November 2009
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- COMHALTAS GROUP TO MAKE HISTORIC FIRST TIME VISIT TO MOSCOW
- 25 November 2009
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- Sonny Murray – An Inspiration to Musicians
- 18 November 2009
Last weekend the traditional music world lost one of its greatest musical personalities when Clare concertina player, Sonny Murray went to his eternal reward. This Blog consists of some brief thoughts on Sonny’s life as outlined during his funeral mass in Ennis Cathedral on Monday, 16th November.
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- Death of Sonny Murray
- 16 November 2009
We regret to announce the death of concertina player Sonny Murray, Kilmihil and Ennis, on Saturday November 14th.
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- Leo Rowsome—Ri na bPiobairi (1903-1970)
- 15 November 2009
- Leo was the first uilleann piper to perform on Irish National Radio in the early 1920s when he played solo and later in a duets with Frank O’Higgins (fiddle), Micheal O Duinn (fiddle) and Leo’s brother John (fiddle). Leo’s All Ireland Trio comprised Neilus Cronin, flute, Seamus O‘Mahony, fiddle and Leo pipes. He formed his Pipes Quartet in the mid 1930s and broadcast regularly throughout the 1940s/50s.
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- National Ceili Dance Seminar
- 1 November 2009
A national seminar will be held at Clasac on Sunday the 29th Nov `09 dealing with the promotion of dance in Comhaltas. It is hoped that a programme will be put in place for the development and promotion of dance over the next number of years. It is important to point out that this seminar will not deal with competition or adjudication issues as these matters are being dealt with separately.