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Group of Traditional Musicians
Group of Traditional Musicians
Sorcha Ní Mhuirí (fiddle), Séamus Ó Rocháin (pipes) and Jack Healy (guitar)playing together at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
Copyright Tony Kearns
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O Carolan Harp and Cultural and Heritage Festival 2003
O Carolan Harp and Cultural and Heritage Festival 2003
The Harp Festival Committee were delighted to have an image of their own specially commissioned statue of O Carolan on the front cover of the 2003 festival programme. Ann Meldon Hugh's memorial to O Carolan was unveiled at the festival by Tony Finnegan, now President of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann with the Chieftains and local musicians and guests in attendance. The usual competitions, workshops and ceili took place and the annual lecture was on poets of cultural transition in Meath and Breifne.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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O Carolan Harp, Cultural and Heritage Festival 2005
O Carolan Harp, Cultural and Heritage Festival 2005
The programme for the most recent 18th annual O Carolan festival in 2005 demonstrates the continuing relevance and popularity of the festival at Nobber. The annual lecture, the harp and other musical instrument workshops, the competitions and traditional concert and ancillary local events draw a loyal and ever increasing crowd to the village where the festival takes place in O Carolan college and in the local library. This year the festival ran between the 30th of September and the 2nd of October.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Harpers and musicians perform at Nobber
Harpers and musicians perform at Nobber
Each year the Festival at Nobber includes a concert at which a large group of harpers and other musicians perform. Here the group is assembled in Nobber Community Hall.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Nobber Festival Concert
Nobber Festival Concert
Every year at the Nobber Harp Festival several harpers and other musicians perform in concert. Here a large group has assembled to play together and celebrate traditional music and song.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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O Carolan Festival 1991
O Carolan Festival 1991
In 1991 the Nobber Harp Festival committee expanded the programme brochure to include listings of events, and articles on the harp and on the annual lecture. Photographs of the previous year's events were also included.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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O Carolan Festival Programme 1990
O Carolan Festival Programme 1990
In 1990 the O Carolan festival committee produced a booklet with details of the festival events, background information and photographs. This is the festival programme cover.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Harpers in rehearsal
Harpers in rehearsal
Young harpers gather to practice for a concert performance later in the day at the Nobber Harp Festival.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Nobber Festival Committee and Guests, 1989
Nobber Festival Committee and Guests, 1989
In its early years the Harp Festival at Nobber was supported by Irish scholar Cardinal O'Fiaich. Here in 1989 he is photographed with the Festival Committee and organisers.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee
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Kilmainhamwood Pipe Band
Kilmainhamwood Pipe Band
The new headstone to Peter Gallegan (1792-1860) was unveiled in 1992. The Kilmainhamwood Pipe Band led the procession to the old graveyard in the village for the unveiling of the memorial to the poet, scribe and hedge schoolmaster.
Courtesy of Nobber Harp Festival Committee



