COMMUNITIES UNITED SPRING FESTIVAL BROCHURE PRINT

Greater Shantallow Community Arts
& CCÉ Baile na gCailleach Presents
Masters of Ireland
CCÉ Baile Na gCailleach
Comhaltas in partnership with Greater Shantallow Community Arts is proud to present some of the finest Irish
traditional musicians in the world to grace the first ever Communities United Spring Arts Festival including:
Michael Carey
Michael Carey, is originally from Buncrana, County Donegal. He has played his music all around the world with Derry
group Aileach and Fir Uladh. His whistle style subtly incorporates musical nuances from other instruments such as banjo,
fiddle and accordion. After winning successive All-Ireland Slógadh competitions, he featured on the Gael- Linn Bualadh Bos
album along with many other notable artists at the age of 14, and has also appeared on the television programmes 'Bring
Down The Lamp', 'Come West Along the Road' and 'The Pure Drop' as well as numerous Fleadh Ceoil programmes. In
2013, the Buncrana man featured on the TG4 An Samhradh Linn television programme. Michael was also a founder
member of two recent bands, Dalltach (traditional and modern) and Kintra (Rock) and toured extensively throughout the
whole of Ireland and France.
Ruairi O’ Broin
Ruairi O’ Broin hails from Dublin and is not only a singer but an accomplished multi-instrumentalist. He has been singing
and collecting Folk and Traditional songs for decades. No stranger to Derry, one of his proudest musical achievements was
assembling Cairde Chualann to perform at both the Launch of Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 2013 and on the gigrig during
that wonderful Fleadh. In the last few years, he has lived in the west of Ireland and has kept himself busy giving singing
workshops and organising group ensembles, broadcasting on several radio shows, adjudicating at Fleadheanna and
Feiseanna, and of course, still collecting and singing whenever and wherever the opportunity arises.
25