Temple Bar TradFest Festival Guide 2014

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Hello There! Welcome to Temple Bar TradFest 2014.The festival, our most ambitious to date and now in its 9th year, is the capital city’s biggest Irish tra-ditional music and culture event. Over the years we’ve welcomed visitors from many destinations including France, Germany, Aus-tria, the UK, Japan, the US and all parts of Ireland; and we look forward to even bigger audiences this year. We are also delighted to welcome headline artists from around the world as well as icon-ic performers from home who will perform in some of Ireland’s most renowned heritage sites. This year’s programme of free and family events has so much to offer from our outdoor music stages to workshops, ceili, craft market, pipe bands, Gaelic games, street performers, urban farm, film screenings and so much more…. We’re really excited about this year’s programme and we hope you’ll enjoy the unique experience that is Temple Bar TradFest 2014.

Kieran HanrahanArtistic Director

It has been a great privilege of mine to be the Patron of Temple Bar TradFest for the past number of years. I’ve watched with great pride as the festival has gone from strength to strength over the years, growing in a national and interna-tional capacity. ‘This year TradFest is commemorating key events in history including the Battle of Clontarf. We’ll also be celebrating international events; Robert Burns Night and Riga, the European City Of Culture. It is a great opportunity to celebrate our heritage together with some of Ireland’s most re-nowned acts in some of Dublin’s most iconic buildings.

Stephen Rea Festival Patron

Line Up

13.00 Seána Davey Dublin City Hall20.00 Paul Brady St. Patrick’s Cathedral 20.00 We Banjo 3 and Chessboxer St. Werburgh’s Church20.00 Bellowhead The Button Factory20.00 Commemorating the Songs of WWI With Myles Dungan & Guests Dublin City Hall20.00 Awakening Clontarf - Lorcan MacMathuna & Deep End of the Ford St. Michan’s Church

FRIDAY 24 JANUARY

13.00 DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble Dublin City Hall20.00 Carlos Núñez St. Patrick’s Cathedral 20.00 Eleanor McEvoy St. Michan’s Church 19.30 Young Orchestral Pops Benefit Night St. Werburgh’s Church20.00 John Sheahan & Eamon Keane Dublin City Hall

WEDNESDAY 22 JANUARY

13.00 Caitlín NicGabhann Dublin City Hall20.00 Stockton’s Wing, Frankie Gavin & De Dannan St. Patrick’s Cathedral20.00 Frances Black St. Michan’s Church 20.00 the olllam The Button Factory20.00 Melo-M Dublin City Hall20.00 UCD Choral Scholars St. Werburgh’s Church

THURSDAY23 JANUARY

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20.00 A Celebration of Frankie Kennedy: His life & music. Featuring Altan & Special Guests St. Patrick’s Cathedral 20.00 Seth Lakeman St. Michan’s Church 20.00 Johnny Duhan St. Werburgh’s Church20.00 Robert Burns Supper Dublin City Hall20.00 Super Céilí Meeting House Square

20.00 Macalla St. Werburgh’s Church15.00 From Mayo to Manchester: A Musical Tradition Dublin City Hall

SUNDAY26 JANUARY

SATURDAY25 JANUARY

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* All programme details were correct at the time of going to press. The Temple Bar TradFest organisers reserve the right to make programme changes should circumstances dictate.** Our chosen venues are historical buildings, many dating back 1000 years. They are not purpose built theatres some sightlines are restricted. We endeavour to do our best to produce venues to the very highest standards to make your evening an enjoyable one. Seating is unallocated. We recommend you arrive early to get the best seat possible, refunds will not be made.

Artistic Director Kieran HanrahanFestival Director Martin HarteFestival Manager Claudine MurrayProduction Shane McDonnellProduction Benny LynchPublic Relations Gerry Lundberg PRSocial Media Manager Tracey FergusonFestival Design Seek Design

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Festival Artists & Concerts

Paul Brady • Frances Black • Carlos Núñez • Macalla • Stockton’s Wing & Frankie Gavin & De Dannan • Eleanor McEvoy • We Banjo 3 & Chessboxer • Songs of World War I • the olllam • Seth Lakeman • Bellowhead • Johnny Duhan • Melo- M • Celebrating Frankie Kennedy, Featuring Altan & Guests • Caitlín NicGabhann • Super Céilí • From Mayo to Manchester: A Musical Tradition • Young Orchestral Pops Benefit • Awakening Clontarf with Deep End of the Ford • Robert Burns Supper • Seána Davey • Declan O’Rourke • John Sheahan • Eamon Keane • Mary Chapin Carpenter • UCD Choral Scholars • DIT Irish Trad Musical Ensemble • The Fureys • The Kilkennys • Bagatelle • Dublin City Ramblers • The Dublin Legends (formerly known as The Dubliners)

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland. From the simple beginnings of a small wooden church built where St. Patrick was purportedly baptised and converted to Christianity, it now hosts many national religious commemo-rations. Jonathan Swift, acclaimed satirist and author of Gulliv-er’s Travels was made Dean of St. Patrick’s in 1713. In 1191 John Comyn raised the ancient church to the status of cathedral and, since the 1530’s the choral tradition of Anglican worship was es-tablished and St. Patrick’s is the only remaining cathedral church in Ireland with a daily pattern of sung services. How fitting then, that this magnificent cathedral, at the heart of Ireland’s history and culture for over 800 years, will serve as venue for superb con-certs throughout TradFest 2014.

Tickets: Seating is unallocated.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

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Núñez is one of Galicia’s most re-vered artists. He’s the undisputed master of Galicia’s signature musi-cal instrument, the gaita, or Gali-cian bagpipes. He is also enor-mously popular across the rest of Spain and throughout Europe and Latin America. Worldwide he has sold over a million albums and is well known in the Irish Music scene thanks to his early “adop-tion” by The Chieftains – he was even dubbed “The Seventh Chief-tain”. He played on many of the acclaimed group’s CDs including Treasure Island, The Long Black Veil, the Grammy-winning San-tiago (inspired by Galician music), Mexican project San Patricio, and their latest release, Voice of Ages.Núñez then launched his own solo career and built on his long list of

collaborations. His own releases featured a who’s who of interna-tional performers, starting with his 1996 debut, the aptly titled Broth-erhood of Stars, which had over 50 guests. With platinum sales in Spain, Brotherhood was a remark-able breakthrough for both Núñez and Galician music.

