The next generation of Irish musicians is to benefit from a €2million pot left to them by a British builder who quit his home and resettled in Ireland after falling in love with trad music.
The estate of Sidney V. Regan left €2million to the Department of Music at University College Cork (UCC), allowing generations of musical talent from Seán Ó Riada to Ann Cleare, and future cohorts of musicians, to benefit from.
The bequest will enable the department to direct support to students in the form of scholarships for undergraduates and postgraduates, improve physical resourcing for performers and composers and hire professional performers.