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Session Bernie Ballyntine, Teresa Connolly, Martin Reilly London Irish Centre (Hub) Sun 29th Oct – 1pm Free

Piper Mick O’Brien was born in Dublin in 1961. He began his musical education on the uilleann pipes at the city’s famous Thomas Street Pipers Club. The O’Briens are a musical family; Mick’s father and four brothers played and Mick recorded his first album with them when he was just 13 years old. He later […]

Session – Brian Kelly, Jim Filgate The Golden Lion Sat 28th Oct – 5pm Free

Singing Session Hosted by Pat Connolly and Niamh Parsons London Irish Centre (Chapel) Sat 28th Oct – 5pm Free

Dan Brouder, from from Monagae, on the outskirts of Newcastle West, is a highly regarded exponent of West Limerick accordion playing. He recorded with Geantraí in the early 1990s and appeared on The High Part of the Road, an Irish music programme presented by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh in Knocknagree, Co. Cork. He continues to perform with […]

Session Jack Boyle, Conor Whelton, Nicholas Long London Irish Centre (Hub) Sat 28th Oct – 8pm Free

Making a welcome return to the festival, the Star of Munster Céilí Band, from Co. Clare, was founded in 1992 by accordionist Michael Sexton, who led the band until his death in 2003. The band reformed in 2004 and has since played throughout Ireland and the UK, in Spain and Holland and on Gertrude Byrne’s […]

Session Eimear McGeown, Bryony Lemon, Nigel Stevens Howl at the Moon Sun 29th Oct – 5pm Free

Singing Session Hosted by Pat Connolly and Conor Walsh London Irish Centre (Chapel) Sun 29th Oct – 5pm Free

The Clare Session Kevin O’Connor, Anne Marie McCormack, John Rynne The Cobden Sun 29th Oct – 4pm Free