On Friday night, Arcata Playhouse will introduce audiences to two potential unknowns: the rare wire-strung harp and the music and story of Ireland’s Turlough O’Carolan, regarded as the country’s ...

Celtic music, says Robin Williamson — he of the late, great Incredible String Band — is “an acorn that will grow another forest yet.” Williamson could as well have been referring to one man, four of ...

“The Irish people adored O’Carolan, partly because his music was uplifting, and also because he was an irresistible character, full of life and buoyancy. He liked good jokes, drinking and carousing,” ...

Siobhan (shuh-VAHN) Armstrong is one of today's top Irish harpers, and head of the Historical Harp Society of Ireland. She plays the ancient traditional wirestrung Irish harp that was popular from the ...

Turlough O'Carolan was an Irish harper, composer, and singer, who gained great fame due to his exceptional gift for composition. He was born in Nobber, Co. Meath in 1670. When he was 14, his father ...

We’ve picked out some of the best things to do in County Roscommon over the 2025 August bank holiday weekend Eiméar Mulvey, Lorraine Sweeney, Junior Davey and Padraig Sweeney, tutors at the O'Carolan ...

Patrick Ball, storyteller and virtuoso Celtic harp player, will bring his talents to the San Juan Capistrano Regional Library for two concerts Saturday night as part of the Music at the Library series ...