University Lectures

Prehistoric Music Ireland has designed a series of lectures specifically aimed at third level University Departments including archaeology, Music, Celtic Studies and Arts.   Origins and evolvement of prehistoric instruments are discussed and reproductions are examined and played.   Comparisons are made with contemporary and modern descendent instruments.   A presentation may aim specifically at a given period e.g. Bronze Age or Iron Age or can cover an overview from the first habitation in Ireland circa 8,000 BC through to the early Medieval period 700 AD.   Active participation by students is encouraged who are invited to play reproduction.   Music students may have a natural affinity with certain instruments.   A trombone player will be able to make a good attempt to play an Iron Age trumpa.  

The length of a lecture may vary between one and two hours, but usually will average one and a half hours.

Instruments presented:

Stone Age

• Bone flutes and whistles

• Flute Stones

• Rhythm stones

• Musical bow

• Frame drum (bodhrán)

• Rhythm bones

• Animal horns (cow, goat, sheep)

• Wicklow pipes

Bronze Age

• Selection of cast bronze horns including:

• Dord íseal (bass horn), Co. Kerry/Clare.

• Dord árd (mid horn), Co. Offaly.

• Dord árd (mid horn), Co. Antrim.

• Adharc (treble horn – side blown), Co. Antrim.

• Crotal (bronze hand bell), Co. Offaly.

Iron Age

• Trumpa Créda (Loughnashade, Co. Armagh.

• Trumpa Fada (Ard Brinn, Co. Down.

• Early Medieval

• Mayophone(Bekan horn), Co. Mayo.

• Loch Erne horn Co. Fermanagh.

To book a lecture presentation with Prehistoric Music Ireland (we travel all over the world) please see the contact us page and we would be delighted to reply.  

Universities we have already presented at include:

• University College Cork – 1998 (forthcoming Sep. 2005).

• University of Limerick, World Music Centre,   February 2005.

• Municipal University of Newfounland, Canada – 1994, 2002.

• University of Warsaw, Poland – 2002.

• University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A. – 2001.

• University of New South Wales, Australia - 1992.

• University of New England, N.S.W. Australia – 1992.

• University of Western Australia, Perth – 1992.

• The Flinders University of South Australia – 1992.

• The Australia National University, Canberra, Australia – 1992.

• Trinity College Dublin – 1994.

• National University of Ireland, Galway – 1997.

• Dublin Institute of Technology, Celtic Studies Dept. – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.

Prehistoric Music Ireland,
Crimlin, Corrnamona,
Co. Galway, Ireland

Phone: +353(0) 949 548 396
bronzeagehorns@eircom.net

©2005,PREHISTORIC MUSIC IRELAND

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