Carlos Núñez

Date: 22nd Jan 2014

Time: 8pm Venue: St. Patrick’s Cathedral Admission: €35.99

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Stockton’s Wing & Frankie Gavin & De Dannan team up for this very special night in St. Patrick’s Cathe-dral.Stockton’s Wing formed in 1977 in Ennis Co. Clare taking their name from a Bruce Springsteen song “Backstreets.” During their career Stockton’s Wing appeared at all major folk festivals across the globe and had several hit albums touring extensively throughout the eighties and early nineties. Paul Roche, Mike Hanrahan, Tommy Hayes, Enda Schahill and Dessie Donnelly will perform at Temple Bar TradFest.For many years De Dannan were the forerunners in the Irish tra-ditional music world but after 33 years, 14 albums and a number of changes in the line-up, the group

disbanded in 2003. In August 2009, Frankie Gavin unleashed a new De Dannan line up of Michelle Lally, Barry Brady, Paul O’ Drisceoil and Colm O’ Caoimh which Frankie says “reflects a De Dannan of the 21st century”.

Date: 23rd Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: St. Patrick’s Cathedral Admission: €35.99

Stockton’s Wing & Frankie Gavin& De Dannan

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Paul Brady, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is one of Ire-land’s most enduringly popular art-ists. Born and raised in Strabane, he was into a wide variety of music from an early age. Learning to play the piano by ear, by eleven he had begun to play guitar. Around 1965 in Dublin, at college, he began to develop as a singer and performer. The 60′s in Dublin saw the renewal of interest in Irish traditional mu-sic and gave birth to the first wave of Irish ballad groups like The Clan-cy Brothers, The Dubliners, Swee-ney’s Men and The Johnstons. Soon Paul became swept up in this current and joined the latter band with whom he recorded seven al-bums. In 1974 he joined Planxty, the premier Irish folk band of the early 70’s.

In the late 90′s, he began to collabo-rate with other songwriters and in the space of two years wrote nearly fifty songs. 2010 saw Paul releasing his 14th solo album, ‘Hooba Dooba’ to widespread acclaim.

Paul Brady

Date: 24th Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: St. Patrick’s Cathedral Admission: €40

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Altan will commemorate the life and music of one of their founding mem-bers, Frankie Kennedy. It has been 20 years since his passing and the band want to acknowledge this with a se-ries of concerts featuring musicians and singers associated with the band and Frankie. Altan will be joined for this very special night by long time friend, Mary Chapin Carpenter. Amer-ican singer songwriter Carpenter has won five Grammy Awards and was recently inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Frankie’s vision for Altan was to keep the music pure and traditional and by backing it with modern ideas and rhythms. Frankie’s vision proved right, Altan were the first Irish traditional music band to have been signed by a major record label. Virgin signed the band in 1994 and their first release, Blackwa-

ter, coincided with the loss of Frankie to cancer at the tender age of 38 Altan have continued Frankie’s journey going from strength to strength and this year celebrate Frankie’s memory through friends & music.

Date: 25th Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: St. Patrick’s Cathedral Admission: €40

A Celebration of Frankie Kennedy; His Life & Music

Altan plus special guest Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Dating back to 1178, and built shortly after the arrival of the An-glo-Normans, St. Werburgh’s Church has an interesting history. Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Irish aristocrat, revolutionary and a lead-er of the United Irishmen, is buried in the grounds. Renowned composer and pianist John Field, (best known for originating the piano nocturne and the development of the Russian piano school) was baptised in the Church in 1782. Located close to Dub-lin Castle, St. Werburgh’s boasts a decorated organ and Lord Lieu-tenant’s gilded pew (c1767). This beautiful church is a stunning venue for some of Ireland’s most talented musicians.Opposite Leo Burdock’s, Werburgh Street, Dublin 2

Tickets: Restricted view in some parts of side aisle. No refunds will be made.

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St. Werburgh’s Church

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The Young Orchestral Pops (YOPS) Orchestra was set up in 2002 un-der the direction of Kitty Dalligan. The orchestra’s repertoire is var-ied including film, popular, Irish and well known classics. The Junior Orchestral Pops caters for primary school students and the Senior Young Orchestral Pops for 6th Class and Secondary level stu-dents. In 2013 the orchestra per-formed at TradFest with children from St. Enda’s Whitefriar Street Strings Project as part of a tribute performance to the late Barney McKenna. YOPs will be joined at this year’s festival by award win-ning Irish Tenor Noel O’Grady. This benefit night will provide YOPS with much needed funds for 2014.

Date: 22nd Jan 2014 Time: 7.30pm Venue: St. Werburgh’s Church Admission: €10/ €8 Full / Restricted View Seating

Young Orchestral Pops Benefit Night

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UCD Choral Scholars is Ireland’s leading collegiate choral en-semble. This will be their first ap-pearance at Temple Bar TradFest where they’ll present a programme of Irish choral, instrumental and vocal music. Joining them will be Marianne Knight (vocals) and Mikie Smyth (Uilleann Pipes). With a large repertoire ranging from art to popular music, and stretching from the medieval to the contem-porary in style, UCD Choral Schol-ars ensemble gives many major concerts throughout the academic year.They won first place in the Nation-al Open Competition for Church Music at the Cork International Choral Festival 2013. They’ve col-laborated with indie-rock band, Ham Sandwich, electric-pop group,

Young Wonder and folk duo Heath-ers. Desmond Earley is Lecturer in Performance UCD, Director of UCD Choral Scholars and Artistic Direc-tor of UCD Ad Astra Academy. He’s a published arranger/composer of choral works with Hal Leonard (USA) and Novello (UK) and regu-larly works as a choral conductor/clinician in areas of early music and Irish choral music.

