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Hello, Just back from my tour of the USA and France and heading to Spiddal with Altan tomorrow to Stiúideo Cuan for a concert and the following night I play the same venue with T with the Maggies. Then we head to the Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith in London with the “Maggies” for two shows…

March 14th The Ark. Ann arbor MI March 15th Loudlow Garage, Cincinnati OH March 17th Winchester WV for a St Patrick’s Day festival…..see you there Please check www.altan.ie for other dates in your locality! Live fiddle chats will resume when I get home from tour. In the meantime practice , practice. practice!!!!☘️????

I am having such a great time with these two wonderful musicians on the Music Network Tour ; Cormac de Barra from Dublin on the harp and Mark Redmond  from Co Wexford,on the uilleann pipes, flute and whistle. It has been a blast touring Ireland and one concert in the ICC Hammersmith, London. The music…

I hope that you are enjoying the new tunes. This has been a busy Summer with all the concerts and  festivals happening again. I’m delighted that the band are busy , but it means that I’m not abale to do our Zoom chats for a while. I’ll resume these in the coming months when I…

Hi all,   I’ve sent a Zoom link to all subscribers to join me this Thurday @10pm Irish Time for a wee chat and tune. We are going to concentrate on Jimmy Lyon’s Highland…the latest lesson on your prerecorded lessons.   Hope to see you all there.   M?

We are so delighted to be headlining this amazing lineup……..spread the word!

This next Zoom chat will be me teaching you ‘Bean A’ Tí ar Lár’ (The Deceased Woman of the House). I have sent all the up to date subscribers the link there and hope to see you all on the lesson. Remember if you sign up today you can also be part of this new…

Tá mé ag tnúth go mór leis an ceolchoirm seo Really looking forward to this concert in Stuideo Cuan, a beautiful venue in An Spideál, Co Galway You can watch online by purchasing tickets https://www.facebook.com/StudioCuan Tell your friends and send feedback please❤️?

I want to extend my wishes to you this Easter and hope that you will have a loving peaceful one. I was taken aback this morning when I heard of the passing of one of our fiddlers ; Karen Farais,  may she rest in peace. I had just met her in London recently when she…

Tá  áthas orm go bhfuil  mé i mo Éalaíontóir Cónaithe in GTeic Ghaoth Dobhair.   I’m delighted to share my latest news,  that I am artist in residence in the new IT Hub in Gaoth Dobhair….GTeic. The GTeic is set up to facilitate those who can work remotely and has the state of the art …