Author: Séamas Sheils
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Never Too Old for Love
Niall Toner and Andrea Booth are a highly acclaimed singing & songwriting duo. We are delighted to welcome them to the Clé Club to celebrate aspects of love and life with their own selection of unique and enthralling songs. Niall and Andrea are regular performers in Ireland, recently at the Omagh Bluegrass Festival, and also…
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Meet Me in the Merry Month of May
Meet me in the merry month of May with special guest Noel O’Grady. Fear a’tí Séamus Dooley will also welcome singers, musicians and poets from the floor. Attentive listeners are always welcome, too. Admission: €5 Cois Life Bar, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1. Wednesday, May 15 7.30pm (Doors open from 7.15pm)
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Clé Abhaile: Songs of Work with Niamh Parsons
Clé Abhaile – the Clé Club’s monthly online session – will welcome acclaimed singer, Niamh Parsons, as its three-in-a-row guest on Monday May 6 for an evening of songs focused primarily on work and workers. The session begins at 8pm (Irish time). Singers and listeners are welcome. Please contact info@cleabhaile.com for the link
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Friendly Visit from Drogheda Singers
Seán Faulkner of the Drogheda Singers The April session of the Clé Club will see a visit from our friends from the Drogheda Singers. The Drogheda Singers meet every Wednesday evening in the Fairgreen Bar in Drogheda – having previously held court in the renowned Carbery’s Pub until it closed permanently during the pandemic. But…
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Clé Abhaile with Fintan Vallelly
The Clé Abhaile monthly singing session on Zoom will mark April Fool’s Day with a special focus on humorous and satirical songs in the company of musician, composer, academic, researcher and author, Fintan Vallely, whose many books include the acclaimed anthology, Sing Up! Irish Comic Songs and Satires for Every Occasion, which features compositions from some of…
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Clé Club with Amelia Hogan
The wonderful voice of Amelia Hogan from California will be heard on this side of the Atlantic when she visits Ireland to play at the Clé Club in Dublin. Acclaimed for her sensitive interpretation of traditional narrative ballads from Ireland, Britain and North America, Amelia sings mostly in English but also some sean nós as Gaeilge – both unaccompanied and with…
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Clé Abhaile with Gavin Byrne
The March edition of the Clé Abhaile online singing session takes place on Monday March 4 at 8pm (Irish time) on the Zoom platform. Our featured performer for the evening will be Wexford’s own Gavin Byrne – a fine singer and a dedicated collector of traditional songs – especially those sung in the South East.…
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“Anois teacht an tEarraigh”
Spring is now coming The Clé Club will meet for its monthly session in February with a focus on the renewed hope that spring brings. As always contributions ‘from the floor’ will be welcome. Admission: €5 Cois Life Bar, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1. Wednesday, February 21 7.30pm (Doors open from 7pm)
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Clé Abhaile: Bigí Linn
Linn Phipps sings traditional songs in Scots Gaelic and English. An award-winning soloist, she has also performed in duos and ensembles of varying sizes up to and including two Gaelic choirs as well as at ceilidhs in Scotland and the North of England. Linn will be our featured guest at the next Clé Abhaile Session…
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Varo at the Clé
Varo are singers and fiddle players Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi. They perform Irish traditional songs and tunes with arrangements influenced by the folk, baroque and classical traditions, weaving around the melodies with harmonies, drones and countermelody. Lucie, from France, and Consuelo, from Italy, met in 2015 after moving to Dublin to pursue their…
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