UCD Choral Scholars

Date: 23rd Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: St. Werburgh’s Church Admission: €15/€10 Full / Restricted View Seating

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Award-winning quartet, We Banjo 3, hail from Galway; they combine Irish music with old-time Ameri-can and Bluegrass influences to reveal the banjo’s rich legacy and roots.Featuring banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals and percussion We Banjo 3 make a bold and extraordi-nary musical statement. Creativity, sensitivity and passion are present in full measure and Irish music is at the heart of what they play. Mod-ern rhythms, traditional melodies, virtuosic technique and innovative arrangements of music and song add up to an incredible feast of banjo and mandolin music – guar-anteed to put a smile on your face and get your feet tapping.We Banjo 3 are joined in St. Wer-burgh’s by Chessboxer from Nash-

ville. Chessboxer is an instrumen-tal duet composed of Ross Holmes, fiddler for Mumford and Sons, and Grammy-winning banjo player, Matt Menefee. Chessboxer ‘s aim is to inform the audience that instru-mental music is not a mere sleep aid, but more like an exciting novel, a captivating story that engages all levels of emotion.

Date: 24th Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: St. Werburgh’s Church Admission: €22/€17 Full / Restricted View Seating

We Banjo 3 and Chessboxer

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Johnny Duhan started his career as a fifteen year old front man in the Limerick beat group Granny’s Intentions, the most popular band in Ireland in the mid to late 60s. Af-ter rousing Dublin with their soul touch, they moved to London, were signed to the prestigious Deram label, released one album and dis-banded before Johnny was 21.Johnny turned his back on the popular music industry and start-ed writing folk songs, poetry and prose. Known for his fierce in-dependence and integrity as an artist, he has condensed a body of work spanning 40 years into a quartet of epic albums – Just An-other Town, To The Light, The Voy-age and Flame. His song The Voy-age has become a modern classic. Christy Moore has termed Johnny

“One of our greatest songwriters.” Johnny’s album The Burning Word was chosen by Tony Clayton-Lea to feature in his book ‘101 Irish Al-bums You must hear Before you Die’.

Johnny Duhan

Date: 25th Jan 2014

Time: 8pm Venue: St. Werburgh’s Church Admission: €20/€15 Full / Restricted View Seating

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‘There have been many imitators since 1984 but we are the original’ Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich.The First All-Female Big-Band of traditional music are celebrating 30 years. They got together on In-ternational Women’s day 1984 to celebrate women’s creativity. Over twenty women musicians and singers from all parts of Ireland, north and south, got together for the occasion. It was fantastic fun, as well as being musically explo-sive! They have scattered to the four corners of Ireland now, many having made traditional music their professional career, but they are re-uniting for this one-off fan-tastic concert to again celebrate women’s music, energy, and cre-ativity.The line-up on the night will in-

clude Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich, Mary McNamara, Maureen Fahy and Catherine McEvoy.

Date: 26th Jan 2014

Time: 8pm Venue: St. Werburgh’s Church Admission: €20/€15 Full / Restricted View Seating

Macalla

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Situated on Church Street behind one of Dublin’s Four Courts and near the old city fruit and vegetable markets, St. Michan’s Church is the oldest parish church in the city. Originally founded in 1095, the present church dates from 1685 and was renovated in 1825. The church retains its original galleried interior and organ.Beneath the church are the famous vaults containing the mum-mified remains of many of Dublin’s most influential 17th, 18th and 19th century families, including the legendary Sheares brothers and the highly decorated coffins of the Earl of Leitrim. Visitors can also see the famed alleged crusader, the thief and nun, and learn about the remarkable preservative qualities pres-ent in the vaults.



St. Michan’s Church

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Her performances are intimate, emotional, uplifting affairs in which she explores soul, love and humour, using own compositions and interpretations from other songbooks, with her unique voice and beautiful playing. Formerly a session musician, she decided, whilst with The Mary Black Band, that she should develop her own career.Mary’s label owner heard Eleanor play a self-penned song that would give a name and title track to their planned all female compilation album A Woman’s Heart, Ireland’s best-selling album. Simultaneous-ly she was signed to Geffen where her eponymous album went on to sell 250,000 copies. Precious Little was a Billboard hit and Sophie has become a worldwide focus

and comfort to millions of young people with eating disorders. Her most recent album Alone is a col-lection of her best-loved songs per-formed solo.

Date: 22th Jan 2014

Time: 8pm Venue: St. Michan’s Church Admission: €25

Eleanor McEvoy

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Frances was born in Dublin, and her parents were both very musi-cal. She began singing with her older siblings, Shay, Michael, Mary, and Martin, known as The Black Family, when she was 17.Having gained confidence in her singing abilities, she enhanced her performing skills through joining the band Arcady in 1988. She fea-tured on their album, After the Ball, in 1991. Frances subsequently em-barked on a successful collabora-tion with acclaimed singer-song-writer, Kieran Goss, with whom she released the album, Frances Black and Kieran Goss.In 1992 Frances took the music scene by storm when ‘Wall of Tears’ and ‘After the Ball’ were placed on the album ‘A Woman’s Heart. It went on to become the

biggest-selling album ever in Ire-land. Huge tours subsequently fol-lowed, and audiences around the country were enchanted by Fran-ces’ particular blend of charm and wit, coupled of course, with that gorgeous voice.

Frances Black

Date: 23rd Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: St. Michan’s Church Admission: €25

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The Temple Bar TradFest will host the world premiere of a specially commissioned cycle of songs com-memorating the Battle of Clontarf which span a millennium and con-tain eye witness accounts of Dub-lin from 1014 and 2014. This piece is composed by Deep End of the Ford with support from local schools and community groups from the surrounding areas of Temple Bar.Deep End of the Ford combines four of the most progressive avant-garde talents in improvised and folk music; Lorcan MacMathuna, Martin Tourish, Eoghan Neff and Seán Mac Erlaine. An improvi-sational collective, their style is based on the flexible shape of lan-guage; spoken, and sung. Their in-spiration comes from the epic de-pictions of history and mythology.

