Sharing the Living Tradition: Irish Music, Identity and Culture
Bringing Ireland to Notre Dame…
I brought five Irish musicians, friends, and collaborators from the University of Galway to South Bend, Indiana, and Chicago for a series of concerts, lectures, workshops, and sessions. Members of the Notre Dame-South Bend community came together with the visitors to authentically engage with Irish identity and culture through music, dance, and conversation.
Thank you for the support of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, the Franco Family Institute for Liberal Arts and the Public Good, and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies.
Seán Brennan (bouzouki, guitar, vocals), Co. Roscommon
Rachel Ní Earchaí (concertina), Co. Galway
Rónan Fulton (mandolin, banjo), Co. Offaly
Cillian Higgins (bodhrán), Co. Limerick
Liam Ó Laoide (banjo, bodhrán), Co. Dublin
Olivia Breen (fiddle, vocals), Chandler, Arizona
Aubrey Breen (cello, vocals), Chandler, Arizona
Liam, Rónan, Olivia, Aubrey, Rachel, Seán, Cillian
The group with Notre Dame professor, sean-nós dancer, and concertina player Shannon Dunne
The group with Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C, the 18th president of Notre Dame
Genom Natten
I had the privilege of recording with renowned nyckelharpa player Emelie Waldken in Uppsala, Sweden, on her latest album “Genom Natten.”