as harpers\, harpmakers and friends explore the deep connections between our music\, our landscape and our shared heritage. Sit with our master harpers and try your hand at playing an Irish harp\, listen to harpmaker Tim O’Carroll as he shares the secrets and ancient craft of harp building and his efforts to safeguard it.  \nExperience the sounds\, stories and traditions that connect people\, places and generations. Inspired by Macalla na Mara |Sea Echoes\, acclaimed singer Lisa Lambe\, master harpers Cormac De Barra and Deirdre Granville\, flute player Aoife Granville\, and dancer Niamh O’Brien explore the enduring relationship between Ireland’s landscapes\, its coastal communities and its cultural traditions through harp music\, song\, dance and storytelling. Discover how local rivers\, lakes\, coastlines and the natural world around them have inspired them; shaping their music and sense of place\, the traditions they have inherited\, and why passing these skills on to future generations matters more than ever.  \nProgrammme \n12.30-1.30pm Hands on Harps – Try your Hand!\n1.45-2.30pm Crafting a Harp with Harp maker Tim O’Carroll\n2.45-3.30pm Turning the Tide: Safeguarding our Natural Heritage\n3.45pm-5pm Concert: Harps for Heritage 2026: Macalla na Mara|Sea Echoes \nDate: Sunday 23rd August\nTime: 12:30pm – 5:00pm\nVenue: Muckross Schoolhouse\, Killarney\, County Kerry \nThis project received funding through a joint initiative by the Department of Culture\, Communications and Sport and the National Monuments Service to support practices inscribed on Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
URL:https://www.harpireland.ie/showevent/harps-for-heritage-macalla-na-mara/
LOCATION:Muckross Schoolhouse\, Killarney\, Ireland
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