Traditional Music
You've heard about the ‘craic’. It’s all here
in Co Sligo.
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann sessions keep Irish Traditional music
alive and the emigrants to the U.S.A. from South Sligo, like Coleman,
Morrison and Killoran, greatly influenced the Irish music and style
when mass record sales began in the '20s. The main instruments played
hereabouts are the Fiddle and Flute, Tin Whistle, Accordion, Bodhran
[Goat skin hand drum] banjo and guitar.
The Coleman Irish Music Centre, located in Gurteen, Co. Sligo is
a celebration of Irish Music, Culture and Heritage. Here, the music
of Michael Coleman and other traditional musicians of the area can
be heard, played and learned. It is a living tradition – An
Tradisiun Beo.
We can direct guests to local traditional music sessions. There
are many interesting pubs to recommend within 25 minutes of Temple
House, (5 mins on Wednesday and Friday) where you can enjoy musicians
playing and sometimes dance to their music after dinner.
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