Tuning the Radio: 100 Years of Traditional Music on Irish Radio
47th Cork Folk Festival at Triskel
A historic concert celebrating 100 years of Traditional Music on Irish Radio, curated by Peter Browne.
An all-star lineup featuring Peter Browne (pipes), Peadar Ó Riada (piano), Four Star Trio (Johnny McCarthy (flute), Con Ó Drisceoil Accordion), Pat Ahern (guitar), Jack Talty (concertina), Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Máire Ní Chéileachair (song), Macdara Ó Faoláin (bozouki) and many more.
The concert will chart with traditional music the beginning of radio in Ireland ‘2RN’ on January 1st 1926 with two pipers. Then in 1932 with the first Céilí Band, The Ballinakill featuring 2 fiddles, 2 flutes and piano, right through the Emergency 1939 – 44, and on to 1947, when the Mobile Recording Unit went on the road with Séamus Ennis who visited and recorded musicians of Sliabh Luachra with Dennis Murphy, Cúil Aodha with Elizabeth Cronin and Clare with Mrs Crotty. The concert will include aspects of Ciarán Mac Mathúna from 1954, Seán Ó Riada and Ceoltóirí Chualann in 1960, Planxty in 1970 and will feature notable music like Ó Domhnaill Abú, The Lark in the Clear Air and The Long Note and Rolling Wave.
Peter Browne was born in Dublin in 1953 and commenced playing traditional music at the age of 6. He learned music from three of the great pipers of modern times; Séamus Ennis, Leo Rowsome and Willie Clancy and in his youth he frequently visited Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, home of Willie Clancy and Lisheen, Gneeveguilla, Co Kerry staying in the home of Denis Murphy the famous Sliabh Luachra fiddle player.
In the early 1970’s he spent two periods playing on both pipes and flute with The Bothy Band. His work as a session musician included contributing to recordings by Paul Brady, Maura O’ Connell, Mary Black, Mick Hanley, The Chieftains, The Dubliners, Scullion and Cór Chúil Aodha.
He worked for over 40 years in RTÉ Radio One with a special interest in traditional music and his weekly programme The Rolling Wave enjoyed a large listenership in Ireland and abroad. He also presented and produced programmes such as Sounds Traditional, Áirneán, Céilí House and in the late 1970s presented The Long Note.
This concert is Grant Aided by EU Presidency Culture Programme
Sat 10 Oct 2026
20:00
€25/23
A historic concert celebrating 100 years of Traditional Music on Irish Radio, curated by Peter Browne.
An all-star lineup featuring Peter Browne (pipes), Peadar Ó Riada (piano), Four Star Trio (Johnny McCarthy (flute), Con Ó Drisceoil Accordion), Pat Ahern (guitar), Jack Talty (concertina), Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Máire Ní Chéileachair (song), Macdara Ó Faoláin (bozouki) and many more.
The concert will chart with traditional music the beginning of radio in Ireland ‘2RN’ on January 1st 1926 with two pipers. Then in 1932 with the first Céilí Band, The Ballinakill featuring 2 fiddles, 2 flutes and piano, right through the Emergency 1939 – 44, and on to 1947, when the Mobile Recording Unit went on the road with Séamus Ennis who visited and recorded musicians of Sliabh Luachra with Dennis Murphy, Cúil Aodha with Elizabeth Cronin and Clare with Mrs Crotty. The concert will include aspects of Ciarán Mac Mathúna from 1954, Seán Ó Riada and Ceoltóirí Chualann in 1960, Planxty in 1970 and will feature notable music like Ó Domhnaill Abú, The Lark in the Clear Air and The Long Note and Rolling Wave.
Peter Browne was born in Dublin in 1953 and commenced playing traditional music at the age of 6. He learned music from three of the great pipers of modern times; Séamus Ennis, Leo Rowsome and Willie Clancy and in his youth he frequently visited Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, home of Willie Clancy and Lisheen, Gneeveguilla, Co Kerry staying in the home of Denis Murphy the famous Sliabh Luachra fiddle player.
In the early 1970’s he spent two periods playing on both pipes and flute with The Bothy Band. His work as a session musician included contributing to recordings by Paul Brady, Maura O’ Connell, Mary Black, Mick Hanley, The Chieftains, The Dubliners, Scullion and Cór Chúil Aodha.
He worked for over 40 years in RTÉ Radio One with a special interest in traditional music and his weekly programme The Rolling Wave enjoyed a large listenership in Ireland and abroad. He also presented and produced programmes such as Sounds Traditional, Áirneán, Céilí House and in the late 1970s presented The Long Note.
This concert is Grant Aided by EU Presidency Culture Programme
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