Fiddles – A celebration of North Kerry Music.

Traditional music weekend in Kilflynn, Co. Kerry. Saturday 2nd October. Workshops on tunes from North Kerry with Máire O’Keeffe(fiddle) & Graham Guerin(box) between 2-5pm at Kilflynn National School. Fee 10Euro. Registration at the school at 1:30pm. Fr. Pat Ahern will guest. Tom MacUileagóid will hold a musical instrument maitenance workshop afterwards. A gallery of past musicians relevant to North Kerry by Ciarán Dalton, shall be displayed throughout the weekend, Saturday and Sunday in the National school & Herbert’s Bar, respectively. Big Fiddle night will start at 8pm in Parker’s Pub with a barbeque. Great night to be had by all. An alternate session will start in Herbert’s Bar, for musicians or persons not wishing fiddle entertainment. It will be headed by Graham Guerin & Mike Rice, and will commence at 9:30pm. Sunday 3rd October A lecture on North Kerry music by Nicky McAuliffe will be held in Herbert’s bar on Sunday at 3pm, with accompanying photo gallery as mentioned above. A departure session will be held afterwards. It is hoped that a booklet of 15-20 North Kerry tunes relevant to the weekend will be available for anyone taking the workshops. They will also be available for sale throughout the weekend while stocks last. The weekend is an expansion on the North Kerry fiddle night that was held in March 2009. The main theme of the weekend will be to promote the music of North Kerry. For Further information please contact Sean on 0873433676