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4th Annual Tulla Traditional Music Festival in September is a weekend
packed with wonderful music, song, dance, concerts, céilithe and
workshops. Our very own ‘Maids of Tulla’ who were finalists in 'Clare's
got Talent' will perform at the official opening in the Courthouse on
Friday night. This will be followed by ‘The Family that Plays together
…’ where several talented family groups from the locality will play a
tune, sing a song and dance in Minogues.
Saturday evenings concert in the Courthouse will showcase the renowned
Sligo born flute player Seamus Tansey, along with other special guests.
This is a great opportunity to see Seamus Tansey play live in Clare. The
highlight of Sunday’s entertainment will be the music recital at Tulla
Courthouse. Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and Mícheál Ó
Raghallaigh will showcase their talent along with other special guests.
The Courthouse is a beautiful setting for a music recital, seating is
limited and pre-booking is recommended.
Tulla comhaltas had a very successful weekend in Cavan at
theall-ireland fleadh. The Tulla junior
ceili band won the under 15 ceiliband
competition keeping up the great tradition of the Tulla ceiliband. The band members are Sinead Mulqueen
(Piano), Aisling Lyons(Drums), Brian
Donnellan (Concertina), Aisling Hunt (Accordian), IomarKearney, Lisa Walsh, Eimear Donnellan
(Flutes), Sorcha Costello,Sorcha
Crimmins, Tim O'Connor (Fiddles).
Aisling Lyons won
the under 15 Harp. Eimear Coughaln came 2nd in theaccompainment under 15. Other members of
Tulla Comhaltas havingsuccess was
Elaine Mulqueen and Aislinn Hehir.
Congratulations also to Sinead Conlon and Chloe Crowe and all the
team of Céilí Dancing Mixed 8-hand, who came second in the all Ireland
dancing.
These will be playing during the Tulla trad festival
which is onover the weekend of
September 10th-12th. The places are for the workshops are starting to fill up
now with Ged foley doing the fiddle class, Seamus Tansey on flute, Rory McMahon
on the Concertina,Nora Butler in charge of the Traditional Singing, Aidan
Vaughan doing Steps for setsand
Susanne Leahy in charge of the Sean NosDancing workshop.Full details
are available from www.Tullatradfestival.com
and places can be booked through Mary Mc Namara on 087-2378611
To Listen to a sample of the Tulla Junior Ceili Band on You Tube click here
Tulla is generally translated as TúLACH, meaning a hill, but the name of this East Clare village is merely a shortened version of its full name, TULACH NA NASPAL, the hill of the apostles, or quite possibly TULACH NA NEASPAG, the hill of the bishops.
Today it is a busy small town, which is still the commercial center for the neighboring districts. There is a strong sense of community spirit in the town. It has a great tradition of music and is home to the famous pipe band and the award winning ceili band. Tulla is a great place to live and bring up a family. We are located about 10 miles east of Ennis and 25 miles to Limerick and 40 Miles to Galway.
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