Venue: Theatre 2
Performers: Aidan Connolly and Bryan O’Leary
Support: Aoife Kettle and Nike Bilau, BA in Irish Music
Aidan Connolly and Bryan O’Leary perform music from their new record “The Grove of Gneeveguilla”. Bryan comes from the heart of it, in Tureencahill, Gneeveguilla, Co. Kerry. His grandfather Johnny O’Leary was one of the key figures of Sliabh Luachra music in the 20th century and he proudly continues his legacy. Johnny received the TG4 Gradam Ceoil Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, and in 2014, Bryan was honoured with the TG4 Gradam Ceoil Young Musician of the Year Award- both at the same venue, the University Concert Hall, Limerick. This was a very proud moment for Bryan and his family, and he continues to honour and promote his grandfather’s legacy.
Aidan, although born and reared in Dublin, was introduced to Sliabh Luachra music by his mother Eileen Moynihan, from Gneeveguilla, a tin whistle player, and his uncle Con Moynihan, a fiddle player now living in Castleisland. Paddy Moynihan (1918-1989), Aidan’s grandfather, was an accordion player who played with Johnny O’Leary in Thady Willy’s Hall for dances.
Admission is free and all are welcome.