25th - 29th January 2012
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Press
Irish Central, 3 Feb 2012
Temple Bar Wows with TradFest 2012
60 Second Interview
Irish Independent Broadsheet, 23 Jan 2012
Best hoof forward for the TradFest
Celebrating a Tradition of Music
Irish Independent Broadsheet, 11 Jan 2012
Dubliners 50 Year Musical Odyssey from O'Donoghue's to Christchurch Catherdral
Irish Times Weekend, 14 Jan 2012
Gala Gig for Dubliners in Christchurch Cathedral
Hell Raising Dubliners Silence By Prayer
High Nelly
Dubliners- Front Page
Malin's Henry Girls..The Best "Bar" None
Mariachi Band in Tune with the Best of Irish Trad
Front Page Picture
Mexican rave: musicians launch Temple Bar TradFest
Music maker
Pride, prejudice and the picaresque life of the Pecker
Irish Times- The Ticket, 27 Jan 2012
Raising the Bar
Meath Chronicle- The Ticket, 28 Jan 2012
Recreating rural Meath in Dublin city centre
Sibling Revelery
Sunday Independent- Living Supplement, 22 Jan 2012
Sisters who band together
Irish Independent, 30 Jan 2012
Tourists flock to the capital for a weekend full of craic agus ceol
Trad to the bone
The Irish World, 12 Jan 2011
Dublin cranks it up a notch
Temple Bar TradFest is a wonderful event- it amplifies the live music that already exists in this little creative hub of the city.
Donegal Democrat Tabloid, 1 Feb 2011
Clannad at Christ Church Cathedral.
Donegal News, 31 Jan 2011
Altan's anniversary gig at TradFest
Donegal News, 31 Jan 2011
Clannad celebrating 40 years - Seán P. Feeney
On Saturday night the pride of Gaoth Dobhair, Clannad closed their last of three sold out concerts at this year's Temple Bar TradFest with two encores receiving no less than three standing ovation at Dublin's Christ Church Cathedral.
Donegal News, 31 Jan 2011
Donegal Clannad Competition winner Kathleen Gallagher from Loughanure with her friend Brid Sweeney pictured in Dublin on Friday night.
Metro Herald, 31 Jan 2011
Annie MacMahon, 4, from Naas, Co Kildare, at the Make A Saint Brigid's Cross stand in Temple Bar.
Sunday Business Post, 30 Jan 2011
Barrels of fun - sean nós dancing in Temple Bar
Irish Times, 27 Jan 2011
Lessons in the key of traditional tunes - Arminta Wallace
It's not every day you meet a woman with a whistle on Grafton Street. But there she is, the PR liaison from TradFest. with a Walton's bag and a huge smile.
Irish Times, 27 Jan 2011
What's on
Clannad will perform at Christ Church Cathedral as part of the 5-day Temple Bar TradFest event in Dublin.
Foinse, 26 Jan 2011
Ceolchoirmeacha ag Clannad
CUIRFEAR dhá cheolchoirm bhreise le Clannad ar siul an tseachtain sco mar chuid den Temple Bar TradFest.
The Star, 26 Jan 2011
Legendary trad group Clannad have vowed to stay together after their reunion gigs this week as part of Dublin's TradFest.
Irish Times, 26 Jan 2011
Hear this - Temple Bar TradFest
Metro Herald, 26 Jan 2011
Trad - Altan/Eddi Reader
RSVP, 1 Feb 2011
The bright side of the rainbow
The first lady of Irish Celtic music describes her rise to fame, including recording with Clannad and Bono, Moya also discusses the abortion she had as a teenager, her failed marriage and finding happiness and faith with the help of her second husband and children.
Metro Herald, 24 Jan 2011
Temple Bar TradFest to bring family fun
Temple Bar TradFest returns at the end of this month, promising a host of events and performances for all the family.
Mail on Sunday, 23 Jan 2011
The John Murray Show, Thursday 9am, RTE Radio 1
Today's show comes from the Temple Bar Music Festival in Dublin and features live performances from Clannad (pictured) and Altan.
