There is simply no better place to be in Ireland in October than Wexford, when the town becomes a hive of cultural activity to celebrate the annual Wexford Festival Opera. Now in its 72nd year, Wexford Festival Opera continues to amaze and delight in equal measure, when operatic performers from all over the world convene at the National Opera House for two weeks of world-class opera.
The news of the sudden and unexpected passing of Sean Keane in his Rathcoole home in Dublin on May 7 reverberated rapidly around the traditional music realm as yet another great loss in a seemingly too frequent trend of such departures of the best and brightest influences.
Gusserane O’Rahilly’s GAA Club have announced the return of their outdoor music festival, Hooley in the Park, which is taking place in Gusserane GAA grounds on the Sunday evening of the upcoming June bank holiday weekend.