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List Of TG4 Composers Award Recipients
The TG4 Composer of the Year Award is given annually as part of Gradam Ceoil TG4. The following is a list of the recipients of the award. * 2001 – Paddy Fahey, Co. Galway * 2002 – Brendan Tonra, Co. Mayo * 2003 – Vincent Broderick, Co. Galway * 2004 – Richie Dwyer, Co. Cork * 2005 – Josephine Keegan, Co. Armagh * 2006 – Charlie Lennon, Co. Leitrim * 2007 – Jim McGrath, Co. Fermanagh * 2008 – Peadar Ó Riada, Dublin * 2009 – Con Fada Ó Drisceoil, Co. Cork * 2010 – John Dwyer & Finbarr Dwyer, Co. Cork * 2011 – Liz Carroll, Chicago * 2012 – Paddy O'Brien, Co. Offaly * 2013 – Tommy Peoples, Co. Donegal * 2017 – Michael Rooney, Co. Monaghan * 2019 – Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Co. Meath * 2020 - Josephine Marsh Josephine Marsh is an Irish traditional composer as well as playing the accordion, fiddle, concertina, whistle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Biography Josephine Marsh was born in London in 1967 but has lived in County Clare since she was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gradam Ceoil TG4
TG4's Gradam Ceoil was set up in 1998 with the purpose of recognising the various musicians and organisations who are significant in the creation of Irish Traditional music and in developing both the music and other musicians in Ireland and around the world. It is considered the premier Traditional Irish Music Award event. The awards are annual, given at a concert which highlights the recipients and is broadcast live on TG4. It is considered that channel's flagship event. Judges The judging panel is made up of experts in traditional music. It has included Áine Hensey, Ann Mulqueen, Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich, Caoimhín O Fearghail, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Cathal Goan, Ciarán Ó Gealbháin, Claire Keville, Conor Byrne, Dermot McLaughlin, Fintan Vallely, John Blake, Kevin Crawford, Liz Doherty, Mary Bergin, Mary McPartlan, Meaití Joe Shéamuis Ó Fátharta, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Muiris Ó Rócháin, Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha, Niamh de Búrca, Pat Ahern, Proinsias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finbarr Dwyer
Finbarr Dwyer (often misspelled as "Finbar Dwyer") (20 September 1946 – 8 February 2014) was a traditional Irish accordion player from the famed Dwyer musical family. He was born in Castletownbere, Co. Cork on 20 September 1946, began playing accordion at the age of three, and began composing at the age of nine.Sleeve notes to OLP 1004. Both of his parents played accordion and his father also played fiddle. His brothers Richard and Michael (died 1996) likewise played accordion, while his brother John, born in 1933, played fiddle. In 1969 he won the All-England accordion title. He died on 8 February 2014, in Mallow, Co. Cork, Ireland. Compositions The following tunes have been credited as compositions by Finbarr Dwyer in commercial recordings by a variety of Irish traditional musicians: Beare Island Reel published at least as early as 1974 Holly Bush published at least as early as 1974 Kylebrack Rambler published at least as early as 1979 Berehaven published at least as early a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Marsh
Josephine Marsh is an Irish traditional composer as well as playing the accordion, fiddle, concertina, whistle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Biography Josephine Marsh was born in London in 1967 but has lived in County Clare since she was four. Her family returned to the area in 1971. She works as a full-time musician and teacher. Marsh has recorded several albums herself and her compositions have been recorded by artists including Mick McGoldrick and John McSherry, Padraig Rynne, Liadain and The London Lassies. She began taking classes when she was 10 before playing with a local music group. From there Marsh began to compete in the Gael Linn youth festival Slogadh, the Fleadh Ceoil and the Oireachtas. Marsh moved to Sydney, Australia in 1996 and worked as a music teacher and touring musician. She performed at the National Folk Festival in Canberra, Port Fairy Festival and Geelong Folk Festival. Later she toured the US, Europe, the UK and Ireland. Marsh has performed a wide num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill is an Irish traditional singer, keyboard player, and composer, considered one of the most influential female vocalists in the history of Irish music. She is famed for her work with traditional Irish groups such as Skara Brae, The Bothy Band, Relativity, Touchstone, and Nightnoise. Early years Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill was raised in Kells, County Meath. Her paternal grandparents moved there from the Rann na Feirste Gaeltacht of Donegal in the 1930s. Tríona is from a prominent musical family. Her paternal aunt, Neillí, contributed nearly 300 folk songs to the folklore collection of University College Dublin. Together with her brother, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, younger sister Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, and multi-instrumentalist Dáithí Sproule, Ní Dhomhnaill formed the folk group, Skara Brae, in which she played the clavinet and sang. Skara Brae specialised in songs sung in the Irish language, many sourced from the Rann na Feirste area where their father's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Rooney
Michael Joseph Kyle Rooney is an American dancer and choreographer. He is the son of actor Mickey Rooney, and is best known for his work on music videos. Rooney has won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography in 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2008. Early life, including mother’s murder Michael Rooney was born on March 30, 1962 at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California. He is the son of Mickey Rooney and the former Barbara Ann Thomason. In December 1965, when Rooney was not yet four years old, his father filed for divorce after learning his wife was romantically interested in actor Milos Milosevic, but then the couple reconciled. On January 29, 1966 Milosevic shot and killed Barbara Rooney, and then killed himself. Rooney and his three full-siblings went to live with his maternal grandparents. As a youth he had little contact with his famous father. When he was a young teen his grandmother sat him and his siblings down and explained what happened to their m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Peoples
