Comhrá na nDaoine Festival
Festivals, Sessions
- Date
- 8 May 2009–10 May 2009
- Time
- 8:30 PM
- Location
- Clare Island
- Location
- Granuaile Branch
- Address
- Clare Island
- Westport P.O.
- Town
- Clare Island
- County
- Mayo
- Contact
- Donal O'Shea
Comhrá na nDaoine Weekend Festival
- Venue Bayview Hotel
- Friday 8.30pm 8th May
- Official Opening by Seanadóir Labhrás Ó Murchú
- 8.45pm Dr. Fintan Vallely History of Traditional Music
- 9.15pm Anne Chambers - Granuaile - The Woman
9.45pm Dick Hogan - Workshop - Humorous songs Singing Club/Traditional Music Session follows
Venue Heritage Centre
Saturday 9th May *10.30am History of the Islands - Patrick O’Toole (Clare Island), Paddy O’Toole (Inisturk), Paddy Quinn (Inishcuttle), Rhoda Twombly(Inislyre), Breege Grealish (Inishbiggle) *11.15am Labhrás Ó Murchú Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Perspective *11.30am Dr. Con Manning, Royal Irish Academy The Praegar Cenenary
Venue Community Centre
- 12.50pm Uachtarán na hÉireann, Máire Mac Giolla Íosa
- Tour of 12th Century Abbey
3.00pm President departs
Venue Library
- 8.00pm Prof. Mary O’Dowd, Queen’s University, Belfast - Women in Gaelic Ireland
- 8.45pm Ellen O”Malley - Dunlop History of Bardic Weekend on Clare Island
9.30pm Dr. Daithí Ó h-Ógáin MA.PhD Tales from the Deep
Venue Community Centre
- Sunday 10th May
- Children’s session of music, dance and song Craft Exhibition Slán abhaile