In this composition they will be joined by Norse singer and instru-mentalist Raphael De Cock.

Awakening Clontarf

Date: 24th Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: St. Michan’s Church Admission: €18

with Lorcan MacMathuna & Deep End of the Ford

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Folk-inspired, multi-award winning singer-songwriter Seth Lakeman will play at St. Michan’s Church with his hugely talented band plus special guest Lisbee Stainton. Seth has released six albums including 2005’s Mercury-nominated Kitty Jay through to his latest album, Tales from the Barrel House, which con-firms Seth’s innate knack for writ-ing both foot-stomping sing-along songs and more tender thoughtful ballads. His fiddle and tenor guitar playing is often breathtaking and Seth’s trademark, soaring vocals are at the forefront of the album, as beguiling and haunting as ever. Seth and the band will be playing tracks from all his previous studio albums plus songs from his forthcoming new studio album Word of Mouth which is due for release in 2014.

Date: 25th Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: St. Michan’s Church Admission: €25

Seth Lakeman

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Dublin City Hall is an outstanding example of the Georgian ar-chitecture for which Dublin is world-renowned. The building was restored to its 18th-century appearance at the beginning of the 21st century, and Dublin City Council has won awards for the conservation of this historic building. Dublin City Hall played a great role in the Easter Rising; on Easter Monday 1916 Irish Citi-zen Army captain Sean Connolly and his company marched up Dame Street with the intention of taking City Hall and Dublin Castle. Dublin City Hall and the other occupied buildings came under intense gun fire and in the afternoon Connolly was shot and killed as he raised a flag on the roof. In 2005 a plaque was erected to commemorate the members of the City Hall Garrison killed in the Easter Rising.



Dublin City Hall

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DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensem-ble, led by Odhrán Ó Casaide & Tom Doorley, comprises full-time un-dergraduate and postgraduate stu-dents of Irish traditional music at the DIT Conservatory of Music andDrama. The ensemble, which com-bines both instrumental and vocal music, was originally modelled on the pioneering work of Seán O Riada and Ceoltóirí Cualainn. Since its inauguration, the ensemble has forged its own unique sound and style drawing on the rich musi-cal environment which surrounds it. The ensemble is fortunate in that it contains some of the finest young musical talent in Ireland today. This talent is nurtured and developed in an innovative and challenging way, resulting in mu-sical performances and recordings

which are at the forefront of the musical tradition. Recent high-lights include performances on RTÉ Radio 1’s Céilí House and tours of Louvain, Belgium and Savan-nah, Georgia, USA. They have also recorded two successful albums, Simple Philosophers and Flow my Tears (in collaboration with the DIT Early Music Ensemble.)

DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble

Date: 22th Jan 2014 Time: 1pm Venue: Dublin City Hall Admission: €10

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This special concert sees John Sheahan of the Dubliners and Eamon Keane, songwriter, composer and pia-nist combine their talents in a kalei-doscope of music, song and poetry. John Sheahan was a key member of The Dubliners for almost 50 years. Throughout his career, he has been in steady demand as a studio musician, contributing to albums by, among oth-ers, Kate Bush, Terence Trent D’Arby and Rod Stewart. Over the years John has gained recognition as a composer and many of his compositions have been performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. It was a great compliment to his writing skills when André Rieu included John’s composition “The Marino Waltz” on a recent album. During the past decade, John has turned his attention to the music of words, and is currently compiling his first poetry collection. Eamon Keane singer -songwriter, composer and

pianist sold out the National Concert Hall twice in 2013. His song Hang The Moon from the album of the same name was described as the best Irish song of the decade by DJ Peter Grogan. As a film composer Eamon has drawn widespread acclaim for his score for Mna Dibeartha, the landmark series on the Irish Famine, which is now be-ing sold internationally. A feature of Eamon’s performances are his stun-ning piano improvisations.

John Sheahan & Eamon Keane

Date: 22nd Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: Dublin City Hall Admission: €23

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Three times All-Ireland champion on concertina, Caitlín is a regu-lar performer at festivals and in concert halls from North America all the way to Asia. She is also an accomplished dancer and in 2009, joined Riverdance as a troupe dancer. Writing tunes since the age of ten, her compositions have been performed in the Cork Opera House and The National Concert Hall, Dublin. She teaches concerti-na annually at summer and winter schools in Ireland, Europe and USA and has performed with the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Paddy Keenan, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Cherish The La-dies, The Kilfenora Ceili Band and for presidents and royalty around the world. Her debut solo CD re-lease, Caitlín was voted the 2012 ‘CD of the Year’ award on tradcon-

nect.com as well as being labelled the ‘top Irish traditional album of 2012’ by The Wall Street Journal. Raised in a house full of music in Co.Meath, Caitlín learned most of her music from her father Antóin Mac Gabhann.

Caitlín Nic Gabhann

Date: 23rd Jan 2014 Time: 1pm Venue: Dublin City Hall Admission: €10

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In 2014, Latvia’s capital city Riga will be European Capital of Culture. Temple Bar TradFest will celebrate Riga’s year as Capital of Culture with a special performance by Melo-M. Latvian cello trio Melo-M emerged in 2005 when academi-cally trained musicians Karlis Au-zans, Miķelis Dobičins and Janis Pauls decided to unite their musi-cal talents and create a band. They play cello versions of a variety of well-known music: from classical to pop and rock.Melo-M are also well-known out-side Latvia. The band toured in the USA twice, played a variety of concerts in Russia, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, Turkey and elsewhere. They have shared the stage with such artists as: vo-

calist of Boney M; Maizie Williams, Swedish multi-instrumentalist; Robert Wells, Finnish metal band; Apocalyptica, popular Latvia-born singer; Laima Vaikule and many more. The uniqueness of Melo-M performances lies in their ability to combine foundations of the classi-cal music with energy and drive of pop and rock shows.

