Musician and Dancer, Roy Galvin, director of, is well known for his many RTE television appearances and radio chat shows. He recently recorded
his first CD live at. The CD can be purchased online
here. As an Irish language speaker he is a frequent
contributor to both Raidió na Gaelteachta
and TG4. In fact, Roy was the first
non-Gaeltach musician to play on Raidió na Gaelteachta when it was first launched in
1972, having won the All-Ireland tin whistle championship the previous year.
Since then,
Roy has added the uileann pipes and flute to the instruments he now plays. Roy has toured
North America and Canada, including performances at Carnegie Hall, New York, and the
Kennedy Centre, Washington. Also, Roy has played traditional Irish music in Bermuda
on several occasions. He has recently returned from his third visit to Russia where he
performed as a musician and gave workshops in Irish dancing. Apart from being an
accomplished Irish solo dancer and set dancer, Roy has danced professionally with both the
Irish Ballet Company and Dublin City Ballet and more recently was ballet master with Irish
Modern Dance Theatre. In 1996 Roy retired from the world of professional dance to
concentrate on the promotion of Irish culture at his new centre, , in the Glen of Aherlow, south Tipperary.
Roy sa teach tábhairne Gaelach 'Silvers', Nikitsky Periuluk,
i Moscó na Rúise
Musician and Dancer, Roy Galvin, director of
, is well known for his many 
Since then,
Roy has added the uileann pipes and flute to the instruments he now plays. Roy has toured
North America and Canada, including performances at Carnegie Hall, New York, and the
Kennedy Centre, Washington. Also, Roy has played traditional Irish music in Bermuda
on several occasions. He has recently returned from his third visit to Russia where he
performed as a musician and gave workshops in Irish dancing. Apart from being an
accomplished Irish solo dancer and set dancer, Roy has danced professionally with both the
Irish Ballet Company and Dublin City Ballet and more recently was ballet master with Irish
Modern Dance Theatre. In 1996 Roy retired from the world of professional dance to
concentrate on the promotion of Irish culture at his new centre, 