Session Trail for 2024
Here is the full Session Trail – We hope you enjoy the weekend!!!
The Johnny Quinn Macs are coming!
We are proud to host The Johnny Quinn Macs, who play The Glengarriff Community Hall in the heart of Glengarriff Village on Friday 21st June 2024 from 20:00 – 22:30pm.
John McSherry, Brendán Quinn and Francis McIlduff are three phenomenal musicians who first got together as a trio at Belfast’s ‘Féile Trad Trail’ in August 2022 … it promises to be a great evenings entertainment.
Tickets are available for sale now at this link:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/jimdowlinguileannpipetradfestival
John McSherry
John has been a major figure in Irish music for over 20 years. He is a composer, producer, arranger, and established studio session musician of world renown, having recorded and performed with artists including Sinéad O’Connor, Rod Stewart, Nanci Griffith, Gary Kemp, The Corrs and Clannad. A founder member of top traditional bands Lunasa, Tamalin, Donal Lunny’s Coolfin, At First Light and Irish-American super-group the olllam, John has produced a string of critically acclaimed and innovative albums, both solo and collaborative.
Brendán Quinn
Brendán has toured the world as a singer-songwriter and traditional accompanist for many years. Hugely influenced by his love of Irish music and the Irish language, his ability to convey the stories of strangers and his own experiences through song has created his distinctive, captivating style.
Francis McIlduff
Francis, a member of the legendary McPeake musical family from Belfast, has been immersed in traditional Irish music from an early age. He debuted with the family band Clann McPeake in the 1980’s, and has gone on to play with leading outfits including Alias Ron Kavana, Afterhours, Sin É and more recently At First Light, the band in which Francies and John first created the “double pipes” sound that has become their trademark.
When the trio began playing together at Féile, the depth of their musical connection and rapport was instantly evident, so much so that they decided to record an album together. Wanting to keep their sound as authentic as possible, they opted to record in Redbox Studios, the working home of good friend and musical comrade, Dónal O’Connor. Playing live as a trio instead of multi-tracked separate takes, the album was recorded in sixteen hours and mixes traditional and modern tunes with Brendan’s contemporary songwriting. With “dualling” uilleann pipes, soaring whistles, interweaving harmonies, rock steady bodhran and guitar grooves, the tunes and songs are delivered with a confidence, energy and drive that only a live approach can create.
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All set for the 2023 Session Trail
The Session Trail is an integral part of the festival and it’s back bigger and better than ever with a great line-up of festival veterans and newcomers … stroll around the village and take in the sounds!
The full list will be up here shortly …
Kevin Meehan and Tom Oakes to launch their albums on Garnish Island
On the Sunday, June 19th, Kevin Meehan and Tom Oakes will be launching their current albums and what better place to do it than on the beautiful Garnish Island.
Starting at 2pm Kevin, Tom and a host of friends will be playing on the island with both their albums on show. For Kevin the album is called “Spanish Point” and Tom’s current album is called “Water Street”.
So loads of great music and craic on the island!
So get that boat and get out there and give these two artists your support – it will be great!
Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny play The Eccles Hotel
WOW! … its great to back!
This years festival will be taking place as usual in Glengarriff from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th June … it promises to be another cracking festival with some great acts on the way.
Kicking off the Thursday night we have Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny with support from Pádraig McGovern.
They will play at the Eccles Hotel – doors 7.30pm and concert starting 8pm. This will be a gig not to be missed, nuff said!
They will play at the Eccles Hotel – doors 7.30pm and concert starting 8pm. This will be a gig not to be missed, nuff said!
Tickets €25 and available HERE
3 On The Bund for Friday Night
On the Friday we have 3 On The Bund, a great new band who came together after meeting in the University of Limerick’s prestigious Irish World Academy in March 2019.
They will be playing in the Glengarriff Park Hotel – doors 7.30pm and concert starting 8pm.
Tickets €20 and available HERE
Event Update 2022
It’s with great anticipation that we can announce that the Jim Dowling Uilleann Pipe and Trad Festival 2022 will be taking place in June. After consulting with businesses, artists and everyone else associated with the festival around West Cork and beyond, its all systems go for another great weekend of uilleann pipe and trad music.
The next Jim Dowling Uilleann Pipe and Trad Festival will take place from the 16th to the 19th of June 2022. The line-up is being finalised so keep an eye out an the website and social media for updates – it promises to be a great weekend!!
Stay safe in the meantime and we well see you all come June!
Piping For A Pint Session Trail 2019
The full Session Trail line up here;
THURSDAY 20th JUNE
The Blue Loo
9pm Tom Oakes, Ross Couperand Lorne MacDougall
Maple Leaf Bar
9pm Local Musicians
FRIDAY 21st JUNE
The Blue Loo
6pm Rónán ÓSnodaigh and friends
9.30pm Emer and Tadhg Twomey with Tom Oakes
Lough Avoul Inn
7pm Kyle and Nicole
Maple Leaf Bar
9.30pm Liam O’Connor and Sean McKeon
Casey’s Hotel
9.30pm Mary Donegan and friends
Nicky’s Bar
9.30pm Christy O’Leary, Joe Thoma and friends
The Perrin Inn
9.30pm Richard Lucey and Jim Murray
SATURDAY 22nd JUNE
The Blue Loo
5pm Paul Starrett, Connor Mallon and Ciaran Carlin
9.30pm Eamonn Nugent, Laura Doherty & Kevin Mehan
Maple Leaf Bar
9.30pm Liam O’Connor and Sean McKeon
Casey’s Hotel
10pm Christy O’Leary, Joe Thoma and friends
Lough Avoul Inn
10pm Emer and Tadhg Twomey with Kyle
MacCarthy’s Bar
9.30pm Richard Lucey and friends
Nicky’s Bar
9.30pm Emer Mallon, Ciaran Carlin and Paul Starrett
Eccles Hotel
9.30pm Eoin O’Brien, Greta Curtin and Jessie Healy
SUNDAY 23rd JUNE
1pm Maple Leaf Bar Des Geraghty and friends
3pm MacCarthy’s Bar Kevin Meehan, Jack Warnock and Eamonn Nugent (Troda)
7pm Maple Leaf Bar Richard Lucey and friends
7pm Blue Loo Emer & Tadhg Twomey with Tom Oakes
Our concert line up for 2019
All the concert info in the one place … and you can book your tickets through the link below …
For Festival Concerts go here and click Buy Tickets;
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/jimdowling/249969/
Máirtín Ó Muirí to be remembered on Garinish Island
Every year the Jim Dowling Festival has a secret concert and this year will be no different. Not sure about the secret bit, but news does get out and people love these intimate concerts.
This year’s event will be in memory of Máirtín Ó Muirí, who sadly passed away two years ago, and will include a host of the finest artists paying tribute to a great man and a great supporter of the festival here in Glengarriff.
The concert will take place on Garinish Island on the Saturday afternoon at 3pm … so get your sea legs on and we will see you there.