Tommy Peoples (20 September 1948 – 4 August 2018) was an Irish fiddler who played in the Donegal fiddle tradition. Biography Peoples was born near St. Johnston, County Donegal, Ireland. He was a member of traditional Irish music groups, including The Bothy Band as well as performing solo from the late 1960s. He played in the fiddle style of East Donegal. After moving to Dublin in the 1960s, where he was employed as a Garda (member of the Irish police force), he subsequently moved to County Clare and married Mary Linnane (daughter of Kitty Linnane, long-time leader of the Kilfenora Céilí Band). The family lived in St Johnston. His daughter, Siobhán Peoples, is also a fiddler. Peoples was the Traditional Musician In Residence at The Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey, County Donegal. In July 2015, he launched a self-published book, ''Ó Am go hAm - From Time to Time''. The book combines a fiddle tutor by Peoples, along with illustrations and a complete notation of 130 origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy O'Brien (singer)
Paddy O'Brien (born 6 November 1954 in Aglish, County Waterford) is an Irish country music singer. Early career He was born Patrick Finbar O'Brien and was the youngest of five children. He was interested in country music at a young age when he was encouraged by his father to sing at local pubs. O'Brien formed a band in 1972 called The Strangers. But it wasn't until many years later that he gained more national recognition. Career O'Brien specializes in yodelling making it his trademarks. He covered Slim Whitman's song "Indian Love Call". His big break came in 1983, when he released his first cassette called ''Easy Listening''. His follow-up release was the 1984 album ''Mem'ries'' and a third release ''Favourites'' in 1987 with national fame in Ireland and four country number ones in 1990. His most successful album is entitled ''Golden Moments'' released in 1993. He toured Nashville in 1989 and he is well known outside Ireland, notably in Australia and New Zealand New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Carroll
Liz Carroll (born September 19, 1956) is an American fiddler and composer. She is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship Award. Carroll and collaborator Irish guitarist John Doyle were nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010. She is considered one of the greatest contemporary Irish fiddlers. Early life and education Carroll's parents were born in Ireland; her father Kevin was from Brocca, County Offaly, and her mother Eileen was from Ballyhahill, West Limerick. Her maternal grandfather played the violin and her father played button accordion. Carroll was born September 19, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois and raised on Chicago's south side. She took classical music lessons from nuns at Visitation Catholic School. On Sunday nights, Carroll and her family visited a south side Irish pub that hosted a live radio show featuring traditional Irish music. She earned a degree in social psychology at DePaul University. Carroll's influences include Chicag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Fahey
Paddy Fahey (or Fahy, 22 August 1916 – 31 May 2019) was an Irish composer and fiddler who was considered one of the finest living composers of tunes that are in the style of traditional Irish music. Fahey is from Kilconnell in East Galway. His music has a distinctive yearning, magical quality often referred to as "''Draíocht''". His music has been recorded by many of the finest traditional Irish musicians including Martin Hayes, Planxty, John Carty and Kevin Burke. In recent years, a few recordings featured Fahey's music prominently including recordings by Liz and Yvonne Kane and Breda Keville. Fahey was something of an enigma in the traditional Irish music world in that he has never made a commercial recording despite the fact that he is an exceptional fiddler; nor has he published a book of his compositions. There are some privately made recordings of Fahey which have been distributed among musicians since the 1970s, and transcriptions of his tunes are found in many tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peadar Ó Riada
Peadar is a masculine given name in the Irish, and Scottish Gaelic languages (in Manx Gaelic orthography the same name is rendered "Peddyr"). The names are ultimately derived from the Greek word ''petros'', meaning "stone", "rock". The Scottish Gaelic ''Peadar'' is said to be reserved for the saint, and the Scottish Gaelic '' Pàdraig''. It is a variation of the name ''Peter''. List of people with the given name *Peadar Ó Doirnín (c. 1700 – 1769) Ulster poet, part of the Airgíalla tradition of poetry and song *Peadar Andrews, Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Dublin * Peadar Byrne, Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Meath *Peadar Carton, Hurling player for Dublin and O'Tooles *Peadar Clancy (1888–1920), member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who served in the Four Courts garrison during the 1916 Easter Rising * Peadar Clohessy (born 1934), retired Irish Progressive Democrat politician *Peadar Cowan (1903–1962), Irish politician *Peadar Doyle (died 1956), Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Lennon
Charles Lennon was a Republic of Ireland international footballer. Lennon was capped three times for the Republic of Ireland at senior level. He made his debut in a 4–2 friendly defeat to Hungary on 16 December 1934. He was part of the Shelbourne team that won the 1939 FAI Cup beating Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí Shligigh) is an Irish professional football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland. The club was founded in 1928 .... References External links Profile from soccerscene.ie1939 FAI Cup Final report {{DEFAULTSORT:Lennon, Charlie Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Republic of Ireland men's international footballers St James's Gate F.C. players Men's association football players not categorized by position Year of birth missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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