Past Festival Events
2022
Thursday 4th August 2022
Opening Night with Mary MacNamara
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Community Hall
Admission: Free
Friday 5th August 2022
Workshops
Time: 10am – 1pm
Venue: National School, Shortt’s pub, Moloney’s pub
Admission: €25 per day
Lunch Time Concert
Featuring the talented tutors teaching at the festival. Martin Hayes, Eileen O’Brien, Mary MacNamara, Hugh Healy, Páraic Mac Donnchadha, Conor Connolly & Edwina Guckian.
Time: 2pm
Venue: Community Hall
Admission: €10 Tickets available at the door only
Musical Recital
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: St. Mary’s Church
Admission: €25 (tickets in advance)
CD Launch
Hugh Healy, concertina player, will launch his album Debut Solo album ‘Ceolaire’
Time: 9.30pm
Venue: Marquee
Admission: Free
Saturday 6th August 2022
Workshops
Time: 10am – 1pm
Venue: National School, Shortt’s pub, Moloney’s pub
Admission: €25 per day
Festival Walk
Time: 2pm
Venue: Assemble outside Festival Office
Admission: Free
CD Launch Paddy O’Brien 1922-2022
Time: 3pm
Venue: Shortt’s Pub
Admission: Free
Singing Session
Hosted by Michéal Marrinan, who will be joined by Deirdre Scanlon and Con Fada O’Drisceoil
Time: 3.30pm
Venue: Moloney’s Pub
Admission: Free
Reflections of a memory collector
By historian and author Tomás Mac Conmara
Time: 4pm
Venue: Community Hall
Admission: Free
Gala Concert
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: St. Mary’s Church
Admission: €25
Sunday 7th August 2022
Aifreann Gaeilge
with Nóirín Ní Riain
Time: 11am
Venue: St. Mary’s Church
Admission: Free
Random Acts of Puppetry
Time: 1.30pm
Venue: Community Hall
Admission: Free
A public interview with Des Mulkere
by Cuimhneamh an Chláir
Time: 1.30pm
Venue: Moloney’s Pub
Admission: Free
Gala Outdoor Concert
Time: 3pm
Venue: Fair green village centre or Community Hall with bad weather
Admission: Free
Grand finale Céilí
with the Tulla Céilí Band
Time: 10pm
Venue: Marquee
Admission: €10 Tickets available at the door only
Monday 8th August 2022
Informal Sessions
Informal sessions throughout the day and night.
Riches of Clare Concert
featuring talented musicians: Aidan McMahon, Michael Landers, Mike Butler & Dermot Sheedy.
Time: 1pm
Venue: Community Hall
Admission: Free