‘Valentine Rennie, Celebrated Professor of the Irish Harp’ – Mark Doherty

Our June edition of Harp Perspectives is online now. To coincide with our cross-border festival, Harps Alive | An Chruit Bheo, which we present with our partners Reclaim the Enlightenment, Mark Doherty shares his research on Valentine Rennie, a forgotten professor of the Irish Harp. Rennie was one of the foremost entertainers of Georgian Ireland. Initially a student of the Irish Harp Society, Rennie became the last great master harper of that institution.

Available to read now at https://www.harpireland.ie/resources-online-journal/