Josie McDermott and Peig were friends for many years and Josie dedicated the first tune he composed to her – 'Peig McGrath's Reel'.Īrtists appearing at the concert include John Regan, Liam Purcell, the Needham family, Moonlight Ceili Band, Patsy and Pauline Hanley, Peter Horan, P.J. Sometime later Peig joined the Coleman Country Ceili Band from Gurteen before moving to Dublin. Soon afterwards the Moonlight Ceili Band was formed and this involved playing at concerts and ceilis throughout the country.
Their parents, Tom and Margaret who played the Melodeon, encouraged them to continue the music and with the help of their cousin, Michael Joe Brady, who played the fiddle, peig and Hughie moved on to play the concert flute and Briege played the accordion. Two of Peig's family, Hughie and Briege also played. Peggy McGrath as she was known earlier when she lived in Corrigeenroe, started playing music at the age of 7 where her teacher in Corrigeenroe National School, Mrs.
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Peig and her friend Kathleen Smith recorded an album entitled 'Cherish the Ladies' which is still popular to this day.Ī weekly update on Sligo's leading stories in news and sport, straight to your inboxĮnter email address This field is required Sign Up She also appeared on television and could be heard on both local and national stations. Before that she lived in Dublin and took part in many Comhaltas tours all over the world. Peig lived with her husband (from Louisburgh) and four children in Dundalk.
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Peig passed on the tradition to her family, her children are now regarded as some of Ireland's leading musicians and who will be appearing at the concert. PEIG is the client side app (a software authenticator) for ADUCID authentication. I am completely and totally interested in becoming a part of an intentional community in Ireland. Peig was a founder member of the Tain Ceili Band – All-Ireland winners on three occasions and, of course, was involved in the teaching of Irish music in and around Dundalk for a number of years. This is the 10th anniversary of Peig's death and musicians from all over Ireland are coming to perform as a way of remembering the great musician. More information about the competition can be found on PEIG.ie.ONE of the highlights of the O'Carolan Harp and Traditional Music Festival which is being held over the August Bank Holiday Weekend is a concert to commemorate the late Peig Needham-McGrath (All-Ireland flute player) from Dundalk and formally from Derrycashel, Corrigeenroe. These prizes are a €250 voucher for Ticketmaster and an Amazon Echo Dot (Alexa). Before Peig became a textbook, a character upon which those who failed to learn Irish could pin their disappointment, she was a renowned storyteller. During the launch prizes will be presented to the winners of the competition that PEIG.ie has organised. We hope the online community will benefit from using PEIG.ie, whether its daily news, local events, a new job or information about the Irish language they seek.”Īll who wish to attend the PEIG.ie launch are more than welcome. Significant improvements have been made to its functionality and we believe it is now ready for the internet of this day and age. “We have put in a serious amount of work into this new site and we are proud to finally officially launch it. The Irish language map on PEIG.ie has been made possible by progress in the digitisation of Ireland’s place names, work which Brian and his team can we immensely proud of.”ĭónal Ó Gallachóir, Multimedia and Awareness Hub Executive with PEIG.ie says: We are grateful for the support of Dr Brian Ó Raghallaigh who helped the team during the rebuild tackle some tricky technical issues relating to the mapping system. “Today marks a significant progression for the Irish language community online with the launch of the new PEIG.ie website. Niall Comer, President of Conradh na Gaeilge says: The new website is a leap forward in improving the standard of the service that PEIG.ie provides to its users.ĭr Brian Ó Raghallaigh will officially launched the site, a person who has an in-depth knowledge of the Irish language online through his role dealing with Logainm.ie and Dúchas.ie as an Assistant Professor (Research Projects) in Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, Dublin City University. PEIG.ie focuses on providing news, events, job vacancies and information to the Irish language community and to the learners of the language. This launch welcomes in a new era for the Irish language online. PEIG.ie’s new website will be launched at Oireachtas na Samhna this year at 13:00 on Saturday the 2nd of November in the City West Suite in the City West Hotel.
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