Cairde na Cruite
Friends of the Harp
ON-LINE HARP FESTIVAL 2020
Join us for our on-line festival
Monday June 29th - Thursday July 2nd
Togha agus rogha na cruitireachta le cloisteáil ó chruitirí den scoth. Bígí linn.
Cruitirí na Féile
Harpers Máire Ní Chathasaigh, Kathleen Loughnane, Gráinne Hambly, Áine Ní Dhubhghaill, Anne-Marie O'Farrell, Cormac de Barra, Deirdre Granville with singer, Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich and Éamon de Barra, flute.
Harp Workshop
Harp Workshop with Deirdre Granville.
The Drogheda Tholsel Sessions
Rising Harp Stars, Harper Luke Webb and Fionn Ó hAlmhain, Pipes.
Réalta Ceoil
Maeve Gilchrist and Nic Gareiss in concert with Con Tempo Quartet.
Harps a-humming
Harp ensembles from all over Ireland feature at An Grianán during Festival 2019, followed by more than 100 harpers performing their new composition, led by renowned harper Maeve Gilchrist.
Harp Workshop
Harp Workshop with Gráinne Hambly.
Oíche na bhFear
Harpers Cormac de Barra, Oisín Morrison, Paul Dooley, Séamas Ó Flatharta and multi-instrumentalist, Barry Kerr.
Harp Workshop
Harp Workshop with Anne-Marie O'Farrell
Rising Harp Stars
Aoife Blake and Grainne Meyer
Ceol na dTéad
Siobhán Armstrong, Early harp, Singer Róisín Elsafty and Piper Ronan Browne.
Harp Workshop
Harp Workshop with Cormac de Barra
The Drogheda Tholsel Sessions
Rising Harp Stars, Louth Music Generation Harp Ensemble
Harp Festival 2020 Promo
On-line Harp Festival 2020 Promo
Schedule for up-coming concerts is:
Monday 29th June, 1pm
The Drogheda Tholsel Sessions
Rising Harp Stars, Louth Music Generation Harp Ensemble
Monday 29th June, 2.30pm
Harp Workshop
Harp Workshop with Cormac de Barra
Monday 29th June, 8pm
Ceol na dTéad
Siobhán Armstrong, Early harp, Singer Róisín Elsafty and Piper Ronan Browne.
Tuesday 30th June, 1pm
Rising Harp Stars
Aoife Blake and Grainne Meyer
Tuesday 30th June, 2.30pm
Harp Workshop
Harp Workshop with Anne-Marie O'Farrell
Tuesday 30th June, 8pm
Oíche na bhFear
Harpers Cormac de Barra, Oisín Morrison, Paul Dooley, Séamas Ó Flatharta and multi-instrumentalist, Barry Kerr.
Wednesday 1st July, 2.30pm
Harp Workshop
Harp Workshop with Gráinne Hambly.
Wednesday 1st July, 5pm
Harps a-humming
Harp ensembles from all over Ireland feature at An Grianán during Festival 2019, followed by more than 100 harpers performing their new composition, led by renowned harper Maeve Gilchrist.
Wednesday 1st July, 8pm
Réalta Ceoil
Maeve Gilchrist and Nic Gareiss in concert with Con Tempo Quartet.
Thursday 2nd July, 1pm
The Drogheda Tholsel Sessions
Rising Harp Stars, Harper Luke Webb and Fionn Ó hAlmhain, Pipes.
Thursday 2nd July, 2.30pm
Harp Workshop
Harp Workshop with Deirdre Granville.
Thursday 2nd July, 8pm
Cruitirí na Féile
Harpers Máire Ní Chathasaigh, Kathleen Loughnane, Gráinne Hambly, Áine Ní Dhubhghaill, Anne-Marie O'Farrell, Cormac de Barra, Deirdre Granville with singer, Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich and Éamon de Barra, flute.
Harp Festival 2020
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ONLINE SHOP
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HARPS
Cairde na Cruite hires out harps to beginner harpers.
NEWSLETTER
Cairde na Cruite publishes an annual online harp newsletter
An Cruitire/The Harper
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Student Concerts 2020
Join us at any of our students concerts below. Always a wonderful afternoon of harping in a beautiful setting. All requests to play should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Aine Ni Dhubhghaill at 087 2629136.
Sunday 26/4/20, 3pm Pearse Museum, St. Enda's Park Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
This concert has been postponed due to COVID-19
Festival 2019
2019 saw another great year of harping at An Chúirt Chruitireachta. We celebrated with harpers and musicians from all corners of the world.
View images from the 2019 festival below with thanks to Kieran Cummins.
Cairde na Cruite featured on national tv
Watch Cairde na Cruite harpers on the National Lottery Winning Streak programme, Saturday 19 October 2019.
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