Our latest Sweet Nightingale is available to read here – scroll down for earlier editions.
September 2019
11th June 2019 – Special Night
Note the change from our usual first Thursday of the month
On Tuesday June 11th at 9pm in the Abbey Tavern, Howth Singing Circle is delighted to bring you special guests, from the Appalachian tradition of Rural Retreat, Virginia: Elizabeth LaPrelle and her mother Sandy Newlin
Elizabeth LaPrelle is known for her magnificent voice, her respect for the old Appalachian songs, and her authentic mountain sound and style.
This is a rare opportunity to experience an evening of authentic Appalachian folk singing from Elizabeth and her mother Sandy.
All welcome
Please feel free to forward this to any interested.
May 2019 HSC and SIPTU MayFest Singing and Walking Tour.
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‘Do Me Justice’
With Laurence Bond & Ann Riordan
Thursday 2 May at 9pm in The Abbey Tavern, Howth.
‘Do me justice, treat me fair,
And I won’t be discontented /And I won’t be laughed at anywhere / But fairly represented’
Also – as part of the SIPTU MayFest, the Howth Singing Circle have, at Ethel Buckley’s request, organised a Singing & Walking Tour commencing at Liberty Hall at 10.30 sharp and concluding at the Larkin Monument in O’Connell Street before retiring to the Pipers Corner.
All welcome to both events
April 2019
Howth Singing Circle – April Session
Special Guest
Declan Hoey (Drogheda)
Thursday, 4 April
at 9pm, Abbey Tavern
All welcome – musicians, singers and listeners
‘Where I beheld ladies in jewels so rare
But none like pretty Susan, the pride of Kildare’
7th March 2019
Howth Singing Circle – March Session
Featuring Our Young Singer/Musician in Residence
Cathal Caulfield
Cathal at Howth Burns Nicht 2019
Thursday, 7 March
at 9pm, Abbey Tavern
All welcome – musicians, singers and listeners
‘Old friends they flanked you side by side / And the tears they shed were tears of pride
An ash tree toppled when you died / And scattered seeds at random.’
February 2019
