The Inishowen Traditional Singers' Circle is coming to Dublin, as part of its 2024 Film Screening & Live Session Tour.

It's a Fine Thing to Sing: Songs & Singers of the Inishowen Peninsula is a 60 minute documentary, directed by award-winning filmmaker Bob Gallagher, featuring Ian Lynch (Lankum/Fire Draw Near), Ye Vagabonds and The Henry Girls arranging and singing six songs from Clonmany and Buncrana singers: Roseanne McGonigle, Dan McGonigle, Mary Ann Canny, Corney McDaid, and a visitor to Inishowen, Ardara singer Packie Manus Byrne. The recordings are framed within Inishowen’s stunning landscape, interwoven with atmospheric archival recordings of the original singers, and interviews with contemporary members of the Inishowen song community.

The film is a fitting and important tribute to the singers and songs of Inishowen, the incredible vision of Jimmy McBride in founding the Inishowen Traditional Singers’ Circle and to the enduring power of the Inishowen song tradition.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Bob Gallagher & ITSC, and then we are off across the Square to the Cobblestone Pub for an early evening Singing Session hosted by ITSC.

Tickets for the Dublin event are now available online at https://inishowensinging.ie/film-tickets/

The Screening & Session Tour will visit Féile Róise Rua on Arranmore Island, Co. Donegal, 17-19 May; Joe Mooney Summer School, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim, 26 July, and Driomoleague Singing Festival, Co. Cork, 20-22 September.

This tour is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland, and supported by our host partners.