Date: 23rd Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: Dublin City Hall Admission: €19.99

Melo-M In association with The Embassy of Latvia

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Irish harpist, Seána Davey comes from a family of musicians in Co. Meath. Having begun her studies on the harp with the Royal Irish Academy at the age of 7, Seána also studied the piano and learnt Irish dancing. Seána completed her grades on both instruments. She won 5 All Ireland Fleadhanna Cheoil, the last being the coveted Senior Harp and 3 Oireachtas na Gaelige, Pan Celtic International harp competitions as well as win-ning at Feis Ceoil. She has toured as an Irish dancer and harpist / pianist. Most recently, Seána has predominantly toured Canada, the United States, and Australia with Celtic Thunder as their harpist.

SeánaDavey


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Temple Bar TradFest marks the centenary of the outbreak of World War I with context and stories fromhistorian and RTÉ broadcaster Myles Dungan and songs of the conflict sung by special guest, De-clan O’Rourke. Hear the music of Ivor Novello and George M. Cohan as well as subversive and scato-logical ditties composed by the Un-known Soldier in Dublin’s City Hall. Also performing on the night will be The Brook Singers, male voice choir who are best known for their acapella performances. While we associate the Great War with car-nage and lunar landscapes there was an accompanying songscape which enriched European culture just as the war itself was impov-erishing the continent. Some of the songs were designed to recruit

young men into the armed forces, some to boost morale after they had reached the trenches. Many of the best examples of the World War I canon were anti-recruitment songs and ‘trench tunes’ composed in response to danger, monotony, disease, hunger and drudgery. Hear the songs and the context at this special night of commemora-tion in City Hall.


Commemorating the Songs of WWI

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Temple Bar TradFest is honoured to host the first Robert Burns Sup-per in Dublin City celebrating the life and poetry of the renowned Scottish bard; Robert Burns. This unique and fun evening of dinner and entertainment will re-enact the time-honoured Robert Burns Supper which is held each year on the birthday of Robert Burns. The night’s festivities will include tradi-tional Scottish pipers ‘Piping in the Guests’, ‘An Address to The Haggis’, ‘The Immortal Memory’ and a ‘Toast to the Lassies’. We are privileged to have Michael Russell, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning to present the ‘Immortal Memory’, which will honour the life and works of Robert Burns. Adding an Irish twist to this Scottish night will be our host, leg-

endary Cork Maestro Seán O’Sé who will also sing a medley of popular Irish songs. Leslie Dowdall of In Tua Nua with accompaniment from Mike Hanrahan of Stockton’s Wing will perform a selection of Robert Burns most famous songs.

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Date: 25th Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: Dublin City Hall Dress: Black Tie (kilts also welcome!)

Celebrating Burns Night - Robert Burns Supper

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This special concert will celebrate the traditional musical connection between Mayo and Manchester. The event will feature the multi-award winning dancers, James Keegan and Nikitta Cassidy from the world famous ‘Lord of the Dance Show’ along with Irish Harp-ist Kate Brett and Irish Vocalist Re-becca Fox.James and Nikitta have been danc-ing for most of their lives winning awards and entertaining crowds all over the world with Lord of the Dance. Representing Mayo at the concert is ‘Flatout’ who are one of the hottest traditional bands to emerge from the West of Ireland. The young five-piece band has be-come an overnight internet sensa-tion notching up over 50,000 hits for their unique Trad covers of con-temporary artists.

Other special guests from Man-chester include the award win-ning traditional musicians Donal and Sean Scally. The event will be hosted and broadcast by Joe Cas-serley from the award winning UK Full Irish Radio Show.


From Mayo to Manchester: A Musical Tradition

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Centrally situated in the heart of our cultural quarter and locat-ed in the refurbished Temple Bar Music Centre, The Button Fac-tory is a great live music venue. Relatively small and intimate, the venue has a new layout with better seating arrangements and state of the art sound and lighting systems. The Button Factory is a very popular live music venue in Dublin’s Temple Bar. Concerts will be enjoyed by audiences who appreciate a personal style venue with excellent sound and lighting.


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ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL Carlos Núñez Wed 22nd Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)Stockton’s Wing , Frankie Gavin & De Dannan Thurs 23rd Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)Paul Brady Fri 24th Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)A Celebration of Frankie Kennedy: His life & music.Featuring Altan & Special Guests Sat 25th Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)

ST. MICHAN’S CHURCHEleanor McEvoy Wed 22nd Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)Frances Black Thurs 23rd Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)Awakening Clontarf with Lorcan MacMathuna & Deep End of the Ford Fri 24th Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)Seth Lakeman Sat 25th Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)

ST. WERBURGH’S CHURCHYoung Orchestral Pops Benefit Night Wed 22nd Jan 7.30pmUC Choral Scholars Thurs 23rd Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)We Banjo 3 and Chessboxer Fri 24th Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)Johnny Duhan Sat 25th Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)Macalla Sun 26th Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)

DUBLIN CITY HALLDIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble Wed 22nd Jan 1pm (doors 12.30)John Sheahan & Eamon Keane Wed 22nd Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)Caitlín NicGabhann Thurs 23rd Jan 1pm (doors 12.30)Melo-M Thurs 23rd Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)Seána Davey Fri 24th Jan 1pm (doors 12.30)Commemorating the Songs of WWI Fri 24th Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)Robert Burns Supper Sat 25th Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)

From Mayo to Manchester: A Musical Tradition Sun 26th Jan 3pm (doors 2.30)

THE BUTTON FACTORYthe olllam Thurs 23rd Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)

Bellowhead Fri 24th Jan 8pm (doors 7.30)

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Belfast-born uilleann piper John McSherry and Detroit natives Tyler Duncan (uilleann pipes, whistles) and Michael Shimmin (percus-sion) have been dreaming of ‘the olllam’ for the last decade. With a name inspired by the king’s own ollam bards of Irish lore, the trio wanted an ensemble that naturally represented their combined expe-riences in a multiplicity of styles. In September 2012 the trio finally released their debut album ‘the olllam’ on Compass Records. De-scribed as stunning instrumental virtuosity, the debut is a magical marriage of tradition and technolo-gy, finding the listener somewhere between Radiohead and Planxty with the ambient emotionalism of Nick Drake. Performing as a six piece (pipes/whistles, percussion,

bass, guitar and keyboards), the oll-lam will be joined by special guest Pádraig Rynne; founding member of Guidewires and Triad (Dónal Lunny and Sylvain Barou), who is widely regarded as one of Ireland’s finest concertina players.

