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    Brenda Castles

    Brenda Castles is from Co. Meath and learned concertina from Mícheál Ó’Raghallaigh. She has two solo albums of Irish music on concertina and performed regularly with Mick Moloney’s Green Fields of America collective. She has recently performed solo concerts for the Consairtín festival in Ennis, Temple Bar TradFest, Meath Beo and the Pipers Club. Brenda has created and produced a short film called ‘Plight of the Bumble Bee’ for which she composed a traditionally inspired soundtrack.

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    Facebook- Brenda Castles and Brenda Castles Music
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    Photograph taken by Joey Gavin at Frank Gavin Photography, Drumcondra, Dublin, May 2023.

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