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Friday July 26th

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

13:30 - 14:00

Illustrated Talks

FREE illustrated talk: The early Irish harp through history: an illustrated guide

Simon Chadwick

Level: All

14:15 - 15:15

Workshops

FREE walk-in-beginners’ WORKSHOP

Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin

Level: All

15:30 - 16:30

Workshops

Introductory hands-on WORKSHOP for participants new to early Irish harp

Alessia Bianchi

Level: Newcomers

16:30 - 17:15

Welcome Events

Festival participant registration

17:15 - 18:15

Welcome Events

Orientation session

18:45 - 19:15

Teatime Concerts

Friday 6:45 p.m. – FREE

James Ruff

19:30 - 20:30

Welcome Events

Opening reception

Saturday July 27th

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

10:00 - 12:00

Start the Day

Practise, have private coaching, or explore Kilkenny

12:00 - 13:00

Illustrated Talks

An in-depth look at the iconic, late-medieval Brian Boru harp

Dr Karen Loomis

Level: All

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch break

14:30 - 15:30

Player Sessions

Briseadh na Bóinne [‘the defeat at the Boyne’] (1 of 2)

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: Intermediate+
Player Sessions

Amhrán na Leabhar [‘song of the books’] (1 of 2)

Sylvia Crawford

Level: All
Player Sessions

Cumha Lachlainn daill [‘blind Lachlainn’s lament’] (1 of 2)

James Ruff

Level: All
Player Sessions

Port Jean Linsey from the Straloch lute manuscript (17th-century Scotland) (1 of 2)

Dr Tamzin Elliott

Level: All

15:30 - 16:00

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

16:00 - 17:00

Player Sessions

Briseadh na Bóinne [‘the defeat at the Boyne’] (2 of 2)

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: Intermediate+
Player Sessions

Amhrán na Leabhar [‘song of the books’] (2 of 2)

Sylvia Crawford

Level: All
Player Sessions

Cumha Lachlainn daill [‘blind Lachlainn’s lament’] (2 of 2)

James Ruff

Level: All
Player Sessions

Port Jean Linsey from the Straloch lute manuscript (17th-century Scotland) (2 of 2)

Dr Tamzin Elliott

Level: All

17:00 - 17:30

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

17:30 - 18:30

Workshops

From the paper to the strings: a beginners’ guide to transcribing Bunting’s field-transcriptions

Alessia Bianchi

Level: All

18:45 - 19:15

Teatime Concerts

Saturday 6:45 p.m. – FREE

Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin

19:15 - 19:45

End of Day

Social time to relax and unwind

Sunday July 28th

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

10:00 - 12:00

Start the Day

Practise, have private coaching, or explore Kilkenny

12:00 - 13:00

Illustrated Talks

Colonialism and Class: ways we can think about the Irish harp tradition and its wider context

Simon Chadwick

Level: All

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch break

14:30 - 15:30

Player Sessions

Getting Practical with Port preist from the Straloch lute manuscript (1 of 2)

Dr Tamzin Elliott

Level: All
Player Sessions

Giolla na scríob [‘the libertine’] (1 of 2)

Alessia Bianchi

Level: All
Player Sessions

Fuadh na mfilearan [‘contempt for fiddlers’] (1 of 2)

James Ruff
Player Sessions

Coillte glasa an Triúcha [‘the green woods of Truagh’] (1 of 4)

Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin

Level: All

15:30 - 16:00

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

16:00 - 17:00

Player Sessions

Getting Practical with Port preist from the Straloch lute manuscript (2 of 2)

Dr Tamzin Elliott

Level: All
Player Sessions

Giolla na scríob [‘the libertine’] (2 of 2)

Alessia Bianchi

Level: All
Player Sessions

Fuadh na mfilearan [‘contempt for fiddlers’] (2 of 2)

James Ruff

Level: All
Player Sessions

Coillte glasa an Triúcha [‘the green woods of Truagh’] (2 of 4)

Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin

Level: All

17:00 - 17:30

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

17:30 - 18:30

Workshops

A practical workshop on traditional wire-strung Irish harp fingering

Sylvia Crawford

Level: All

20:00 - 22:00

Sunday, 28 July, 8:00 p.m.

