COUNTY | VENUE | TIME | DESCRIPTION |
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Dublin | Pepper Canister Church | Sunday 22 October 2023, 6:30pm | Gala Concert in partnership with Reclaim the Enlightenment, featuring the Dublin premiere of the Harps Alive Ensemble, Siobhán Armstrong (early Irish harp) and Maria McNamee (pedal harp). Aosdána poet Moya Cannon recites a newly commissioned poem in memory of Edward Bunting with harper Aisling Lyons. Also performance with Triona Marshall and Martin Tourish. |
Dublin | National Library of Ireland | Saturday 21st October, 1.30pm | Join Méabh McKenna as she performs at the National Library of Ireland, Dublin to celebrate Lá na Cruite | Harp Day 2023. |
Dublin | National Library of Ireland | Saturday 21st October, 2pm | Harps Alive | An Chruit Bheo | Harps Leevin in partnership with Reclaim the Enlightenment |
Dublin | National Library of Ireland | Saturday 21st October, 3pm | Harps Alive | An Chruit Bheo | Harps Leevin in partnership with Reclaim the Enlightenment |
Dublin | Royal Irish Academy of Music | Sunday 22nd October, 10-2pm | Harps Alive | An Chruit Bheo | Harps Leevin in partnership with Reclaim the Enlightenment. |
Dublin | Royal Irish Academy of Music | Sunday 22nd October, 10-1pm | Harps Alive | An Chruit Bheo | Harps Leevin in partnership with Reclaim the Enlightenment presents ‘Try your hand at the Early Irish harp’. |
Dublin | Royal Irish Academy of Music | Sunday 22nd October, 1.30-3.30pm | Harps Alive | An Chruit Bheo | Harps Leevin in partnership with Reclaim the Enlightenment presents Irish harp workshop with Aisling Lyons. Dynamic harper Aisling Lyons invites you to a workshop at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. No matter what your standard, come along and take part. There will be something in it for everybody. Hear and learn the best of harpers’ music from one of our most renowned harpers. |
Dublin | Mount Jerome Cemetary | Sunday 22nd October, 11-12pm | Harps Alive | An Chruit Bheo | Harps Leevin in partnership with Reclaim the Enlightenment |
Louth | St Nicholas' Church of Ireland, Dundalk | Saturday 21 October 7.30pm | Harps in Harmony at St Nicholas’ Church of Ireland, Dundalk. Sat 21 October 7.30pm. Featuring Alfi, Nós Nua Youth Folk Orchestra and the Music Generation Louth Harp Ensembles. Tickets: eventbrite
This project is funded by Louth County Council and Create Louth. |
Cork | Honan Chapel, UCC Campus | 17 October, | Harpers in the Honan |
Cork | Cork City Library | Saturday 21 October | Harpers & Poets in Cork City Library, Grand Parade, 2pm . Contemporary words & music with poets Mary Noonan & Dean Browne. Compositions by Deirdre McKay & Sam Perkin. Harpers Ruth McDonnell, Eimear McDonagh & The Glissando Trio |
Dun Laoghaire | dlr LexIcon | Saturday 21 October, 11am | Join Conor O’Brien, Thuan Leavy and Grace Galligan at 11am as they perform in the iconic surroundings of the DLR LexIcon to celebrate Harp Day 2023. |
Dublin | Tallaght University Hospital | Saturday 21st October, 11am | To mark Lá na Cruite | Harp Day 2023, the ‘Soothing Sounds’ programme at Tallaght University Hospital presents a recital of harp music by Teresa and Mary Louise O’Donnell in the Atrium of the hospital at 11am, 21 October 2023. |
Clare | glór, Ennis | Friday 20th October, 8pm | Evenings of traditional music don’t get much better than spending your time in the company of harp and flute duet, Michael Rooney and June McCormack and the inimitable Galway based group, Dordán.
