Cruit Éireann, Harp Ireland, is a collective of harp players working together to promote our national instrument, gain recognition for its unique status and secure its sustainability. Enabling inclusive contemporary expression of our 1000-year-old harp tradition is at the heart of what we do.

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Evolving Harps | Episode 6 Aisling Lyons

Evolving Harps | Episode 6 Aisling Lyons is now available wherever you get your podcasts. Aisling Lyons is a harper and composer from Co. Clare. She…
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Harps for Hope at Kilminchy Lodge

Well done to Music Generation Laois Harpers Kiêu, Aisling, Eunice and Antoni along with Danielle on bodhran and their harp teacher Siobhán Buckley performed at…
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Harpers at Smithfield Fleadh

Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland returned to Smithfield Fleadh on August 24th. We were delighted to have harpers from across the country join us. Teresa…
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Events

15 Oct 2024

Lá na Cruite | Harp Day: Harpers in the Honan

  UCC TradSoc, in collaboration with Harp Ireland…
Co. Cork
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17 Oct 2024
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18 Oct 2024

Lá na Cruite | Harp Day Open Strings at Queen’s University Belfast

Join Amy McAllister, Úna Monaghan, Saoirse Van Merkom…
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18 Oct 2024

Lá na Cruite | Harp Day: Laoise Kelly and Tóla Custy at glór

  Celebrate Lá na Cruite | Harp Day…
Co Clare
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19 Oct 2024

Lá na Cruite | Harp Day with Marina Biddy Blyth at Killarney School of Music

Harp Session with Marina Biddy Blyth Killarney School…
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19 Oct 2024

Lá na Cruite | Harp Day at Russborough House

  Join harpers across Wicklow as we celebrate…
Co. Wicklow
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19 Oct 2024

Lá na Cruite | Harp Day at the Mullingar Harp School

Join the Mullingar Harp Ensemble for a pop-up…
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What’s On

Lá na Cruite | Harp Day 2024

On Saturday 19th / Sunday 20th October we celebrate the eighth annual Lá na Cruite | Harp Day. Irish harpers extend a warm invitation to harpers globally to join them, in person and online, to celebrate our 1000-year-old Irish harping tradition, recognised on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanities.

Lá na Cruite | Harp Day holds something for everyone. It’s a day shared by harpers globally, with their individual events dovetailing with those of Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland. The day includes Hands-on-Harp taster sessions, concerts, recitals, workshops and pop-up performances, as harpers worldwide celebrate our national instrument.

Our Gala Concert, Sunday 20th October, RIAM, Dublin features brother and sister duo Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta, a new all-island harp ensemble commission by Maeve Gilchrist, and a unique reimagining of our ancient harpers’ songs by seannós singer Iarla Ó Lionaird, with US Harper Parker Ramsay, arranged by harper composer, Connor Way.

Finally, across the weekend of Lá na Cruite | Harp Day, we look forward to streaming continuous videos of harpers from all four corners of the globe as part of The Harpers’ Call. If you would like to send us a video for the Harpers’ Call, or if you would like to organise an event for Lá na Cruite | Harp Day, please contact us a info@harpireland.ie

Save the date - Saturday 19th October 2024

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