Sunday Times, 23 Jan 2011
Pick of the day
Irish Times - Go, 22 Jan 2011
My Holidays, Moya Brennan
I just love Donegal and everything about it. It has so much to offer and I go up there as often as I can. Gweedore, Glenveagh and Poisoned Glen are spectacular.
The Star, 21 Jan 2011
Festival's in Trad shape
Folk heroes unite for 5 day party.
Donegal Democrat, 20 Jan 2011
Altan at Chrish Church Cathedral
Altan continue to celebrate their 25th anniversary with a very special concert next Wednesday in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, as part of Temple Bar TradFest.
Donegal News, 17 Jan 2011
Donegal Legends Celebrate at TradFest - Seán P. Feeny
Later this month Altan and Clannad will celebrate two very special anniversaries with concerts at Dublin’s Christ Church during this year’s Temple Bar TradFest. Seán P. Feeny caught up with Pól Brennan and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh ahead of their concerts.
State - Irelands Music Payload, 17 Jan 2011
TradFest films at the IFI - Alan Reilly
To celebrate the IFI are presenting a programme of rarely-seen documentaries from their archive including films from the 60s and 70s as well as a more recent documentary...]
Irish Examiner, 15 Jan 2011
Between the jigs and the reels at fest launch
Later on Tuesday guests arrived out of the January cold into the Workman's Club in Temple Bar to be greeted by life-sized Bui Bolg creatures for the launch of Temple Bar TradFest.
Donegal News, 14 Jan 2011
Celebrate Clannad's 40th at TradFest - Sean P. Feeny
The Donegal News has teamed up with the Temple Bar TradFest to send one lucky couple to Dublin in style to attend Clannad’s 40th anniversary concert in Christ Church Cathedral on Friday night, January 28, plus one night B&B at the Arlington Hotel, Temple Bar.
Irish Times - The Ticket, 14 Jan 2011
The Temple of Trad
Dust off the bodhráns and polish your dancing shoes: Temple Bar TradFest is back.
The Star, 12 Jan 2011
Clannad top TradFest bill
Clannad are to reform for three special performances in Christ Church Cathedral before recording a new album.
Irish Examiner, 12 Jan 2011
NAKED AMBITION: Linda Kruit from The Netherlands could not believe her eyes as Sean Og Graham, Damian McKee, Eamon Murray, Niamh Dunne and Liam Bradley from Trad group Beoga took to the streets naked to mark the launch of the programme for the Temple Bar TradFest 201 1 from January 26 to 30.
Irish Independent, 12 Jan 2011
Clannad to reform as TradFest 2011 bares all
Other highlights of the festival include Altan celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special concert featuring guests, including Eddi Reader; outdoor gigs from acts such as the Furey Brothers, Mike Hanrahan and Eleanor Shanley; and a showcase of up-and-coming groups including Beoga and Ciorras.
Foinse, 12 Jan 2011
Ceardlanna i mBaile Atha Cliath
Beidh ceardlanna amhranaiochta agus rince ar an sean-nós a reachtail ag Gaelchultur mar chuidde TradFest 2010. Beidh an fheile ar siul i mBarra an Teampaill, Baile Atha Cliath idir 26-30 Eanair.
Metro Herald, 12 Jan 2011
Clannad reform for trad festival
Clannad are to reform for three special performances in Dublin's Christ Church Cathedral before recording a new album. The Grammy award-winning line-up will get back together for TradFest, a five-day traditional music festival in the capital later this month.
The Irish World, 25 Dec 2010
Get ready for TradFest
Temple Bar TradFest is a firm fixture on the Irish music calendar and in 2011 will present five days and nights of some of the best of Irish music in Dublin City.
Irish Examiner, 22 Dec 2010
Untraditional way to start a trad band - Gerry Quinn
Traditional music and reality TV might seem a strange idea, but that is what TG4 screened this year in Lorg Lunny, an eight-part series featuring musician, producer and arranger Dónal Lunny's search for young musicians, to create a new trad band.
Temple Bar TradFest Vorschau
Für viele Dublin-Besucher schwingt in dem Namen „Temple Bar“ die ganze Magie der irischen Musik, der Pubkultur und der abendlichen Geselligkeit. Das kleine Viertel ist ein Aushängeschild für das traditionelle Irland geworden.