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Clare | glór, Ennis | Saturday 21st October, 1pm | Join us to celebrate Lá na Cruite │Harp Day and enjoy the immense talents of Aisling Lyons on traditional Irish harp and Kseniya Rusnak on the Ukrainian bandura. |
Dublin | Pearse Museum | Saturday 21st October, 3pm | Free harp concert |
Dublin | Kylemore College Music Centre | Saturday 21st October, 10am | Kylemore College Harp Department will be performing at 10am in Kylemore College Music Centre, Dublin 10 on National Harp Day Saturday October 21st. Led by their teacher Claire O’Donnell, students taking both lever and pedal harp lessons at Kylemore College Music Centre will perform a variety of solo and ensemble repertoire. |
Dublin | Irish Institute of Music and Song | Saturday 21st October, 1pm | The Irish Institute of Music & Song will host a lunchtime recital of harp music on the 21st Oct at 1.00pm! |
Wicklow | Bray Library | Saturday 21st October, 11-12pm | Bray CCÉ will present a harp recital in Bray Library, Eglington Rd, to celebrate Harp Day featuring harp students from the branch and the Bray CCÉ Harp Ensemble. |
Wicklow | Russborough House | Saturday 21 October | Harping Fun! Musical Fairy Trail with Aisling Ennis at Russborough House |
Meath | Church of Saint Colmcille, Skryne, Co. Meath | Saturday 21 October, 5pm | Celebrating Harping at Church of Saint Colmcille, Skryne. Performance: 5pm-6pm
This project is funded by Meath Arts Office. |
Meath | Cornstown Pumpkin Patch, Cornstown House, Ashbourn | Saturday 21st October | Come to Cornstown Pumpkin Patch to hear Fiona Gryson and students, as well as the Fingal Harp Ensemble. You might even get a chance to try the harp yourself!
This project is funded by Meath Arts Office. |
Belfast | Café Ceoil, Belfast | Friday 20 October, 1pm | Eilís Lavelle and Ciara Taaffe perform in celebration of Lá na Cruite | Harp Day 2023 |
Cavan / Monaghan | GaelScoile Breifne Townhall, Cavan | 3pm, Saturday 21 October | Join Music Generation Cavan Mongahan where Eilís Lavelle takes a harp workshop at Gaelscoil Bhréifne from 3-5pm for the young harpers wanting to join/be part of the MG Cavan/Monaghan harp ensemble. |
Cavan / Monaghan | Town Hall Cavan | 6pm, Saturday 21 October | Music Generation Cavan Monaghan Harp Ensemble performance at the Townhall Cavan by the ensemble as part of the Ed Reavy Festival in Cavan! |
Mayo | Foxford Traditional Weekend | Saturday 21st October, 10am | Join Mayo harpers for a celebration of local harping at Foxford Traditional Weekend! |
Mayo | Foxford | Saturday 21st October | Join Mayo harpers for a celebration of local harping at Foxford Traditional Weekend! |
Mayo | Foxford Traditional Weekend | Saturday 21st October, 1.30-2.15pm | Join Mayo harpers for a celebration of local harping at Foxford Traditional Weekend! |
Mayo | Foxford Traditional Weekend | Saturday 21st October, 1-3.30pm | Join Mayo harpers for a celebration of local harping at Foxford Traditional Weekend! |
Mayo | Foxford Traditional Weekend | Saturday 21st October, 2.30pm | Join Mayo harpers for a celebration of local harping at Foxford Traditional Weekend! |
Mayo | Foxford Traditional Weekend | Saturday 21st October, 8pm | Join Mayo harpers for a celebration of local harping at Foxford Traditional Weekend! |
Limerick | University of Limerick | Monday 16th October | Join Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland and the University of Limerick as they celebrate Limerick’s living harping tradition through workshops, talks and recitals throughout the county.
This project is funded by Creative Ireland and Limerick City and County Council through |
Limerick | University of Limerick | Tuesday 24th October, 6-8pm | Join Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland and the University of Limerick as they celebrate Limerick’s living harping tradition through workshops, talks and recitals throughout the county.
