Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Catherine McEvoy & Micheál Ó Raghallaigh

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“Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh led this merry trio on a fleet-footed
foray through vast meadows, indeed prairies of tunes, his fiddle
often leading, sometimes following, and occasionally refraining
from joining the melee………individually accomplished and
collectively hugely engaged, they seemed to revel in the chance
to test and taste of one another'smusic.”
Siobhán Long, The Irish Times, Eanáir 2008

This concert brings together three of the finest Irish traditional players
promising an evening of traditional yet inventive music making.
Dublin-born Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh plays traditional and contemporary folk music on fiddle, 5-string viola and hardanger fiddle. As a traditional fiddler, his Kitty Lie Over album with Dublin uilleann piper Mick O'Brien was described in the Irish Times as "a niftier mood enhancer than any drug therapy".

CatherineMcEvoy is one of the finest contemporary exponents of the Sligo- Roscommon style of flute playing, both lyrical and driving. Catherine is a former member of “Macalla” the first all female traditional group. Her recordings include “Catherine McEvoy” (1998) “The Kilmore Fancy” (2004).

Concertina maestro, Micheál Ó’Raghallaigh has performed as both a soloist and as a member of the traditional group“Providence” in the USA and throughout Europe. He has also been part of the Táin Céili Band‘three in a row’ senior all Ireland title winners, and the Naomh Pádraig Céili Band. Following the unprecedented success of his debut album“The Nervous Man” in 2001 he surpasses all expectations with his second recording “Inside Out”.

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