Cultural Events

Lectures, recitals, film and walks – something for everyone during Fleadh week!

Monday 20th June

  • 1.00pm

     

    Lunchtime Concert with PJ Hernon, Philip Duffy and Catherine McHugh

    Venue: Sligo City Hall, Sligo

    Three of Sligo’s leading musicians – accordion player PJ Hernon, fiddle player Philip Duffy and keyboard player Catherine McHugh.

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  • 18.30pm

     

    The Holy Wells: Archaeology, History & Folklore

    Venue: St Colmcille’s Well Doonierin

    Guided walk by local archaeologist Tamlyn McHugh. (note that this event is fully sold out.)

    SOLD OUT

Tuesday 21st June

  • 11.00am

     

    The Passage Tombs of County Sligo and their NW European Context

    Venue: Sligo City Hall

    Lecture by Dr Robert Hensey.

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  • 1.00pm:

     

    Josie McDermott Remembered

    Venue: Sligo City Hall

    A tribute in spoken word and music to a legendary Sligo composer.

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  • 2.00pm

     

    The Passage Tombs of County Sligo and their NW European Context

    Venue: Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery

    Guided walk by Dr Robert Hensey.

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Wednesday 22nd June

  • 11.00am

     

    Emigration, Trade and the Port of Sligo

    Venue: Sligo City Hall

    Lecture by Dr Fiona Gallagher & Joe McGowan.

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  • 1.00pm:

     

    Ben Lennon Remembered

    Venue: Sligo City Hall A tribute in spoken word and music to a legendary fiddle player.

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Thursday 23rd June

  • 11.00am

     

    The Landed Houses of Sligo: Past, Present & Future

    Venue: Sligo City Hall

    Lecture by Wendy Lyons & Nicholas Prins

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  • 2.00pm

     

    The Landed Houses of Sligo: Guided Walk at Annaghmore House

    Venue: Hazelwood House Guided walk by Durcan O’Hara

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Thursday 30th June

  • 8.00pm

     

    The Lost Children of the Carricks

    Venue: Coach House Hotel, Ballymote, Co. Sligo

    Film Screening with Q&A with director.

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Saturday 2nd July

  • 11.00am

     

    Walking the Yeats Trail

    Venue: Slish Wood

    Walk in the footsteps of Ireland’s most famous poet WB Yeats as we bring you through Slish Wood along parts of the Sligo Way and onto the boardwalk overlooking Lough Gill. You will hear some of the poetry recited at the locations that inspired Yeats, and discover why the Sligo landscape continued to play a central role in the writings of Ireland’s foremost poet throughout his lifetime. Led by Susan O’Keeffe, Director of the Yeats Society, Sligo.

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Sunday 3rd July

  • 11.00am

     

    The Mythology of Knocknashee

    Venue: Knocknashee

    Musicians in south Sligo who developed the Sligo Style of playing fiddle and flute music in particular, were inspired by the countryside that surrounded them. Nowhere overlooks this terrain more than the Hill of Knocknashee. Translated as Cnoc na Sídhe (Hill of the Faeries), Knocknashee is an ancient place which was inhabited in ancient times and where two large stone cairns sit on it’s table top summit. A new walkway has been built up the side of Knocknashee, and for this walk, we will be joined by a number of musicians who will play tunes and sing songs on the summit of Knocknashee.

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More What’s On

Link to: Concerts

Evening Concerts

Link to: Day by Day

Day by Day

Link to: Pub Sessions

Pub Sessions

Funding Partners

 

Artists / performers and crew partaking in the Connacht Fleadh have their fees funded by the Local Live Performance Programming Scheme Phase III, Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

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