Irish Music Magazine
The Temple Bar TradFest Highlights
The 2011 festival will be the most impressive programme to date with a jam packed 5 days of sessions, internationally renowned performers, street entertainment, storytellers, pipe bands and much more. Looking at the festivals line-up ''at a glance'' gives an idea of the craic agus ceoil that this year's festival will bring in January.
Irish Times-Weekend, Saturday 23 October 2010
Irish traditional arts are hugely popular in many regions of Europe, yet somehow we don't seem able to make the most of our unique cultural selling point, writes Derek Scally in Berlin.
Irish Music Magazine - Oct 2010
Temple Bar Tradfest Preview - Wendy Grace
Internationally renowned performers, bustling streets, a session around every corner, captivating dancing, craic agus ceoil, pipe bands, street performers and storytellers are just some of the many highlights you can expect from the Temple Bar TradFest 2011. Now in its 6th year the Temple Bar TradFest looks set to have its most impressive programme to date.
Irish Times - 3 Feb 2010
Temple Bar TradFest Review - Síobhán Long
Redemption comes in many guises, and Temple Bar has done a mean job of redeeming its once ragged reputation with its TradFest, now in its fifth year. Luring punters who may rarely venture into the area during the rest of the year, this traditional music festival has done much to rehabilitate Temple Bar.
Metro-Herald - 27 Jan 2010
Festival Temple Bar TradFest - Eamon de Paor
The dreary days of late January usually mark something of a lull in the Dublin live music calendar. Which may explain why, a few years ago, the Temple Bar traders association decided this would be the perfect time to try something new, a traditional music festival pitched at locals as much as at tourists.
Irish Times - 25 Jan 2010
Moo music - Gareth Chaney
Temple Bar traditional festival kicks off with family-friendly music events
Irish Times - 25 Jan 2010
Piping up for the Pale - Síobhán Long
At next week's Temple Bar TradFest, a photographic exhibition will document Dublin's long, varied and sometimes underrated contribution to the history of traditional music.
Irish Examiner - 25 Jan 2010
Tradfest is capital gain for Dublin - Gerry Quinn
There's a rich history of traditional music in Dublin, says Temple Bar TradFest programmer, Kieran Hanrahan. The acclaimed broadcaster, musician, and archivist came on board last February, and since then has toiled to create an eclectic programme of events to celebrate the festival's fifth year.
Irish Independent - 25 Jan 2010
Toe Tapping until the cows come home - Shane Hickey
Toe-tapping is compulsory this week as the Temple BarTradfest transforms the capital into a paradise for trad lovers, especially those with children. Now in its fifth year, the city's major celebration of traditional musicand culture takes place from Wednesday to Sunday and this year's event welcomes families in particular.
Evening Herald - 13 Jan 2010
The Insider
There was no shortage of bodhrans and fiddles at the Clarence Hotel this week for the launch of this year's TradFest - which is always a lively occasion.
Irish Examiner - 13 Jan 2010
Stars get set to go mad for trad in Temple Bar - Marc O'Sullivan
The Kilfenora Ceili Band, Finbar Furey and the Chieftains' Matt Molloy are just some of the top acts performing at this year's Temple Bar Trad Festival, which runs from January 27-31 in Dublin's cultural quarter.
Irish Independent - 13 Jan 2010
Rooftop ceili at the Clarence, but it's not a 'Beautiful Day'
- Ken Sweeney
Trad musicians took over the rooftop of U2's hotel yesterday. The Kilfenora Ceili Band performed on top of the Clarence Hotel in Dublin as they launched the Temple Bar Tradfest 2010.
Irish Daily Mail - 13 Jan 2010
Even better than the reel thing - Eva Marie Gibney
There was a real risk of Vertigo yesterday as fleet-footed Irish dancers braved freezing conditions - and dizzying heights - to launch the Temple Bar TradFest.
Irish Times, 31 Jan 2011
Fishy frolics - street theatre reels in an audience in Temple Bar
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