Ceol Na gCruach
Sept. Fri. 5th - Sun. 7th 2025
The Glen of Glenties, Co. Donegal
Fri: 19:30: Concert in Edeninfagh Hall
- Adm. €10 Door, €11.70 Eventbrite
Fri: Seisiún, The Glen Tavern
- Adm. Free
Sat: 10:00: Fiddle Workshops - Register The Glen Tavern Dinny's
- Adm. €10 Door, €11.70 Eventbrite
Sat: 15:00: Croaghs BusTour - Leaving from The Glen Tavern Dinny's
- Bus Tour (€10 Door, €11.70 Eventbrite)
- Light Lunch €10 Door, €11.70 Eventbrite)
Sat: 18:00: Film by Denise Boyle: The Man that had only one tune, Scioból Dinnys
- Adm. Free
Sat: Seisiún, The Glen Tavern
- Adm. Free
Sat: 21:00: Barn Dance Scioból Dinnys
- Adm. Free
Sun: 14:00: Seisiún, The Glen Tavern, Tribute to Jimmy & Vincent Campbell
- Adm. Free
Ceol na gCruach is a traditional Irish musice weekend which began in 2008 and has been and annual event since then. The Ceol na gCruach committee consists of local traditional musicians, dancers and volunteers who contribute to the success of the event since it began. The objective of Ceol Na gCruach is to preserve the Irish cultural traditions of music, song, dance and storytelling of the Croaghs through the medium of local performers, and well known exponents of the Irish traditions nationally an internationally and also providing a forum for passing on the tradition. The Croaghs has always had a rich culture of Traditional music, song, dance and folklore . According to Cormac Ó'Ádhmaill in the 2015 BBC production of Scáth Na Sleibhte, "The Bluestacks have always been well known for their wealth of music. Many collectors down through the years have visited this part of the world. They did not just come to collect songs but also to record stories and study the variety of Irish spoken here. Also in the 2001 TG4 production of Se Mo Laoch, Lillis Ó Laoire states that, "Seán Ó hEochaidh spent 10 weeks there in 1947. He collected a huge amount of material, 250 song lyrics were collected from one woman, Áine Nic Giolla Uain."