Pet O'Connell
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Iriseoir leis an Irish Examiner. Worcester woman.
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Hammy Hamilton: "Singing is such a personal thing. When I sing I think not just of the emotion of the song but where I learned it and the occasions I sang it before, so these are all songs that really mean something to me very deeply."
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Hammy Hamilton: 'Sectarianism in the North was completely ignored by traditional musicians'
Co Cork-based Belfast native Hammy Hamilton has released a new CD
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23 days ago
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Cork native Seosamh CĂ©itinnâs Irish-language snapshots; cairdeas agus cogadh from Ăine NĂ Ghlinn, hair-raising adventures, and suspicious fish.
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Photographs by the unassuming Macroom native, who died last January, aged 59, graced the covers of albums by artists including LĂșnasa, John Spillane, Jim Murray and the late SĂ©amus Begley.
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Photography exhibition pays tribute to late Macroom photographer Con Kelleher
Before he died recently, Con Kelleher's photographs graced the covers of albums, and were even turned into stamps by An Post
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3 months ago
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Tales of climate change and Ramadan fasting, mountain climbing, and the wonders of Irish seaweed
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Children's book reviews: News travels fast as readers are left between a rock and a hard place
Pet OâConnell rounds up a selection of the latest childrenâs books, with tales of climate change and Ramadan fasting, mountain climbing, and the wonders of Irish seaweed
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3 months ago
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Watch: Peadar Ă Riada playing the piano at his home near CĂșil Aodha
Peadar Ă Riada playing the piano at his home near CĂșil Aodha as he talks to Irish Examiner's Pet O'Connell about his illness, and the big list he ...
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'My family are my all': Peadar Ă Riada reflects on life, music, and his recent cancer diagnosis
Cork musician Peadar Ă Riada talks about his illness, and the big list he still plans on getting through
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3 months ago
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SeĂĄn Ă SĂ© obituary: A remarkable singer best known for An Poc Ar Buile
A school principal and renowned singer, SeĂĄn Ă SĂ©'s love of music endured right to the end
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3 months ago
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New twist on Irish mythology is a story of grief and learning to let go of ghosts of the past.
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4 months ago
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Christmas murder-mystery has suspense, snow, festive glow and wholesome advocacy of cheese on toast.
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This weekendâs FĂ©ile na Laoch sees a reprise of CeoltĂłirĂ Chualann, featuring SeĂĄn Ă SĂ©.
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addresses a celebration of Fuinneamh na mBan, or female energy, where CĂłr Ban ChĂșil Aodha perform Peadar Ă Riada's Laoi na Laoithe.
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Voice of women to be heard as Féile na Laoch festival looks to future
Artificial intelligence, climate change, and employment are among discussion topics at the gathering in CĂșil Aodha, writes Pet O'Connell
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7 months ago
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Irish Examiner children's book reviews: Magical urchins, a fearful fur ball, and a pubescent trainee banshee:
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Tacking up and mucking out, hoof picking and horsey snobbery in new children's books:
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9 months ago
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As the Kanturk native celebrates his 80th birthday, ranked among his achievements is the title of the Man who put the Planxty into the Sliabh Luachra tradition.
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'Thereâs great satisfaction in hearing your own tunes played': Jackie Daly turns 80
Cork trad legend Jackie Daly talks Sliabh Luachra, innovative tuning, and doing a Beatles cover that Paul McCartney loved
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10 months ago
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threads family intrigue through the sporting action in 'Féile', capturing the essence of grassroots GAA and parochial rivalries.
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10 months ago
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Futuristic fantasy holds a mirror to todayâs world, where it is perhaps not AI we should fear, but those who would use it for nefarious ends.
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11 months ago
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Drawing on biographical detail from CS Lewisâ life, including the death of his Cork-born mother when he was aged 9, Judith McQuoid creates an imaginary friendship between Lewis and her own grandfather.
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12 months ago
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Cork fiddle player, academic, and authority on Sliabh Luachra music Matt Cranitch will this weekend be presented with a TG4 Gradam Ceoil for lifetime achievement.
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Matt Cranitch takes a bow for lifetime of musical achievement
Cork fiddle player, academic, and authority on Sliabh Luachra music Matt Cranitch will this weekend be presented with a TG4 Gradam Ceoil award for lifetime achievement
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12 months ago
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The Case of the Secret Signal is historically informative but first and foremost just what a childrenâs book should be: a damn good
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about 1 year ago
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Fleadh Cheoil na hĂireann, first held by a nascent Comhaltas CeoltĂłirĂ Ăireann in Mullingar in 1951, was âthe most extraordinary thing which happened to traditional music in the 1950s and 1960s on this islandâ.
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How the Fleadh Cheoil helped revive traditional music in Ireland
A new book shows how the Fleadh played a crucial role in helping to revive traditional music
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about 1 year ago
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A shape-shifting beast with jagged antlers and red eyes arrives from another time and place but nearly as petrifying is the spine-chilling spectre of peer rejection @Doomsday Club
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'The Last Boy' is at once a story of darkness and hope as Brewster wishes on each star that he will be the last climbing boy.
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Childrenâs book reviews: Dickensian child poverty meets Victorian scientific advancement
Pet OâConnell rounds up a selection of the latest childrenâs books, featuring history, rhymes, and the surreal
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over 1 year ago
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UCCâs first female music lecturer and the first woman in Ireland or Britain to be awarded a non-honorary doctorate in music, Annie Patterson was instrumental in the foundation of Oireachtas na Gaeilge and Feis Ceoil.
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Remembering Annie Patterson, the trailblazer who was UCC's first female music lecturer
As the anniversary of Dr Annie Patterson's death approaches, Pet O'Connell recalls the life of the incredible woman who also was instrumental in the creation of the Feis Ceoil and Oireachtas na Gaeilg...
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over 1 year ago
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âThereâs an obvious Irish influence when you listen to QuĂ©bĂ©cois music - whether itâs known about or not.â
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Plus ça change... how Irish trad has influenced the music of Quebec
The Francophone province has a proud music culture, with both fans and ethnomusicologists spotting the strong Irish links in many of the tunes
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over 1 year ago
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