This project is funded by Creative Ireland and Limerick City and County Council through |
Limerick | University of Limerick, City Centre Campus | Tuesday 17th October | Join Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland and the University of Limerick as they celebrate Limerick’s living harping tradition through workshops, talks and recitals throughout the county.
This project is funded by Creative Ireland and Limerick City and County Council through |
Limerick | University of Limerick, City Centre Campus | Thursday 19th October | Join Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland and the University of Limerick as they celebrate Limerick’s living harping tradition through workshops, talks and recitals throughout the county.
This project is funded by Creative Ireland and Limerick City and County Council through |
Limerick | Lough Gur Heritage Centre | Saturday 21st October | Join Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland and the University of Limerick as they celebrate Limerick’s living harping tradition through workshops, talks and recitals throughout the county.
This project is funded by Creative Ireland and Limerick City and County Council through |
Kerry | Reidun's Harp Centre | Saturday 21st October, 12pm | Harp Gathering/ Session Saturday 21st October 12pm with Reidun Schlesinger in Co. Kerry. |
Kerry | An Díseart, Dingle | Saturday 21st October, 1-2pm | Free lunchtime harp Concert in An Díseart Chapel, Dingle, 1-2pm with Deirdre Granville, Cait Ní Riain, Máire Ní Bheaglaoich and other guest performers! |
Kildare | Naas Library | Saturday 21st October, 3pm | Young emerging harpists & professional harpist Ruth O’Hara playing music ranging from traditional Irish, classical, pop, film to jazz. The programme will include some well known pieces including Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Here Comes the Sun, Love Story, Under The Sea, The Rose & Eleanor Plunkett. |
Galway | Cancer Care West | Friday 20th October, 8-9am | Harper Úna Ní Fhlannagáin hosts a pop-up harp performance at Cancer Care West. |
Galway | Galway Clinic | Friday 20th October, 9.45-10.45am | Harper Úna Ní Fhlannagáin hosts a pop-up harp performance at the Galway Clinic. |
Galway | Craughwell National School | Friday 20th October, 2-3pm | Harper Úna Ní Fhlannagáin celebrates Lá na Cruite | Harp Day with a harp performance in Craughwell National School. |
Galway | Charlie Byrnes Book Shop | Saturday 21st October, 11-12pm | Pop-up performances across Galway City on Saturday 21st October. Come and hear our local harpers perform! |
Galway | Galway City Library | Saturday 21st October, 12-1pm | Pop-up performances across Galway City on Saturday 21st October. Come and hear our local harpers perform! |
Galway | Áras na nGael | Saturday 21st October, 2-3pm | Pop-up performances across Galway City on Saturday 21st October. Come and hear our local harpers perform! |
Galway | The Red Earl's Hall | Saturday 21st October, 3-3.45pm | Pop-up performances across Galway City on Saturday 21st October. Come and hear our local harpers perform! |
Galway | Tigh Choilí | Saturday 21st October, 4-5pm | Pop-up performances across Galway City on Saturday 21st October. Come and hear our local harpers perform! |
Galway | The Crane Bar | Saturday 21st October, 6-7pm | Pop-up performances across Galway City on Saturday 21st October. Come and hear our local harpers perform! |
Galway | Town Band Hall, Ballinasloe | Saturday 21st October, 3pm | Come and listen to heavenly harp music from local harpers at this lunchtime performance. See Blossom Harp Facebook page for more detail. |
Galway | Galway Hospice | Saturday 21st October, 7.30pm | Join Úna Ní Fhlannagáin as she plays harp music at Galway Hospice in celebration of Lá na Cruite | Harp Day. |
Wexford | St Michael's Church, Gorey | Saturday 21st October, 1pm | Wexford Harp Ensemble lunchtime concert 1pm in St. Michael’s Church, Gorey. |
Derry | Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin | Saturday 21st October, 12.30pm | Join us for a free concert on Lá na Cruite | Harp Day, on Saturday the 21st of October led by acclaimed harpists Emer Mallon and Lucia McGinnis! |
Derry | The Pantry Kitchen | Saturday 21st October, 10-11am | Pupils and teachers from the Hampsey Harp School will perform in the Pantry Kitchen, Garvagh on Saturday 21st October from 10-11am to celebrate Lá na Cruite | Harp Day 2023 |
Derry | Stone Row Artisans, Coleraine | Saturday 21st October, 10.30-3.30pm | Pupils from Causeway Harp School will be providing harp music all day at Stone Row Artisans, Coleraine, as part of a Macmillan Coffee Event, raising funds for Macmillan Cancer. |
Waterford | Book Centre, Waterford | Saturday 21st October, 12pm | Concert in the Book Centre from 12pm on October 21st, featuring the Music Generation Waterford junior and senior harp ensembles and the senior Irish traditional music ensemble.
