Harpers in the Honan 2024

UCC TradSoc, in collaboration with Harp Ireland | Cruit Éireann, is delighted to announce the return of their “Harpers in the Honan” concert for 2024, a celebration of harping in advance of National Harp Day. Renowned musicians Aoife & Deirdre Granville, and Tríona Marshall, supported by the UCC Harp Ensemble, present an unmissable concert in the beautiful surroundings of the Honan Chapel on UCC Campus on Tuesday the 15th of October at 7.30pm. Admission is free, but tickets can be reserved through ticketsource.eu. Donations are welcome at the door. Bígí linn gan teip d'oíche cheolmhar den chéad scoth!

Supporting Artists: Donnchadh Mac Aodha, Meghan Kelly, Isobel Hynes, Sarah O'Keeffe, Jack Quirke, Liam Fitzgibbon, Ava Hynes, Hamish O' Carroll 

Aoife & Deirdre Granville grew up in the town of Dingle, Co Kerry, where they learned much of their music. Aoife is a flute player & fiddler as well as singer and currently works at the Folklore Department at UCC. She was appointed to the Arts Council in 2022 by Minister Martin and is currently recording her third solo album. Deirdre is a harpist, flute player and singer and released her first solo album, Imram, a few years ago. She is a board member of Harp Ireland and a secondary school music teacher in Dingle. She was recently awarded an artistic residency at Centre Culturel Paris, where she composed and performed in Summer 2023. Aoife & Deirdre recently recorded duet tracks on Beauty an Oileáin, a collection of music and song from the Blasket Islands recorded by descendents of islanders are in the process of completing a duet album currently. Both Aoife & Deirdre are in demand as tutors and performers at festivals at home and abroad. 

Tríona Marshall has played with The Chieftains since 2003, performing in festivals and concert halls around the world. She has regularly toured the USA and Japan, China and Australia. During her time with The Chieftains she also recorded multiple albums with multiple renowned artist.
Previous to this phase in her career, she was the principle harpist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, which in itself was preceded by many dedicated years of study in London’s Royal College of Music and the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag. In 2013, along with The Chieftains, Triona was awarded an honorary doctorate from Dublin Institute of Technology in recognition of the band’s contribution to Irish music. Most recently Triona performed with members of the Chieftains to celebrate President Joe Biden’s visit to Ireland in Ballina Co. Mayo.