Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is the world’s largest celebration of Irish music, language, song and dance however, with no Fleadh Cheoil this year, TG4 has commissioned Fleadhfest ’21 a series of programmes celebrating the 70th anniversary of one of Ireland’s most significant cultural events.
The Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) and the Arts Office of Clare County Council have announce that the second Duala: Creator-in-Residence Scheme has been awarded to joint applicants Tara Breen and Nuala Kennedy.
TG4 has been nominated for a total of nine awards in the Torc Awards of Excellence and Treibh na nDéithe is also nominated for the 'Spirit of the Festival' award.
Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer and dancer Tara Howley from Kilfenora will feature in the next episode of a new six-part series recorded at the Cork Folk Festival in October 2020.
In a year like no other, the makers of Cork Folk Festival have curated a feast for the senses for followers of traditional and folk music bringing the best of local and national artists to our screens.
TG4 will honour President Michael D. Higgins, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, with a one-hour special featuring some of Ireland’s finest poets, singers, musicians, thinkers, playwrights, and dancers.