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Programme 2019

A full list of the 2019 festival’s public events follows together with booking links. 

  • The Harp Makers’ Exhibition on Saturday is FREE ADMISSION.
  • Illustrated Talks are FREE ADMISSION.
  • Workshops at Coláiste Pobail Osraí are paid for at the door (€15).
  • Concerts at the Medieval Mile Museum can be booked using the Museum’s online box office. Links to the booking page of each event are provided below. Tickets: €15 / €10 concessions

There is also a full programme of all-day events for festival participants who want to play the harp. See the timetable here and further information for Scoil participants here.

See and hear our 2019 festival artists here.

Wednesday 14th August 2019
Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Ormonde Road, Kilkenny

3:30–4:30pm                 Beginners’ taster workshop
Advance booking is essential as places are limited.

Thursday 15th August 2019
Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Ormonde Road, Kilkenny

3.30-4.30pm Workshop – Sylvia Crawford
Approaches to early Irish harp fingering

Medieval Mile Museum, St Mary’s Lane, High Street, Kilkenny,

6.30-7.10pm
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Illustrated talk – Siobhán Armstrong
MUSIC, KILKENNY & THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
7.30-8.30pm
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Concert – WILD DANCES & PLAINTIVE AIRS
Paul Dooley solo harp
Paddy Glackin solo fiddle
Lillis Ó Laoire solo voice

Friday 16th August 2019
Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Ormonde Road, Kilkenny

3.30-4.30pmGeneral workshop
– Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin
Learn a song in Irish (for non-Irish speakers)
Specialist workshop
– Lillis Ó Laoire
Song class for Irish speakers

Medieval Mile Museum, St Mary’s Lane, High Street, Kilkenny

6.30-7.10pm
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Illustrated talk – Simon Chadwick
HISTORIES AND TRADITIONS OF  THE IRISH HARP
7.30-8.30pm
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Concert – LOVE SONGS, LAMENTS & LULLABIES
ELSAFTY, ARMSTRONG & BROWNE  trio
Róisín Elsafty
voice
Siobhán Armstrong harp
Ronan Browne Irish pipes and whistles

Saturday 17th August 2019 Harp Makers Day
Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Ormonde Road, Kilkenny

10.30-11.00amHarpmakers’ exhibition 
12.30-1.30amHarpmakers’ exhibition 
3.00-3.30pmHarpmakers’ exhibition 
3.30-4.30pmWorkshop – Simon Chadwick
Replica harps and portraits of harpers as a source for performance practice
4.30-5.00pmHarpmaker’s exhibition
5.00pmIllustrated talk – Karen Loomis (virtual presentation)
THE EVOLUTION OF THE IRISH HARP

Sunday 18th August 2019
Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Ormonde Road, Kilkenny

3.30-4.30pmGeneral workshop
– Siobhán Armstrong
An introduction to eighteenth-century Irish harp manuscripts
Specialist workshop       – Simon Chadwick
Pentatonic structures in arrangements and basses of Gaelic harp tunes

Medieval Mile Museum, St Mary’s Lane, High Street, Kilkenny

6.30-7.10pm
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Illustrated talk – Nancy Hurrell
THE ORIGIN OF THE MODERN IRISH HARP: TRADITION MEETS INNOVATION
7.30-8.30pm
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Concert – ALL THE FLOWERS IN THE FOREST
James Ruff  solo harp
Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin  voice and harp
Sarah Ghríallais   solo voice

Monday 19th August 2019
Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Ormonde Road, Kilkenny

3.30-4.30pmWorkshop – Siobhán Armstrong
Do we want to try to sound like old Irish harpers? Leaning into idiomatic, historical Irish harping
4.30pmClosing reception & book launch
Nancy Hurrell, The Egan Irish harps: tradition, patrons and players (Four Courts Press 2019)

Tuesday 20th August 2019
Optional field trip to Dublin, led by Simon Chadwick
(times are approximate)

8.00amDepart Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Ormonde Road, Kilkenny
Approx 10.30amCoffee break at Peaches, Nassau Street, Dublin
11.00am-12.00noonTrinity College Dublin:
• Trinity College (Brian Boru) harp
• Patrick Quin’s Castle Otway harp
Approx 12.30pmLunch break at Brambles cafe, Collins Barracks, Dublin
2.00-3.00pmNational Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin:
• Kildare harp
• Mullagh Mast harp
• Sirr harp
• Carolan (Rose Mooney) harp
• Hollybrook harp
• Cloyne harp fragments
• Cloyne reconstruction
3.30-4.00pmGuinness Storehouse Museum, Dublin:
• Denis O’Hampsey’s Downhill harp
4.00-4.30pmAfternoon tea break at the Guinness Storehouse
4.30pmDepart Dublin for those returning to Kilkenny
Approx. 7.00pmarrive Kilkenny

Read more about the festival

Full participants’ timetable 2019

Festival artists 2019

Feedback from previous years
Fees and booking information
Venue
Frequently asked questions
Accommodation advice

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Scoil na gCláirseach is only possible because of funding from An Chomhairle Ealaíon – The Arts Council and Kilkenny County Council. Our wonderful bank of HHSI Student harps has been funded by The Music Capital Scheme, supported by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and managed by Music Network.

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PATRON
Michael D. Higgins, PRESIDENT OF IRELAND

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