Masters of Irish Music

Monday July 29th

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

10:00 - 12:00

Start the Day

Practise, have private coaching, or explore Kilkenny

12:00 - 13:00

Illustrated Talks

Andrew Bell (c.1815-1861): the life, times and music of a previously unknown Irish harper

Simon Chadwick

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch break

14:30 - 15:30

Player Sessions

Uilleacán Dubh Ó [‘the song of sorrow’] (1 of 2)

Sylvia Crawford

Level: All
Player Sessions

Invitation to the Dance (1 of 2)

Dr Paul Dooley
Player Sessions

Coillte glasa an Triúcha [‘the green woods of Truagh’] (3 of 4)

Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin

Level: Intermediate+

15:30 - 16:00

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

16:00 - 17:00

Player Sessions

Uilleacán Dubh Ó [‘the song of sorrow’] (2 of 2)

Sylvia Crawford

Level: All
Player Sessions

Invitation to the Dance (2 of 2)

Dr Paul Dooley

Level: All
Player Sessions

Coillte glasa an Triúcha [‘the green woods of Truagh’] (4 of 4)

Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin

Level: Intermediate+

17:00 - 17:30

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

17:30 - 18:30

Talk to an Irish Music Master

Dr Martin Tourish

18:45 - 19:15

Teatime Concerts

Monday 6:45 p.m. – FREE

Dr Paul Dooley

19:15 - 19:45

Social Event

Social time to relax and unwind

19:45 - 20:45

Social Event

Student platform

Tuesday July 30th

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

10:00 - 13:00

Start the Day

Practise, have private coaching, explore Kilkenny, or have a well earned lie-in!

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 - 14:30

Social Event

Group photo

14:30 - 15:30

Player Sessions

Tiarna Mhuigh Eo [‘Lord Mayo’] (1 of 2)

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: Intermediate+
Player Sessions

A Nóra, a mhíle stórach [‘Norah, my dearest darling’] (1 of 2)

Alessia Bianchi

Level: All
Player Sessions

The keiking glass (‘Port 1’) / Port Gordon (‘Port 2’) (1 of 2)

James Ruff

Level: All
Player Sessions

Caitlín Triall [‘Kitty Tyrrell’] (1 of 2)

Sylvia Crawford

Level: All

15:30 - 16:00

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

16:00 - 17:00

Player Sessions

Tiarna Mhuigh Eo [‘Lord Mayo’] (2 of 2)

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: Intermediate+
Player Sessions

A Nóra, a mhíle stórach [‘Norah, my dearest darling’] (2 of 2)

Alessia Bianchi

Level: All
Player Sessions

The keiking glass (‘Port 1’) / Port Gordon (‘Port 2’) (2 of 2)

James Ruff

Level: All
Player Sessions

Caitlín Triall [‘Kitty Tyrrell’] (2 of 2)

Sylvia Crawford

Level: All

17:00 - 17:30

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

20:00 - 22:00

Tuesday, 30 July, 8:00 p.m.

Give Me Your Hand: Music of the 1600s for a Gaelic Castle

Wednesday July 31st

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

10:00 - 12:00

Start the Day

Practise, have private coaching, or explore Kilkenny

12:00 - 13:00

Illustrated Talks

Harp failure: understanding why harps break

Dr Karen Loomis

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch break

14:30 - 15:30

Player Sessions

Latin plainchant from the medieval diocese of Ossory (1 of 2)

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: All
Player Sessions

The clergy's lamentation (1 of 2)

Alessia Bianchi

Level: All
Player Sessions

‘Ta me mo colla’ from Denis Hempson and from Hugh Higgins (1 of 2)

James Ruff

Level: Intermediate+
Player Sessions

An 18th-century Irish harper’s melody from a manuscript in the Scottish Hebrides (1 of 2)

Dr Tamzin Elliott

Level: Intermediate+

15:30 - 16:00

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

16:00 - 17:00

Player Sessions

Latin plainchant from the medieval diocese of Ossory (2 of 2)

Dr Siobhán Armstrong

Level: All
Player Sessions

The clergy's lamentation (2 of 2)

Alessia Bianchi

Level: All
Player Sessions

‘Ta me mo colla’ from Denis Hempson and from Hugh Higgins (2 of 2)

James Ruff

Level: Intermediate+
Player Sessions

An 18th-century Irish harper’s melody from a manuscript in the Scottish Hebrides (2 of 2)

Dr Tamzin Elliott

Level: Intermediate+

17:00 - 17:30

Tea Breaks

Relax in our Tea Room

17:30 - 18:30

Workshops

Practical harp maintenance: changing strings, adjusting strings, pins, light maintenance

Simon Chadwick

Level: All

18:45 - 19:45

End of Day

End-of-festival reception

Thursday August 1st

Event times are Irish summer time | GMT+1

08:00 - 19:00

Field Trip

Visiting historic harps in Dublin

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