Cois Fharraige was a three-day Irish surfing and music festival, first held in Kilkee, County Clare in 2007. The name is derived from the

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

phrase meaning "beside the sea". It was notable as Ireland's first surfing and music festival and was a joint project between

MCD MCD, Mcd or mcd may refer to: Science * Magnetic circular dichroism, with polarized light * Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase, an enzyme involved in fatty acid biosynthesis * Mesoscale convective discussion, Storm Prediction Center forecast * Millicand ...

and Sony Ericsson. The 2008 event was held from 5–7 September.

2007 festival

The 2007 event took place from 7–9 September in Kilkee, County Clare. The first set of bands announced to play included Ocean Colour Scene, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Republic of Loose, The Blizzards,

Kíla Kíla is a 1987 Irish folk music/world music group from the Gaelscoil, Irish language secondary school, Coláiste Eoin, Coláiste Eóin in County Dublin. Band History Kíla began in 1987 in the secondary in Coláiste Eoin, in the first year they ...

, Tom Baxter,

Róisín Murphy Róisín Marie Murphy ( , ; born 5 July 1973) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and record producer. She first became known in the 1990s as one half of the pop duo Moloko alongside English musician Mark Brydon. After the breakup of Moloko, she em ...

and

Buffalo Souljah Thabani Ndlovu, known professionally as Buffalo Souljah, is a South Africa-based Zimbabwean reggae recording artist and songwriter. He won ten times at the Channel O Africa Music Video Awards, Soundcity Music Awards, and Zimdancehall Awards and ...

. Within days, Badly Drawn Boy and The Enemy were added to the line-up. The event ran on an invitation only basis, for surfers with a required standard of surfing. An invitation was issued from The West Coast Surf Club to all suitable applicants. The surf event offered 48 competitive places to applicants.

2007 line-up

Fun Lovin' Criminals – The Blizzards –

– Majella Murphy – Peter O' Connell and Ferret Friends – Srah SLUH Rooney –

Paddy Casey Paddy Casey is an Irish singer-songwriter from Crumlin, Dublin. Biography He received his first guitar when he was 12 and left home soon after and began busking and gigging for about 12 years. At about the age of 24 he was approached by Sony ...

– Ocean Colour Scene – Republic of Loose – The Enemy – 28 Costumes –

The Kinetiks The Kinetiks were a Meteor Award-nominated Irish rock, pop and indie musical ensemble from Dublin. They were vocalist and guitarist Gaz Harding, guitarist Sean Brennan, bassist Jim McGuire, and drummer Paul Donohoe. On 11 July 2008, they perfor ...

– Badly Drawn Boy –

– Tom Baxter –

–

Delorentos Delorentos are a Dublin-based Irish alternative rock band, formed in 2005. They consist of Rónan Yourell (vocals, guitar, piano), Kieran McGuinness (vocals, guitar), Níal Conlan (bass, backing vocals) and Ross McCormick (drums, backing vocals). ...

–

Newton Faulkner Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner (born 11 January 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Reigate, Surrey. He is known for his percussive style of guitar playing. In 2007 Faulkner's debut studio album ''Hand Built by Robots'' was ce ...

2008 festival

Cois Fharraige 2008 took place from 5–7 September in Kilkee, County Clare. It was headlined by Travis,

Supergrass Supergrass are an English rock band formed in 1993 in Oxford. For the majority of the band's tenure, the line-up consisted of brothers Gaz (lead vocals, guitar) and Rob Coombes (keyboards), Mick Quinn (bass, backing vocals) and Danny Goffey ( ...

and The Zutons. Also appearing were The Futureheads, Seasick Steve,

The Coronas The Coronas are an Irish rock band that originated in Dublin. They release their music by their own independent record label, 3ú Records, and are based between Dublin and London. They have released seven studio albums, '' Heroes or Ghosts'' ...

Cathy Davey Catherine "Cathy" Davey (born 1979) is an Irish singer-songwriter. She has released one extended play, "Come Over" (2004), and four albums, '' Something Ilk'' (2004), ''Tales of Silversleeve'' (2007), '' The Nameless'' (2010) and ''New Forest'' ...

, Starsailor, Ocean Colour Scene and 28 Costumes. Early Bird three-day festival tickets cost €79.50 until 11 August and after that prices rise to €89.50. Tickets went on sale at 09:00 on Friday 13 June. They had sold out by 28 August. There were no day tickets on sale in 2008. Travis's headlining set received an honourable mention on

RTÉ (RTÉ) (; Irish language, Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the Public broadcaster, national broadcaster of Republic of Ireland, Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on RTÉ Television, telev ...

's Gigs of 2008 list.

2008 line-up

The Zutons – The Futureheads –

– The Kanyu Tree –

– Seasick Steve –

–

The Broken Family Band The Broken Family Band was a British rock band from Cambridge and London. The band was formed in Cambridge, England by Steven Adams, Jay Williams, Micky Roman and Gavin Johnson in 2001, following the break-up of Adams and Williams' indie ro ...

– 28 Costumes – Travis – Starsailor –

Natty Natty may refer to: People with the given name * Natty Dominique (1896-1982), American jazz trumpeter * Natty Hollmann (1939-2021), Argentine philanthropist * Natty King (born 1977), Jamaican Reggae artist * Natty Zavitz, actor in ''Degrassi: T ...

– Ocean Colour Scene's Simon and Oscar – The Joe Brown Band

2009 festival

Cois Fharraige 2009 took place from 11 to 13 September in Kilkee, County Clare. On 13 May 2009, it was reported that MCD had applied for a licence to hold the festival. It featured acts such as Doves, The Zutons,

, Noah and the Whale, The Hold Steady,

Stereo MCs Stereo MC's are an English hip hop/ electronic dance group which formed in Nottingham, England, in 1985. They had an international top 20 hit with their single "Connected". After releasing eight albums for Island Records, K7, Graffiti Recording ...

, The Lightning Seeds and

Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club are an independent alternative band from Ireland. Jerry Fish is the alter ego of musician and record producer Gerard Whelan (who also leads the band An Emotional Fish) who founded an independent record label and the b ...

. The Blizzards and

Laura Izibor Laura Elizabeth Arabosa Izibor (born 13 May 1987) is an Irish recording artist, musician and producer. She won the 2FM Song Contest while still in secondary school. She went on to win an award at the 2006 Meteor Awards, 2006 Meteor Music Awards. ...

were later added. The 2009 festival was a flop and poorly attended. The organisers of the event suffered huge financial losses as a result. 2009 was the last year of Cois Fharraige.

References

{{Irish Festivals 2000s in Irish music Kilkee Rock festivals in Ireland Surf culture Ska festivals