Folk Music Society of Ireland
Traditional Music · Traditional Song · Traditional Dance
Cumann Cheol Tíre Éireann
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Activities
The Society's meetings are normally held at 63 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2 (in The Helen Roe Theatre—basement below the Irish Traditional Music Archive).
The last meeting was on 18 October 2001, when Peadar Ó Ceannabháin gave a talk on 'Sean Nós Chonamara' in the above venue (in conjunction with the ‘Sean Nós Cois Life’ festival of traditional singing in Irish).
Details of some past meetings of the Society
The FMSI also organizes special events from time to time. Past events have included:
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Weekend seminars on special topics
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Liaising with other organizations in joint activities, for example: conference in collaboration with the World Music Centre, UL, ‘The Local Accent’ (Limerick, 1995) —see contents of published proceedings; in recent years with the annual Dublin festival of song in Irish Sean-Nós Cois Life
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An exhibition in the Civic Museum, ‘Popular Music in 18th-century Dublin’ , to mark European Music Year (1985)
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Hosting a European Ballad Conference in Dublin (1985—see contents of published proceedings)
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