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set dancers
set dancers
Irene Martin and Dan O'Connell - set dancers
Courtesy Terry Moylan
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Peter Gallegan Memorial stone
Peter Gallegan Memorial stone
In 1992 the Nobber Harp Festival Committee commemorated local poet, scribe and scholar Peter Gallegan (1792-1860). Preparations are underway here to unveil a new stone marking his grave in old Kilmainhamwood graveyard.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Young Piping Student
Young Piping Student
A young student in Peter Browne's piping class, Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore wrote many well-known songs using the harp as a motif for Ireland. His works are known as Moore's Melodies and were popular parlour songs in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Bodhrán
Bodhrán
Unidentified bodhrán player at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. The bodhrán is a single sided drum beaten with the knuckles or with a stick. It was included in the music of Seán Ó Riada in his ensembles in the 1960s.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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Concertina Students
Concertina Students
Concertina students at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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Paul O'Brien
Paul O'Brien
Paul O'Brien(1763-1820) was an Irish scholar and priest from Moynalty in County Meath. He was the first professor of Irish in Maynooth college and was the author of A Practical Grammar of the Irish Language published in 1809. He was also a poet.
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Turlough O Carolan at Nobber
Turlough O Carolan at Nobber
The Turlough O'Carolan statue sculpted by Ann Meldon Hugh was unveiled at Nobber in 2003. The statue is cast in bronze and shows the harper seated at his instrument.
permission courtesy of the Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Moore's Melodies
Moore's Melodies
The title page of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies published by James Duffy in Dublin in 1859 demonstrates the resurgence of interst in Irish emblems at this time. The book title is surmounted by an ancient Irish bard complete with harp and wolfhound. Many of Moore's songs made reference to the harp as a symbol of Ireland.
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Bookcover of 'Keepers of Truth' by Michael Collins
Bookcover of 'Keepers of Truth' by Michael Collins
'Keepers of Truth' by Michael Collins bookcover. This book was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2002.



