THE pubs have been silent for months now as the echoes of the last Sliabh Luachra polka played with passion at a session have long since died away.
But this weekend the tentative first notes will resound as the rebirth of live traditional music gets underway.
A concert featuring virtuouso accordion player, Bryan O Leary, is being broadcast online to launch the musician s new album, Tranquility in Tureencahill.
This is part of an initiative instigated by Scully s Fest organiser, Eoin Stan O Sullivan, who has just taken up the position of Sliabh Luachra Musician in Residence , a joint venture between Cork, Kerry and Limerick County Councils to promote the music rich region which straddles the three counties.