A Louth Lilt

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

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 2020. Held in associati...

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 month on our involvement...

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

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 of it. The nine day...

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

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

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 the exploits of Britis...

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 the crowd. Love comes ...

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

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

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. Having returned from...

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

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

June was another month of sharing with conferences, launches and broadcasts. In June, Daithí jetted off to Lincoln for the Irish Society for Theatre Research...

May 2018 was full of celebration – 40th, 50th and 60th anniversary celebrations amongst the musical happenings in Louth and beyond, while it also witnessed t...

We kicked off April in fine style with a trip to our good friends in Youghal. We were delighted to facilitate some workshops at the Quality Hotel and Brú na ...