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Date: 23rd Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: The Button Factory Admission: €24.99

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Winner of BEST ALBUM for ‘Broad-side’ at the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Broadside writes another extraordinary chapter in the story of Bellowhead, which began in 2004 when a disparate group of characters who initially knew one another from informal pub ses-sions thought it might be a good wheeze to pool their widely var-ied backgrounds, influences and talents and form a big band… just to see what happened. Even they couldn’t have imagined the results as their funny little enterprise – in-corporating top-notch jazz, world, folk and classical musicians in a swathe of brass, strings, squeeze-box, percussion and anything else that seemed like a good idea at the time – swiftly expanded into a gung-ho 11-piece line-up.

Four albums, a glut of awards, sell-out tours and a long trail of thun-derous festival appearances down the line, they’ve transported folk music into hitherto unknown terri-tory, introducing a whole new au-dience to it with them.

Bellowhead

Date: 24th Jan 2014 Time: 8pm Venue: The Button Factory Admission: €25.99

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Meeting House Square was designed in 1991 taking its name from two buildings bordering the space, the 18th Century Presby-terian Meeting House and 19th Century Quaker Meeting House. The former was transformed in 1992 to become the Irish Film Institute, and the metamorphosis from waste ground to one of the City’s most remarkable architectural spaces was underway. Today, the edges of the square are formed by a huddle of vibrant cultural organisations, with their structures realised by some of Ireland’s most notable architects. Buildings such as the Gallery of Photography, The National Photographic Archive and The Ark, boasting its Calatrava stage, means that the boundaries of the square have evolved to become a sculptural showcase of modern urban design.


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It’s not a céilí. It’s not a ‘trad disco’. It’s not like anything you’ve heard before. A fusion of pop/electro/dance tracks with reels, jigs and sean nós songs.

SUPER CÉILÍ is the world’s first traditional music nightclub – an event so innovative that it creates a whole new genre of music; ‘Céilí Haus’.

Live traditional musicians, a dance DJ and a battery of special effects combine to create phenomenal en-ergy on the dance floor.

Céilí dance your way through a sea of fog and glowsticks. You will scream and you will sweat.

The music is awesome. The atmo-sphere is unbelievable.

Super Céilí

Date: 25th Jan 2014 Time: 10pm Venue: Meeting House Square Admission: €15 (Student: €10)

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Merchant’s Arch48-49 Wellington Quay+353 1 6074010www.merchantsarch.ie RTÉ Radio One’s popular tradi-tional music programme Céilí House will have a special TradFest broadcast live from The Merchant’s Arch. Presenter Kieran Hanrahan will present a night of song and chat featuring some of TradFest’s top acts as well as introducing au-diences to emerging talent from the world of trad and folk.

Date: 25th Jan 2014 Time: 9-10pm

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VAT House Presents ‘Live at the Hub’ Anglesea Street (Blooms Hotel)+353 1 67 15622www.vathouse.ie The VAT House offers live Irish Music daily, a selection of Craft Irish Beers, an extensive Irish Whiskey collection, Beer & Whis-key Tasting Trays, and a selection of Traditional Irish Food as well as some international dishes. Drop by and soak up the music, and savour the best of Irish Craft, Cask & Craic.

LIVE AT THE HUBYour chance to see new up & com-ing Trad & Folk Groups live at our late night Festival Hub

Wednesday 22 January22.30 – 23.00 The Jigsaw Jam23.15 – 23.45 Tumbleweed Trad00.00 – 00.30 The Kilkennys

Thursday 23 January22.30 – 23.00 Skippers Alley23.15 – 23.45 Juhn Echo00.00 – 00.30 Baile An Salsa

Friday 24 January22.30 – 23.00 Cuig23.15 – 23.45 Socks in the Frying Pan00.00 – 00.30 The Jeremiahs

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The Morgan Hotel10 Fleet Street+353 1 6437.000www.themorgan.comPeople watching in the award winning Morgan Bar could be de-clared a national sport. Cool funky Dubliners sip their cocktails here, mingling with the guests of The Morgan Hotel. Enjoy the hive of activity with the glitterati of Dublin by night!The Morgan offers live House DJs, bongo and sax players on Friday until Sunday.

Baile An SalsaCombining traditional and salsa music Baile An Salsa have won the hearts of fans worldwide. The band performs songs in three languages and their unique melodies cross various styles of Irish Trad, Latin, Salsa, Rumba and Flamenco. Their 2013 debut single reached No. 2 on the Latin Dance Charts in Colom-bia, South America.

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The Quays Bar10-13 Temple Bar Square+353 1 671 3922www.louisfitzgerald.com/quaystemplebar The Quays Bar is situated in the heart of Temple Bar. It has a great mixture of both locals and tourists, making it one of Dublin’s liveliest pubs. The stories told from near and far mean everyday is a new experience in The Quays.

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The Old StorehouseCrown Alley+353 1 607 4003www.oldstorehouse.ieThe Old Storehouse is a classic Irish bar located on Crown Alley just off Temple Bar Square. The welcoming atmosphere blended with live music 7 afternoons and evenings per week make the perfect ingredients for a great Irish pub experience. The Old Store-house offers quality drinks and fresh produced Irish food served with warmth and efficiency.

The FureysFormed in 1978 as The Fureys & Davey Arthur the band found fame when they released ‘When You Were Sweet Sixteen’, Other hits soon fol-lowed including ‘The Green Fields of France’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Galli-poli’, ‘The Red Rose Cafe’, and ‘Steal Away’. After 35 years, The Fureys are still going strong with a line-up that now consists of Eddie Furey, George Furey, Camillus Hiney and Aidan Guilfoyle.

