O’Carolan   Harp   Festival

Keadue, Co. Roscommon.      Tel:  087 2559269 / 087 3155880

Email: enquiries@ocarolanfestival.ie    Web: www.ocarolanharpfestival.ie

The 2022 O’Carolan Harp Festival takes place on the 25^th July to 1^st August. 

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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 .