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THE countdown is on for this year seventh annual Corofin ‘Tradition Festival which open Sunday, Febru- eae
This years festival is crammed which top class performers and in- clude headline concerts featuring Sean Keane from the Chieftains, Liam O’ Flynn, Don Stiffe, John Wyn- ne, John and Jacinta McEvoy, Tim Collins, Brian McNamara, Michael Rooney, Kieran Hanrahan, Fiachna O’Mongain, Liam O’Connor, John Blake and At the Racket.
Overall last year festival worked re- ally well so we decided to leave well
enough alone, so it’s quite a similar style to last year’s festival. We have a lecture and we have the family concerts back again,’ said festival organiser, Padraic O’Reilly.
“The only new thing is the look back on the previous festivals which takes place on the night. We will have slides and a bit of an audio visual show from the six years of the festival. This is the seventh year of the festival so we have called this the seven year itch.
“On Saturday afternoon we have a tribute to Mick O’Connor. Mick’s a Dub but his wife was from Ennisty- mon and he would spent a lot of time in Clare over the years. He played in
the Castle Ceili Band in Dublin and about half of that band are migrated Clare people so he has very strong Oem aloe
This years festival will also include a number of free events aimed at Teepe lone
“On the weekends it’s just not fea- sible to make the events free because of the quality of acts that we are get- abereas ne
“But for the family recitals we are able to get top class musicians at a very reasonable rate because of the novelty for them to play together as a family,’ continued Padriag.
“A lot of them wouldn’t have played together for year. Because of this we
are able to get in an event sponsor and run the event for free.”
It’s to make it accessible for the locals on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays night before the real die hard music lovers come in at the weekends.”
The festival opens on Sunday, with a CD launch by Joe Kierse at Jimmy Daftfy’s Bar.
Other highlights of the week in- clude a lecture by Tim Collins enti- tled Where the piper Croghan used to Dwell, recitals from the McNamara and Costello families, the McCarthy family from London, the Cotter and Boyd families from Ennis as well as workshops and masterclasses.