Report on the Harping Tradition in Ireland

Harp Tuition at Summer Schools and Festivals
Twenty-one summer schools and festivals in Ireland in 2014 have featured Irish harp
tuition.
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All-year round
January
February
March
April
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June
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September
October
November
December
Irish Harp Centre, Castleconnell. Co. Limerick (weekend, one-week,
one-month, three-month and summer-school courses)
No information
Féile Patrick Byrne, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan
Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Co. Kerry
No information
No information for Ireland (Edinburgh International Harp Festival takes
place in Scotland)
Féile Chois Chuain, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo
Blas – International Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Song,
University of Limerick
An Chúirt Chruitireachta – International Festival for Irish Harp,
Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
Traidphicnic, An Spidéal, Co. Galway (instrumental tuition varies each year;
harp tuition in 2014)
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
South Sligo Summer School, Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo
Joe Mooney Summer School, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Meitheal – Residential Traditional Music Summer School, Limerick City
O’Carolan Harp Festival, Keadue, Co. Roscommon
Scoil Éigse (different locations; Sligo in 2014; precedes Fleadh Cheoil
na hÉireann)
Scoil Acla, Achill, Co. Mayo
Brian Boru Millennium Harp Festival, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick &
Limerick City (organised by the Irish Harp Centre in 2014)
Scoil na gCláirseach, Kilkenny City (early Irish harp)
Harp Weekend at Bandon Walled Town Festival
Tulla Trad Festival, Tulla, Co. Clare
Muckross Harp Trail, Muckross House, Killarney, Co. Kerry
O’Carolan Harp Festival, Cultural & Heritage Festival, Nobber, Co. Meath
No information
Edward Bunting Festival, Armagh Town, Co. Armagh (re-commencing in
2014)
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