All Together Now Festival Waterford 2026: What Ireland Visitors Should Know
Photo: FourthBest / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) If you’re planning a trip to Ireland this summer, late July and early August are unmissable. All …
Photo: FourthBest / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) If you’re planning a trip to Ireland this summer, late July and early August are unmissable. All …
Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash Belfast Fleadh 2026: the practical details Belfast is about to become the epicentre of traditional Irish music, and …
Photo: Andrewmuo / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) — harp sculpture from a previous Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann For the first time ever, Belfast is …
A traditional Irish music session in full flow. Photo: Hinnerk Rümenapf via Wikimedia Commons History is being made this week. Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann — …
From Danny Boy to The Parting Glass, these iconic Irish songs that make you cry carry centuries of longing, loss, and love in every note.
An Irish trad session has unwritten rules that nobody puts on a sign. Here is what visitors need to know before sitting down.
Discover why musicians from Japan, Argentina, and every corner of Europe book flights to tiny Doolin in County Clare — a village with one road and three pubs that became Ireland’s traditional music capital.
The Irish wooden flute has an unlikely origin story — find out how an orchestra’s cast-off became the heartbeat of traditional Irish music.
Ireland is the only country whose national symbol is a musical instrument. But the harp on your Guinness pint faces the opposite direction to the one on your passport — and the reason reveals a century-old legal dispute and a story of survival.
Discover Sliabh Luachra — the remote Kerry-Cork highland where a music tradition of polkas and slides survived when the rest of Ireland moved on.