How old is the Kilfenora Ceili band?

109-year
‘If it’s moving than it’s alive’ – 109-year-old Kilfenora Céilí Band on their history and their future – Independent.ie.

Who set up Kilfenora Ceili band?

PJ Lynch
PJ Lynch started re-organising the band in 1953, and they won three “All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil” titles in a row, in 1954, 1955 and 1956.

How many people are in the Kilfenora Ceili band?

The 13-piece band has seven men and six women – Lynch is the oldest member and Howley is the youngest.

Where is the Tulla Ceili band from?

County Clare, Ireland
The band was founded in 1946 by Paddy Canny, fellow fiddler P.J. Hayes, pianist Teresa Tubridy, and accordion player Joe Cooley at Minogue’s Bar in Tulla, County Clare, Ireland. They were formed in order to compete at the Limerick Fleadh Cheoil.

Who wrote Clare my heart my home?

Tim Collins
Younger musicians will recognise Jerry’s voice from ‘Clare My Heart My Home’, a song written by Tim Collins that was first heard during the 2017 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. It is one of the unofficial anthems of Co Clare. Lynch’s is the first voice to accompany the ballad.

What are the instruments in a Ceili Band?

Instruments typically used include the fiddle, flute, button accordion, concertina, tenor banjo, bass drum and snare drum with woodblock, and piano. Other instruments used more occasionally include the double bass, uilleann pipes (Tulla Band), piccolo (McCuskers) and saxophone (Gallowglass) .

What is an Irish Ceili Band?

“A céilí (pronounced Kay-lee) band is a group of musicians organized together on an permanent, professional, or ad hoc basis in order to provide music for céilí (Irish) social dancing, and/or (today) set dancing.”

What is an Irish ceili dance?

Irish céilí dancing is the native group dancing of Ireland and is danced to traditional Irish music. Each line would progress to meet a new line of dancers and repeat the same movements with them. Some dances are performed by a line of men facing a line of women (Haymakers Jig, Rince Fada etc.)

What is Irish dancing called?

Irish stepdance is a style of performance dance with its roots in traditional Irish dance. Aside from public dance performances, there are also stepdance competitions all over the world. These competitions are often called Feiseanna (singular Feis).

How is Ceili pronounced?

Also spelled “Ceilidh,” a Céilí is a social event at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing, traditional dancing, and storytelling. It’s pronounced “Kay-leigh”.

What is the most popular Irish dance?

Common Irish dance forms

• The reel is the most popular dance.
• The jig is a lively dance with jumping steps.
• The single jig is in 6/8 or 12/8.
• The slip jig is in 9/8 time, has graceful movements and is danced in soft shoes.
• The hornpipe has a relatively slow tempo.

Where can I see the Kilfenora Ceili Band?

Not only was this an historic milestone for the band itself but a reminder that Irish culture and traditions are thriving and have survived the test of time. A full history of the band and of music in North Clare is on view at the Kilfenora Céilí Band Parlour, located in the Burren Centre, Kilfenora.

Where was the first Ceili Band in Ireland?

The Kilfenora Céilí Band is one of the oldest Céilí bands in Ireland. It was founded in 1909 in Kilfenora, a village in County Clare . The first group of céilí musicians played in the old schoolhouse in Kilfenora in 1909.

What was the meaning of both sides now by Kilfenora Ceili?

Tim Collins is quoted as saying: “ The album, Both Sides Now, and even the song itself, is a metaphor for how we (the Kilfenora Céilí Band) have adapted, where the band is coming from and going, representing what we do to be successful as creative and performing artists.”

When did Kilfenora play for the ceilithe in Ennis?

They had a three-year standing contract to play for the céilithe in the Queen’s Hotel, Ennis, during the winters of ’35, ’36 and ’37.