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meetings and special events
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).
On 21 June 2000 Mick Brown gave a talk on
"Isolation and survival: the music of South-Western Donegal".
Mick Brown is a fiddle player from Dublin. Since his first trip to south-west Donegal in 1988, he has taken a keen interest in the music and lore of the area. His fiddle playing has been primarily influenced by the likes of James Byrne of Glencolmcille and Con Cassidy of Teelin. He conducts monthly fiddle classes in the village of Carrick during the Winter months. His playing can be heard on the CD “The Fiddle Music of Donegal” (Vol. I), which appeared in 1996. Mick is currently involved in the collection, preservation and indexing of old tape recordings of music and folklore of the area. The material will eventually be housed in an archive planned for the co Donegal village of Kilcar. In his talk he discussed the isolation and continuance of the south-western regional fiddle style.
On 30 March 2000 Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin gave a talk / recital in Irish and English entitled ‘Amhráin Oirealla’ This talk was given in conjunction with ‘Sean Nós Cois Life’. It was followed by a singing session in the snug at Hughes Pub, Chancery Street, Dublin 7
On Wednesday 3 November 1999. Ellen MacIsaac gave a talk entitled
The Gift of Tradition: New Songs and the Traditional Song Revival
The previous meeting was on Wednesday, 22 September 1999, when Dr Graeme Smith gave a talk entitled Playing Australian! Bush Bands, Irish Music and Folk Music in the New Nationalism
On 16th June 1999. Harry Bradshaw of RTÉ gave a guided tour of
Ceol—the Irish Traditional Music Centre, Smithfield Village, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7.
On Thursday 8 April 1999 Seosamh Ó Cuaig gave a talk in Irish—Séamus Ennis i gCarna. This was held in conjunction with the annual Dublin festival of song in Irish Sean-Nós Cois Life. It included some interesting archival films of singing and old-time step dancing.
On 10 March 1999 Fintan Vallely gave a talk The making of ‘Blooming Meadows’
Fintan talked about his work in compiling his contribution to the book ‘Blooming Meadows: the world of Irish traditional musicians’, a collection of prose-style interviews with 30 traditional musicians. He discussed the goals behind the book, his collaboration with Charlie Pigott as co-author and Nutan as photographer and his work with the various artists in gathering information for the collection.
On 25 November 1998, there was a talk by Tom Munnelly (collector in UCD Dept of Irish Folklore)—Come All Ye Dry Land Sailors: Comic Voyages in Irish Song.
The first meeting of the 1998-1999 season was held on14 October 1998. It featured three versatile young Dublin musicians —Kevin O'Reilly (fiddle) Sarah Jane Woods (flute) and Michael Smyth (Uilleann pipes). As well as playing they talked about how, where and why they learned Irish traditional music and what it means to them.
The FMSI has also organized 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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