The Fureys live at The Old Storehouse

Date: 24th Jan 2014 Time: 6-7pmAdmission: Free

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Fitzsimons of Temple Bar21-22 Wellington Quay+353 1 6779315www.fitzsimonshotel.com Fitzsimons is located on the banks of the River Liffey. The five floors provide a wide range of live music every night. Fitzsimons is an ideal meeting place and centre of activ-ity! Fitzsimons of Temple Bar offers live music every evening, followed by DJ’s.

The Dublin Legends (formerly of The Dubliners)

One of Ireland’s most successful folk bands The Dublin Legends have been performing for over 60 years. They garnered international success with their lively Irish folk songs, traditional street ballads and instrumentals. With a line up that now includes Sean Cannon, Patsy Watchorn, Eamonn Camp-bell and Gerry O’Connor this is a chance to see The Dublin Legends up close and personal performing ‘Seven Drunken Nights’, ‘Black Vel-vet Band’, ‘Never Wed An Old Man’, ‘Irish Rover’ and ‘Jacks Heroes’ plus many more.

The Dublin Legends live at Fitzsimons of Temple Bar


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Buskers Bar13-17 Fleet Street+353 86 662 9575www.buskersbar.comBuskers Bar offers live music 7 days a week and all major sporting events shown on 14 screens. Food served daily until 9.00pm.Live Traditional music every Sunday, Monday and Thursday. Cocktail lessons are available on request.

Dublin City RamblersFormed in 1972 The Dublin City Ramblers are one of Ireland’s best loved ballad and folk groups. 40 years since they began the band are still performing their hits in-cluding ‘The Rare Ould Times’, ‘Flight of Earls’, ‘John O’Dreams’, ‘The Punch and Judy Man’ and ‘Wind in the Willows’.

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Oliver St. John Gogarty’s Library Bar58-59 Fleet Street+353 1 6711 882www.gogartys.ie Gogarty’s is the cornerstone of traditional Irish music in Temple Bar, combining three performance areas, the Main Bar, the Music Lounge and the Library Bar. With free music sessions from 1pm un-til 2.30am daily, anytime is a good time to drop by for a TradTastic experience. Gogarty’s also boasts an award winning restaurant & bar food, serving a range of Traditional Irish dishes. The best of music, food and company, we hope to see you during TradFest.

BagatelleFormed in 1978, Bagatelle is one of Ireland’s most popular groups. ‘Summer in Dublin’ brought them international fame and many more hit singles including ‘Second Vio-lin’, ‘Leeson Street Lady’, ‘Streets of New York’ and ‘Trump Card’ fol-lowed. The band have toured the world and shared the stage with musical legends such as U2, Bob Marley, The Boomtown Rats, Don MacLean and Christy Moore.

Bagatelle live at Oliver St. John’s Gogarty Library Bar

Date: 24thJan 2014 Time: 6-7pmAdmission: Free


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Farrington’s28E Essex Street+353 1 671 5135www.thesmithgroup.ie/farringtonsFarrington’s is named after a char-acter in James Joyce’s The Dublin-ers. Its Victorian style decor still includes its 120 year old partitions. Farrington’s is Temple Bar’s haven for great whiskey and craft beers.

The FureysFormed in 1978 as The Fureys & Davey Arthur the band found fame when they released ‘When You Were Sweet Sixteen’. Other hits soon followed including ‘The Green Fields of France’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Gallipoli’, ‘The Red Rose Cafe’, and ‘Steal Away’. After 35 years, The Fureys are still going strong with a line up that now consists of Ed-die Furey, George Furey, Camillus Hiney and Aidan Guilfoyle.

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The Arlington Temple Bar 16 – 18 Lord Edward Street, Dublin 2 +353 1 670 8777www.arlingtonhoteltemplebar.com The Arlington Temple Bar is nestled in the heart of Medieval Dublin and overlooking historic Dublin Castle. Experience the mix of traditional Irish music and dancing performances.

The Dublin Legends (formerly of The Dubliners) One of Ireland’s most successful folk bands The Dublin Legends have been performing for over 60 years. They garnered international success with their lively Irish folk songs, traditional street ballads and instrumentals. With a line up that now includes Sean Cannon, Patsy Watchorn, Eamonn Camp-bell and Gerry O’Connor this is a chance to see The Dublin Legends up close and personal performing ‘Seven Drunken Nights’, ‘Black Vel-vet Band’, ‘Never Wed An Old Man’, ‘Irish Rover’ and ‘Jacks Heroes’ plus many more.

The Dublin Legends live at The Arlington Temple Bar



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The Auld Dubliner24-25 Temple Bar, Dublin 2+353 1 677 0527www.thesmithgroup.ie/aulddublinerThe Auld Dubliner sums up all that is a truly Irish pub with its warmth and traditional decor. Serving tra-ditional fare by day and transform-ing into a buzzing lively venue by night where laughter and fun are always guaranteed!

Dublin City Ramblers Formed in 1972 The Dublin City Ramblers are one of Ireland’s best loved ballad and folk groups. 40 years since they began the band are still performing their hits in-cluding ‘The Rare Ould Times’, ‘Flight of Earls’, ‘John O’Dreams’, ‘The Punch and Judy Man’ and ‘Wind in the Willows’.

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The Foggy Dew1 Fownes Street+353 1 677 9328 www.thefoggydew.ie The Foggy Dew is the perfect mix of old tradition in a contemporary atmosphere. The interior of the pub houses a fascinating collection of famous rock memorabilia, ensur-ing a memorable visit. The Foggy Dew presents the Foggy Dew DJ on Saturday and live music sessions every Sunday.


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The Porterhouse16-18 Parliament Street+353 1 679 8847www.porterhousebrewco.comThe Porterhouse is famous for its wide range of beers. The pub opened in 1996 as the first pub brewery in Dublin.

The Porterhouse offers live music seven days a week and traditional music sessions at the weekend.


