loveliest of times yesterday at The Cookoo Fleadh in Kinvara! A big thanks to Maeve, Lily, Paul & Liam aka The Cuckoo Team,” for having us, and to all who came along, sat in for a tune, listened and participated and had a good go at it too! -: and bualadh bas to the Cookoo! … another fab day ahead! photos by Laura! #annafalkenau #gonzalollaodiaz #sarahmarkey #laura #lisaalcott #cookoofleadh #festival #kinvara #galway #wildatlanticway #traditional #folk
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Cookoo Fleadh
looking forward to playing at The Cookoo Fleadh tomorrow with the wonderful Sarah Markey and Gonzalo Llao! little clip here from MacNeill session last week #AnnaFalkenau#georgegrasso#sarahmarkey#BrianBuchanan#rosebaldino#traditional#session#galwaycity#kinvara#festival#tunes#goldeneagle
Thursday tunes w Anna, Sarah Markey, Gonzalo Llao,
had fun!
Anna Falkenau, Sarah Markey, Gonzalo Llao
Thursday night session in MacNeill’s, Hardiman Hotel, Galway, 7-9pm
Delighted to be back!
Have a Happy St Patrick’s Day, friends near and far! If you are near, I’ll be in An Pucán, Forster Street, Galway, this evening with the excellent Josh Kelleher on guitar/songs, and it would be lovely to see some familiar faces :- 6-8pm. …. here a pix from last week’s gig with when Cornelius Bode joined Gonzalo and myself, we had a blast! … thanks again, Zorny!🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 #Galway #StPatricksDay #music #irish #fiddle #celebration #wildatlanticway #traditional #guitar. #bouzouki #vocals
looking forward to this in An Pucán tomorrow, w special guest: Cornelius Bode :-🥳
More Airplay!
A big thanks to Colum King who included several tracks of Féileacán na Saoirse and I Can Hear You Calling in his show this week! Have a look and listen below… #grateful #ceolplay #album #AnnaFalkenau #lenaullman #maryshannon #trad #irishmusic #folkmusic #CharlieLennon
Airplay on Rnag – Thanks Neansaí!
A massive thanks/GRMA to Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha for including three tracks from my CD Féileacán na Saoirse (Butterfly of Freedom) on her RnaG radio program Ceol Binn o na Beanna last night! – a tune I wrote Ivan’s Waltz with the wonderful Holly Geraghty on Harp, a set of jigs – Sporting Pitchfork- High Part of the Road – Connaughtman’s Rambles with Spiddal accordion player Steve Sweeney, and two reels, the Jolly Tinker and The Little Cascade (Scottish tune) with the one and only Johnny ‘Ringo’ McDonagh on bodhrán. A Lovely program overall with Mick Connelly, Dave Munnelly an Ryan Molloy, Nan Tam Taimín, Cathal McConnell and many fabulous other musicians and singers – have a listen on the player! #radio #trad #fiddle #irish #grateful #rnag #ceolbinn #galway #fiddle #annafalkenau https://www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/ceol-binn-o-na-beanna/2026/0120/1554191-ceol-binn-o-na-beanna-de-mairt-20-eanair-2026/
Happy: Post Doc Award!
Delighted to have been awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship by Research Ireland enabling me to focuse on the publication of my doctoral thesis “‘It was in the Air’: Micro and Macro Flows in the Changing Soundscape of Irish Traditional Music in Galway, 1961 to 1981” #music #trad #ethnomusicology #urban
Back in Galway: Most enjoyable tunes!
had a blast with Gonzalo last evening! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