Sligo Traditional Singers Circle
The Sligo Traditional Singers Circle was set up to encourage foster and perpetuate the singing tradition in the Sligo area by strengthening the bonds of friendship already established between The Sligo Traditional Singers and other singers both in Ireland and abroad.
We meet for our monthly sessions on the second Wednesday of each month ( 9.00 pm in winter and 9.30 pm in summer) at Durkin’s Pub in the village of Ballinacarrow located between Collooney and Tubercurry on the main Sligo to Galway road.
Frank Finn Traditional Singing Weekend 2018
Our 2018 Festival will be held on Fri 5th, Sat 6th and Sun 7th October 2018. We have an exciting lineup of guests and we are looking forward to your company for the weekend. Confirmed to date are:
- Pat McGeeney
- Con “Fada” O’Drisceoil
- Lorcan MacMathuna
The venue, as ever, is the Yeats Country Hotel in Rosses Point, Co. Sligo, and it wouldn’t be the same without our Saturday Visit to Coney Island, where we will hold our singing workshops, and, of course, our singing/storytelling session in M.J. Wards public house on the island, hosted by the McGowan family.
More detail will be posted later.
Monthly Sessions
March 2018
Our next session will be held at 9.00 pm in Durkins Pub Ballinacarrow on Wednesday 14th March 2018.
Special Guest Katie O’Neill all the way from USA – Katie is over here to celebrate St Patrick’s Day with us – lets give her a big Céad Míle Fáilte
Report on Frank Finn Traditional Singing Weekend 2017
Very succesful weekend held from Friday 29th September, 30th Sept and 1st October 2017.
Special Guests:
Elle Marie O’Dwyer
Caitríona Ní Cheannabháin
Joe Stewart
Tommie Gorman
( See Report of the 2017 Weekend under the “Festival Weekend” Tab above )
Special Guests 2017:
Elle Marie O’Dwyer
Caitríona Ní Cheannabháin
Joe Stewart
Tommie Gorman
( See further Details under the “Festival Weekend” Tab above )
Telephone 087 2632437, 087 6935909, 086 3097596
Visit Yeats Country hotel website here
The Festival is a bilingual weekend of singing, workshops, informal singing sessions, storytelling, audio and video presentations, scholarly talks and a field trip
It features local and visiting singers, speakers, academics, storytellers.