Everyone welcome! |
Cavan | Gaelscoil Bhréifne | Saturday 21st October, 3-5pm | Eilís Lavelle takes a harp workshop at Gaelscoil Bhréifne from 3-5pm for the young harpers wanting to join/be part of the Music Generation Cavan/Monaghan harp ensemble. |
Cavan | Town Hall, Cavan | Saturday 21st October, 6pm | Eilís Lavelle‘s workshop will be followed by a performance at the Townhall Cavan by the Music Generation Cavan Monaghan Harp Ensemble at 6pm as part of the Ed Reavy Festival in Cavan! |
Dublin & Wexford | Various | Monday 16th - Friday 20th October | Luke Webb and Grace Galligan visit local primary schools in Dublin and Wexford – Scoil Lorcáin, St Declans, Scoil Mobhi, Scoil an tSeachtar Laoch, Rathdown Music School and Bunscoil Loreto – to perform and tell them a little more about the harp, what it’s made from, how many strings it has and its history in ancient Ireland. |
Laois | Laois Music Centre | Friday 20th October, 7pm | Join Music Generation Laois for a student harp concert on Friday 20th October at 7pm in Laois Music Centre. |
Laois | St. Vincent's Community Nursing Unit, Mountmellick | Saturday 21st October, 3.45pm | Music Generation Laois harpers will perform at St Vincent’s Community Nursing Unit in Mountmellick at 3.45pm on Saturday 21st October. |
Westmeath | Áras an Mhuilinn | Saturday 21st October, 10-12pm | Private Harp workshop and performance with Jennifer Leahy and the Mullingar Harp School in Áras an Mhuilinn Mullingar, 10am-12pm. |
Cork | Fota House | Saturday 21st October, 12-2pm | Lunchtime performance with the MTU Cork School of Music Harp Students. |
Dublin | Chapelizod Mass | Sunday 22nd October, 11am | Heavenly Harps Ensemble performance at Chapelizod Mass at 11am on Sunday 22nd October 2023 |
Dublin | Weston Airport Hook and Ladder Restaurant | Saturday 21st October, 12.30-2pm | Harp performance at Weston Airport Hook and Ladder Restaurant with Ann Tuite.
