The Clare Festival of Traditional Singing (Irish: Féile Amhránaíochta an Chláir) is a festival held in Milltown Malbay and Spanish Point in the month of November. The aim of the festival is to promote unaccompanied traditional singing.
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The Clare Festival of Traditional Singing (Irish: Féile Amhránaíochta an Chláir) is a festival held in Milltown Malbay and Spanish Point in the month of November.
01 · What it is
Music
Vocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
Ireland
Placed on record in Ireland.
03 · How it is doing
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Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
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HistoryIn 1989, Anthony Edwards, librarian of the Ennistymon branch of the Clare County Library, and Maureen Rynne, joined to organise a festival to promote traditional singing.
Notable participantsNóirín Ní Riain (2000) Nonie Lynch (2003) Naisrín Elsafty (2010) Róisín White (2003, 2015)
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The Clare Festival of Traditional Singing (Irish: Féile Amhránaíochta an Chláir) is a festival held in Milltown Malbay and Spanish Point in the month of November.
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The Clare Festival of Traditional Singing (Irish: Féile Amhránaíochta an Chláir) is a festival held in Milltown Malbay and Spanish Point in the month of November. The aim of the festival is to promote unaccompanied traditional singing. 1
History
In 1989, Anthony Edwards, librarian of the Ennistymon branch of the Clare County Library, and Maureen Rynne, joined to organise a festival to promote traditional singing. Later, Tom Munnelly joined the organizing committee. The first festival took place in June 1990 and was opened by the then president of Ireland, Patrick Hillery.
In its first years (1990–2002), the festival was held in Ennistymon. Due to the ill health of Munnelly the festival was moved to Spanish Point, but after two editions there (2003 and 2004), it ceased to exist. After Munnelly's death in 2007, interest raised again and a new series started in 2010. It is now also a commemoration of Munnelly. 1
Notable participants
Nóirín Ní Riain (2000)
Nonie Lynch (2003)
Naisrín Elsafty (2010)
Róisín White (2003, 2015) 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “The Clare Festival of Traditional Singing”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
The Clare Festival of Traditional Singing is festival, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2