Bagatelle live at The Porterhouse

Date: 22ndJan 2014 Time: 6-7pmAdmission: Free


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The Palace Bar21 Fleet Street, Dublin 2 +353 1 6717388www.thepalacebardublin.comThe Palace Bar, built in 1823, is one of the oldest pubs in Dublin. Regular visits of many famous Irish writers as well as its popular-ity among the staff from The Irish Times made The Palace Bar one of Dublin’s great literary pubs. The Palace Bar offers traditional Irish music sessions in the up-stairs bar during the evenings at the weekend.

Dublin City Ramblers Formed in 1972 The Dublin City Ramblers are one of Ireland’s best loved ballad and folk groups. 40 years since they began the band are still performing their hits in-cluding ‘The Rare Ould Times’, ‘Flight of Earls’, ‘John O’Dreams’, ‘The Punch and Judy Man’ and ‘Wind in the Willows’.

Dublin City Ramblers live at The Palace Bar

Date: 22nd Jan 2014 Time: 6-7pmAdmission: Free


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The Temple Bar 47-48 Temple Bar+353 1 672 5286/7www.thetemplebarpub.com

The Temple Bar is one of the most famous pubs in Dublin! The pub opened in 1840 and owes its name to Sir William Temple the founder of Temple Bar.

The Temple Bar offers live music every day from 12.30.

The Dublin Legends (formerly of The Dubliners)

One of Ireland’s most successful folk bands The Dublin Legends have been performing for over 60 years. They garnered international success with their lively Irish folk songs, traditional street ballads and instrumentals. With a line up that now includes Sean Cannon, Patsy Watchorn, Eamonn Camp-bell and Gerry O’Connor this is a chance to see The Dublin Legends up close and personal performing ‘Seven Drunken Nights’, ‘Black Vel-vet Band’, ‘Never Wed An Old Man’, ‘Irish Rover’ and ‘Jacks Heroes’ plus many more.

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Oliver St. John Gogarty’s Library Bar58-59 Fleet Street+353 1 6711 882www.gogartys.ie Gogarty’s is the cornerstone of traditional Irish music in Temple Bar, combining three performance areas, the Main Bar, the Music Lounge and the Library Bar. With free music sessions from 1pm un-til 2.30am daily, anytime is a good time to drop by for a TradTastic experience. Gogarty’s also boasts an award winning restaurant & bar food, serving a range of Traditional Irish dishes. The best of music, food and company, we hope to see you during TradFest.

The FureysFormed in 1978 as The Fureys & Davey Arthur the band found fame when they released ‘When You Were Sweet Sixteen’, Other hits soon followed including ‘The Green Fields of France’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Gallipoli’, ‘The Red Rose Cafe’, and ‘Steal Away’. After 35 years, The Fureys are still going strong with a line up that now consists of Ed-die Furey, George Furey, Camillus Hiney and Aidan Guilfoyle.



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The Fureys live at Oliver St. John’s Gogarty Library Bar

Merchant’s Arch48-49 Wellington Quay+353 1 6074010www.merchantsarch.ie The Merchant’s Arch was con-structed in 1821 as a beautiful Geor-gian building. The high windows provide a great view over the River Liffey and the famous Ha’Penny Bridge.

The KilkennysProudly named after their home-town of Kilkenny, this four-piece band consists of Davey Long, Davey Cashin, Tommy Mackey and Robbie Campion. Their live album The Kilkennys – Live at The Water-gate Theatre, was inspired by tra-ditional Irish songs, it is a modern sound full of energy, fun and emo-tion which they’ll bring to Temple Bar TradFest 2014!

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p5 Merchant’s Archp6 The Oliver St John Gogarty Library Barp7 The Temple Barp8 The Palace Barp9 The Porterhousep10 The Foggy Dewp11 The Auld Dubliner p12 The Arlington Temple Barp13 Farrington’sp14 The Oliver St John Gogarty Library Barp15 Buskers Barp16 Fitzsimons of Temple Barp17 The Old Storehouse p18 The Quays Bar p19 The Morgan Barp20 The VAT Housep21 Céilí House Live from The Merchant’s Arch

* All programme details were correct at the time of going to press. The Temple Bar TradFest organisers reserve the right to make programme changes should circumstances dictate.

On behalf of the Temple Bar Company and my fellow directors, Welcome to the Temple Bar TradFest Music Trail. In this our 9th year we’ve added a new exciting element to the Music Trail, An Audience with Legends of Irish Folk Music. As well as 5 days and nights of live music sessions in some of the finest pubs in Dublin, visitors to the Temple Bar TradFest will have the opportunity to enjoy 5 of Ireland’s most successful and internationally renowned folk groups. Set in the in-timate surrounds of some of Dublin’s’ best pubs, we’re delighted to have legendary bands The Fureys, Dublin City Ramblers, The Kilkennys, Baga-telle and The Dublin Legends (Sean Cannon, Eamon Campbell, Gerry O Connor & Patsy Watchorn all formerly members of The Dubliners) perform as part of Temple Bar Tradfest 2014.The Temple Bar Company through its membership has raised in excess of 5 million Euros over the last number of years, all of which has been rein-vested back into the area including funding the phenomenal growth of Temple Bar TradFest, now firmly one of Dublin’s most successful music fes-tivals. We have many exciting plans for Temple Bar over the coming years and we look forward to welcoming you to Dublin’s Cultural Quarter.

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Oliver HughesChairman Temple Bar Company

During my years on the road as a musician with Stockton’s Wing, I learned first-hand, the influence of The Furey Brothers, The Dubliners and The Dublin City Ramblers on the development and appreciation of Irish Traditional and Folk music. These were the trailblazers for our music throughout the world. We‘re delighted to introduce An Audi-ence with Irish Folk Legends at this year’s Temple Bar TradFest. The Furey’s are still filling concert ven-ues through Ireland and Europe. The Dubliners, alas, are no longer with us, but former members of the band now known as The Dublin Legends will be taking part. The Dublin City Ramblers and Bagatelle still enthral audiences wherever they play. A rel-atively new band, creating a name for themselves in Europe are The Kilkennys and we’re delighted that they are performing for us. An Audi-ence with Irish Folk Legends is like a festival within a festival. The venues are intimate and I’m sure the experi-ences will be memorable.

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