Matt Cranitch & Jackie Daly

Sunday 8th June - Allihies Coppermines Lodge 1pm & Jimmy's Bar 9pm

Cork fiddle player, academic, and authority on Sliabh Luachra music Matt Cranitch was presented with a TG4 Gradam Ceoil award for lifetime achievement in March this year. Matt spent his early childhood in Rathduff, between Cork and Mallow, his father playing fiddle and accordion. Raised through the Irish language, he and siblings Bríd, Eilís, and Peadar attended Cork School of Music and played as a family band at musical gatherings across Cork and Kerry.

Jackie Daly is a renowned Irish button accordion and melodeon player and one of the greatest exponents of the iconic Sliabh Luachra style of the southwest of Ireland. In 2005 Jackie was also honoured with the prestigious Musician of the Year TG4 Gradam Ceoil Award.

You may also like the following events from Michael Dwyer Festival, Allihies:

• Next month, 7th June, 11:30 am, Allihies Coppermines Lodge - Multi instrumental workshops with Adam Agee & Jon Sousa. in Bantry
• Next month, 7th June, 05:00 pm, Cork Singers Club in Bantry
• Next month, 7th June, 08:00 pm, Concert with Richard, Dwyer, Conor Keane & Mary Conroy in Bantry

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