Pop up Gaeltacht and more @ 49 North Street, in association with Resonate. All free events, donations to 49 North Street welcome.
Sat 26 July 12:00 – 13:00
Pop-Up Gaeltacht with Lonán Ní Dhubháin at Skibbereen Market, next to Shane’s coffee.
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Mon July 28 11:00 – 13:00
Meabharachas go Ciúnas agus Suaimhneas/Meditation to Silence and Stillness with Lonán Ní Dhubháin at 49 North Street. Meabhrachas dhá theangach – bi-lingual mindfulness – is it possible? An bhfuil sé indéanta?
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Mon July 28 14:00 – 15:30.
Singing workshop with renowned sean nós singer Máire Ní Chéileachair at 49 North Street.
Máire teaches sean-nós songs in Irish and English in her distinctive technique and style. She inherited her love of traditional songs and music from her family roots in the Muskerry Gaeltacht. No experience necessary.
Máire Ní Chéileachair is a sean-nós singer from Farran, Co. Cork, who inherited her love oftraditional songs and music from her family roots in Kilnamartyra in the Muskerry Gaeltacht of Co.Cork. She has been teaching sean-nós singing to young people in that Gaeltacht since the “Aisling Gheal” scheme started in 2000. She has been teaching sean-nós singing in University College, Cork, since 2013. A winner of many prizes at Fleadh Cheoil and Oireachtas na Gaeilge singing competitions she won the premier sean-nós singing competition Corn Uí Riada in 2018 and was also awarded Gradam Ceoil TG4 Amhránaí na Bliana/Singer of the Year in 2018.
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Mon July 28 15:30 – 17:00.
Photographic and poetic walkabout around Skibbereen’s heritage sites with photographer Tomasz Madajczak and writer Moze Jacobs. Meeting at 49 North Street.
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Tues July 29 14:00 – 15:30
Abair Amhráin (Sing a Song) with Eithne O’ Mahony at 49 North Street.
Enjoy the taste and feel and sound of songs in Irish with some English and plenty of explanations. No need to speak Irish or feel you are a singer to attend this group. All very welcome.
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Weds July 30 11:00 – 13:00
Mindful movement with Patrick Cotter at 49 North Street.
Chi Gong sprinkled with a few words of Irish. May take place outside in the lush backyard if the weather allows. All ages, all abilities, all welcome.
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Weds July 30 14:30 -15:30
Gamelan workshop at Skibbereen Community and Family Resource Centre. Festival goers are invited to try out this inclusive orchestra, which is a tuned bronze percussion ensemble consisting of 30 different instruments (gongs, metallophones, xylophones and others). The instruments have an enchanting, otherworldly sound, and come from the ancient musical court tradition of Java, Indonesia. Gamelan is by its very nature participatory and sociable and all are welcome regardless of their level of musical experience; if you can hit a gong with a mallet, you can play! Participants will be amazed at how quickly they will be making beautifully sonorous music with these exotic instruments.
They are suitable for all ages but very young children will need an adult on hand to help them. The tutor is Dr. Kevin McNally, gamelan teacher at UCC, UL, and member of the Irish Gamelan Orchestra. For more info contact: kevin.mcnally@ul.ie
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Thurs July 31 14:00 – 16:00
Fite Fuaite agus ceol at 49 North Street. Seisiún with Pól O Colmain and Rud Sin singing as Gaeilge.
All levels of Irish welcome – come with some, come with lots or come with none! Conversation and craic.
Pól O’Colmain didn’t really set out to be an artist and musician, but when you live among the windswept moors, historic villages, ruined castles, and remote islands of western Ireland, it’s hard to avoid expressing their beauty in some way. “I can’t not do it,” he says. “They perfectly complement my love and fascination with nature, my homeland, my language, and culture. It’s all connected...inextricable one from the other.”
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Fri Aug 1 11:00 – 13:00
Trad & Tunes session at 49 North Street.
Enjoy Irish songs with Gerry Tuohy and Andrew Rawlings as well as regular and new guests. Come and play, come and listen. You can even come and dance!
