Ballintogher Traditional Music Festival
29/10/2009 - 02/11/2009
- Ballintogher
Each year, the beautiful village of Ballintogher plays host to the John Egan Traditional Music Festival and also a feis.
Each year, the beautiful village of Ballintogher plays host to the John Egan Traditional Music Festival and also a feis.
The feis is held towards the end of October and the music festival at the beginning of November.
The feis is held to give young musicians, singers, dancers and aspiring artists, the chance to compete for tophies and medals.
The festival is the time to enjoy the music and song from the best of traditional artists.
Thursday 29th October
9:30 PM - Donegans Lounge Ballintogher
- Oiche Gaelach - Bilingual Table Quiz
Friday 30th October
8:00 PM - in Blue Devon, Dromahair
- Official Opening
by Seamus McCormack, Uachtarán C.C.E. followed by: - Traditional Concert featuring
Sean O'Sé - Singer, Storyteller, Martin Donohue and Seamus Fay, Workshop Tutors, C.C.E. Musicians, Singers and Dancers.
Saturday 31st October
11:00am to 4 pm (Registration at 10:30am)
- Music Workshops in Ballintogher (advance Booking essential) Telephone: +353(0)71 9164250
Improvers 11:00am to 1:00pm - Lunch 1 -2 pm - Advanced 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Fiddle Paddy Ryan
Flute Colm O'Donnell
Whistle Steph Geremia
Concertina Seamus O'Mongain
Button Accordeon Martin Donoghue - 10:30am to 1pm Dancing - Old Traditional Style with Helen Kilgallen
- 2pm to 4pm Ceili Dancing with Vera Meehan
- 4:30pm Traditional Singing Session -Morans with Frank Finn
- 9:30pm Ceilí- with the SWALLOW'S TAIL CEILI BAND (Blue Devon Hotel, Dromahair)
Sunday 2nd November
- 10:00am Aifreann na Féile St Therese's Church Ballintogher
- 10:45 am Commemoration at John Egan Memorial -followed by Lecture - "WB Yeats and local area" in Morans Ballintogher with Joyce and Martin Enright
- 5 - 7pm Junior Music Session - in Enterprise Centre Ballintogher
- 9.30 pm Farewell Session - Donegan's Lounge, Ballintogher
