SCOIL CHEOIL AN EARRAIGH

DATE: FEBRUARY 19th - 23rd , 2025

LOCATION: BALLYFERRITER

Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh is a five day traditional music school paying particular attention to the music and style of the Corca Dhuibhne peninsula. The schol is held every year in February in the village of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh / Ballyferriter. Classes in a wide range of instruments as well as sean-nós singing workshops and a sean-nós dance workshop are held. Over the 5 days there are concerts, sessions, singers’ nights, recitals, a pupils’ concert, guided walk, and all sorts of other events based on various aspects of our tradition. Coming to Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh not only gives people the opportunity to get a taste of the local music and song, but it gives people a chance to experience the richness of the Irish language in the heart of the Kerry Gaeltacht.