For 20 years, Clare Arts Office has proudly produced the Riches of Clare free lunchtime concerts in Ennis. Originally coordinated by Liam and Finola Ryan, the series is coordinated annually now by Fear an Tí, Mike Butler.
This years concert series will be launched with our first concert of 2024 at the Kilfenora Trad Festival. Concerts are taking place daily during the Fleadh Nua in Ennis. They will then continue every lunchtime through June and July (except for the week of the Willie Clancy Summer School) in glór culminating at the Feakle Festival in August.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
In a change to the previous years the concert series will take place St. Columba’s Church, Bindon Street, Ennis during the Fleadh Nua after which the weekly concerts will take place in glór, Ennis.
CONCERT LINE UP
The first concert of the year takes place at the Kilfenora Music Festival on Saturday, April 27th and features Tara, Sharon and Padraig Howley & Eoin O’Neill
The schedule for Fleadh Nua Week concerts in St. Columba’s Church is
May 27th Finola and Liam Ryan, Damien O’Reilly & Nigel Stevens
May 28th Kieran Hehir, Kieran Kissane, Vincent Fogarty & James Duddy
May 29th Anne Lynch-Lyons, Aisling Lyons, Sean Lyons & Rebecca Collins
May 30th Sorcha Costello, Diarmuid O Meachair & Padraig O Dubhghaill
May 31st Brian, Martina, Keith & Conor O’Loughlin
The summer schedule for the Wednesday Free lunchtime concerts in glór is:
June 5th Maeve Donnelly, Charlie Harris, Eamonn & Geraldine Cotter
June 12th Marcus Moloney, Eamonn O’Riordan, Ryan O’Donnell & Conor Connelly
June 19th Anthony & Aidan Quigney, Sarah Fox & Conal O’Kane
June 26th Anne-Marie McCormack, Niamh O’Dea, Peter Casey & Martin Darmody
July 3rd Claire Griffin, Tim Collins, Denis Liddy & Elvie Miller
July 17th Joe Hanrahan, Conor Lynch, Noel Casey, Dave Hanrahan & Colin Sheehan
July 24th Francis Cunningham, Eimear Coughlan, Therese McInerney & Edel Vaughan
July 31st Conor Arkins, Eimear Arkins & Eileen Gannon
The final concert at the Feakle Festival features Josephine & Mary Nugent, Brian Stafford & Tommy Hayes
No pre booking required for any of the concerts but arrive early to secure a seat.
