Button Accordion Workshop: Improver/Intermediate - (Tom Doherty)

The South Sligo Summer School was founded in 1987 in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo to conserve and promote the rich tradition of music, song and dance of the area. With a full programme of classes, workshops, céilithe, concerts, recitals and talks, there is special emphasis on the old Sligo traditional style of playing.

South Sligo Summer School

Kilcoyne's Vet, Mountain Road

Workshops 2025

Tom DohertyTom Doherty comes from a musical family in Foxford.  He started to learn the accordion from Martin Donoghue when he was four years old. Tom won his first All-Ireland on the concertina. He also has an All-Ireland title on the Melodeon. A full-time professional musician, sound engineer and music teacher, he has toured extensively in Ireland, Europe and the U.S. Tom's music is featured on numerous television recordings and CDs. Tommy is the musical director of the junior and teenage performance group, Glór na Sí.