A Louth Lilt

The solstice has taken on huge symbolic importance this year as people seek to move again towards a brighter future. Although the skies o...

Despite maintaining a near monthly blog before March 2020, we have neglected it over the past six months as we have adapted to the situation

‘I’ve travelled more of the world with the light of a penny candle than you have done in all your years of travelling’. Eric Cross, The T...

Although traditionally the first month of Spring, enlivened by the emergence of the snowdrops, February remains Winter’s tail end. Despit...

For our first blog of 2020, we are enthused to reflect on the 9th Annual Conference of the Society for Music Education, 24-25 January 202...

Applications, collaborations and deadlines... Adele was in Antwerp, Daithí went to Dublin Castle and the adventures continue.

October brings great colour and the harvest reflects the rewards of a period of intense hard work. We were delighted to reflect this mont...

September was a period of intensity as we returned to work at Dundalk Institute of Technology while also engaging in a number of interest...

For the second year running, our nearby town of Drogheda hosted Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann and we were delighted to be stuck in the middle...

The Fleadh is nearly here with crowds about to descend on County Louth for a celebration of Irish traditional music, song, dance and lang...

Collaboration is often key to successful research and can take many forms. Understanding your role in a team and developing relationships...

We had a wonderful Springtime of music, research and adventures and are, as always, grateful to the great friends who make it all possible.

What have natural disasters, electronic invention kits, vertical farming, and song writing got in common? Confused? Throw into the mix th...

Cold sunlight glinting on the rocky fields of cloud, The high shrill note of Winter's happy piper Rises and lifts my dreamer far above th...

November was a month of returning. Graduands returned to DkIT for their special day, Daithí returned to UCC, Youghal and Antwerp, and we ...

After the excitement of August, September was for settling back into routines but with some great festivals in surrounding counties, we s...

With Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann coming to Louth for the first time, August 2018 was a month to remember. And there was much more besides. ...

July Jewels There was a distinctly Scottish flavour to our July with both the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention in Aberdeen and Speyfest i...

The North Atlantic Fiddle Convention is more than an academic conference, it is a conversation that includes participants of all ages thr...