Best of Times

best of times playing a few tunes with the one and only Nuala Kennedy Music again yesterday eve, back from her travels far and wide with Solas, and with Eamon O’Leary. Thanks to Davey for the clip! 🎶🎶 🙂 #AnnaFalkenau #fiddle #flute #galway #galwaycity #ennis #AnPucan #wildatlanticway #trad #reel #

Rolling Wave Tonight

Aoife Nic Cormaic’s Rolling Wave tonight from the ICTMD Annual Conference 2026 @RTE Studios Donnybrook. Tunes, chat and songs and delighted to have contributed with a few tunes together with fellow commitee members Darren Culliney, Susan Motherway, Joanne Cusack. Also some great clips by Geraldine Cotter, Jack Talty, Lillis O Laoire, Conor Caldwell, Helen Gubbins, Mary Mitchell-Ingoldsby

rollingwave #RTE #Ictmd #ictmdireland #radio #rollingwave #aoifeniccormaic#annafalkenau

LISTEN @9pm: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/the-rolling-wave/

RIP Dessie Wilkinson

Such a shock to hear of Desi Wilkinson’s passing yesterday. Such a wonderful musician, scholar, and just the most generous, good-humoured, and witty of people. Heartfelt condolences to Genevieve, their family, and his many friends in various corners of the world. RIP Desi — with a good dose of tunes! 🎶✨🙏”

Cookoo Came Dancing!

Cookoo Came Dancing! Fun at last weekend’s Cookoo Fleadh! 🙂🎶🎉 #thecookoo #annafalkenau #sarahmarkey #gonzalollaodiaz #haukesteinberg #Yvette #festival #kinvara

a lovely and informative clip from the Galway History Festival 2019 – Mick Crehan and Maeve Joyce (RIP) outlining the history of one of Galway’s most-loved trad music venues, The Crane, with a continuous nightly music tradition since 1978, when Paddy Connors established it as a music venue. Wonderful to hear Maeve’s humour and warmth again; always remembered and deeply missed! #trad #galway #venues #pubs #history #UniversityOfGalway #wildatlantic #irish #traditional #music

https://youtu.be/cRFOl5Owebc

Cookoo Fleadh 2026

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