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Dublin | East Quad, TU Dublin | Friday 20th October, 11am | Members of the TU Dublin Harp Ensemble will perform a pop-up performance in the East Quad building, Grangegorman from 11am this Friday 20th October to raise awareness of Lá na Cruite | Harp Day. |
Kerry | Killarney School of Music | Saturday 21st October, 10-12pm | LÁ NA CRUITE | HARP DAY at the Killarney School of Music, Park Rd, V93 FF2R |
Armagh | Online | Saturday 21st October, 8pm | An evening with Patricia: Delivered LIVE online Saturday 21st, 8:00 pm in my private Facebook group (link below). |
COUNTY | VENUE | TIME | DESCRIPTION |
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Glasgow | Upstairs, Malones Bar | Thursday 19th October, 8pm | Often referred to as the Scottish capital of Ireland, Glasgow not only has a strong Irish identity, but also a blossoming harp scene. |
Albany, NY, USA | Irish American Heritage Museum, 21 Quackenbush Square Albany, NY 12207 | Saturday 21st October, 7pm | Enjoy a wonderful evening of music with Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman in Concert at the Irish American Heritage Museum. |
Japan | N's Cafe,Tsukuba | Saturday 21st October, | Stella Musica presents a Harp Day gathering in Tsukuba. |
Tyneside, Sunderland, UK | Trinity Church, Sunderland | Saturday 21st October, 7.30pm | Fiana Ní Chonail, a traditional Irish and Celtic harpist based in Limerick, and Imogen Gunner, an award winning fiddle player and lecturer in folk and traditional music at Newcastle University, are here for a night of candlelight music to celebrate Ireland’s Lá na Cruite | Harp Day at the perfect setting of Trinity Church, Sunderland. |
County Camden, NJ, USA | 1st Presbyterian Church, 20 Kings Highway E, Haddonfield, NJ | Saturday 21st October, 2-5pm | Harpers’ Escape Play-Along in-person & online. |
Oregon, USA | Artichoke Community Music | Saturday 21st October, 11.30-1.30pm | Artichoke Community Music, 2007 SE Powell Blvd., Portland, Oregon, USA. |
Ohio, North America | St, Peter's Cathedral | Saturday 21st October, 12pm, 2pm & 5.30pm | The Ohio Renaissance Festival |
South Korea | Cafe Inner Peace, Ansan | Saturday 21st October, 4pm | Play a Note / Soomee Han Irish Harp Gig |
United States | St Thomas Episcopal Church, Ohio | Saturday 21st October, 11am & 1pm | Cleveland Harp Circle at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 50 East Bagley Rd. Berea, Ohio 44017. |
United States | Brick House Café, Brewerton NY, USA | Saturday 21st October | Join Deirdre McCarthy, Alexandria Coursen, Amy Hueber for a celebration of Irish harping in New York this Harp Day. |
LOCATION | WATCH NOW | TIME | DESCRIPTION |
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Online Video from Grianán an Aileach, Donegal | https://youtu.be/iHtusvI4c4w | 9am | Cruitirí ar Chnoic | Harpers on Hills
This project is funded by Donegal County Council, Creative Ireland and The Esmé Mitchell Trust. |
Online | Saturday 21st October | Listen to Éilís Needham and Niamh McGloin perform in Drumcliffe Church, where W. B. Yeats is buried, and which is situated under Benbulben Mountain. Sit back, listen, and enjoy! | |
youtube.com | https://youtu.be/xOBEXXacrW0 | 9am | HARPERS CALL #1 – 9am |
youtube.com | https://youtu.be/3DtQlLB02HQ | 10am | HARPERS CALL #2 – 10am |
youtube.com | https://youtu.be/ex38WRj3GW0 | 11am | HARPERS CALL #3 – 11am |
youtube.com | https://youtu.be/psyXNK3ARtI | 12pm | HARPERS CALL #4 – 12pm |
youtube.com | https://youtu.be/Zanefvi3gZQ | 1pm | HARPERS CALL #5 – 1pm |
youtube.com | https://youtu.be/2Qhh9ULaKmw | 2pm | HARPERS CALL #6 – 2pm |
youtube.com | https://youtu.be/Qi71xJJQwWQ | 3pm | HARPERS CALL #7 – 3pm |
youtube.com | https://youtu.be/2FiOH-ergss | 4pm | HARPERS CALL #8 – 4pm |
youtube.com | https://youtu.be/LXLPv_tdDFc | 5pm | HARPERS CALL #9 – 5pm |
youtube.com | https://youtu.be/Clv9b0Rtnj4 | 6pm | HARPERS CALL #10 – 6pm |