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#CultureNightDublin is underway at ITMA! Ft. Caoimhe Ní Mhaolagáin, dance ; Seán Potts, uilleann pipes ; Seán Ó Broin, flute pic.twitter.com/1ehrjzLqnh
— ITMA (@ITMADublin) September 22, 2023
On Friday, 22 September, ITMA welcomed Culture Night visitors for a night of live traditional music, song and dance in the library at 73 Merrion Square.
ITMA presented six separate concerts throughout the night, featuring a rotating group of special guests performing alongside ITMA staff members.
Dancer Caoimhe Ní Mhaolagáin, concertina and flute player Nicole Nicole Ní Dhubhshláine, singer Lisa Lambe, fiddle players Claire Sherry and Conor McEvoy, and accordion player Conor Connolly performed on the night along with ITMA staff members Seán Potts, Seán Ó Broin, Sophie Ryan, Kyle Macaulay, Iarlaith Mac Gabhann and Seán Hughes.
#CultureNightDublin is underway at ITMA! Ft. Caoimhe Ní Mhaolagáin, dance ; Seán Potts, uilleann pipes ; Seán Ó Broin, flute pic.twitter.com/1ehrjzLqnh
— ITMA (@ITMADublin) September 22, 2023
Concert 2 is a wrap, ft. Sophie Ryan, harp ; Nicole Ní Dhubhshláine, flute ; Kyle Macaulay, bouzouki pic.twitter.com/EGt0e4JqwF
— ITMA (@ITMADublin) September 22, 2023
@LambeLisa and Claire Sherry finish their set with Gartan mother’s lullaby. But the night is still young! Three more concerts to go. #CultureNightDublin pic.twitter.com/cHP4kNFHmd
— ITMA (@ITMADublin) September 22, 2023
Seán Potts and Seán Ó Broin are back on stage for concert #4, this time joined by special guest Conor McEvoy #CultureNightDublin pic.twitter.com/c8hqM0TRWU
— ITMA (@ITMADublin) September 22, 2023
The rookery ; Old Tipperary
Special guest Conor Connolly joins Iarlaith Mac Gabhann for our fifth #CultureNightDublin concert. pic.twitter.com/yTL1RtOxVt
— ITMA (@ITMADublin) September 22, 2023
Our sixth and final concert of the night is underway, featuring Conor Connolly, accordion ; Iarlaith Mac Gabhann, flute ; Seán Hughes, fiddle ; Kyle Macaulay, guitar pic.twitter.com/f5lkNbOXOC
— ITMA (@ITMADublin) September 22, 2023