Keadue, Co. Roscommon. Tel: 087 2559269 / 087 3155880
Email: enquiries@ocarolanfestival.ie Web: www.ocarolanharpfestival.ie
The O'Carolan Harp and Traditional Music Festival is held in Keadue, County Roscommon every August Bank Holiday.
The Festival was started in Keadue in 1978, to commemorate the famous Harper Turlough O'Carolan who lived in the area and is buried beside Keadue. Often referred to as ‘the blind harpist’, O’Carolan was a prolific composer and performer of both songs and instrumental harp music, the most famous of which is probably Carolan’s Concerto.
Keadue is a small village of 200 people located on the shores of Lough Meelagh at the foot of the Arigna Mountains. The Festival includes Concerts, Ceili, Tuition on the Harp, Set Dancing, Harp Recitals and a Harp Competition sponsored every year since it was started by local business Arigna Fuels Ltd .
Work on the Lough Key to Boyle cycle path has commenced and progress is ongoing €500,000 was allocated to the project by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring from the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme last November. The contract for the cycle path, which forms part of the Boyle 2040 plan for the town, has been awarded to well known company Harrington Concrete and Quarries and it is hoped that it will be com..
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