The Atlantean Irish: Irish Music's North-African Connections
The Atlantean Irish: Irish Music's North-African Connections
Published on 1 November 2004
Bob Quinn is a film-maker and writer. Visit conamara.org
Bob Quinn is a film-maker and writer. Visit conamara.org
John McLachlan is a composer and member of Aosdána. www.johnmclachlan.org
Breandán Ó hEaghra is a member of the contemporary Irish language group Rís and Director of Meas Media.
Réamonn Keary is a piano teacher at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin.
Terry Moylan is a researcher and archivist with Na Píobairí Uilleann. He is the author of The Age of Revolution in the Irish Song Tradition 1776-1815.
Dermot McLaughlin is a fiddle player and currently Chairman of the Irish Traditional Music Archive.
Toner Quinn is Editor of the Journal of Music. His new book, What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music, is available here. Toner will be giving a lecture exploring some of the ideas in the book on Saturday 11 May 2024 at 3pm at Farmleigh House in Dublin. For booking, visit https://bit.ly/3x2yCL8.
Robbie Hannan is an uilleann piper and is Curator of Musicology at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.