September 2021
Abbey Tavern
20th Anniversary Video Launch
Launch of
“I have spent it in good Company“
A video celebrating Twenty Years of the HSC
Thursday, 18 March at 8pm
on Zoom & streamed live on Facebook
introduced by Laurence Bond
& launched by Tim Dennehy
featuring
Bull Moore & the Ben Éadair Buccaneers
Ruth Clinton, Paddy Daly, Loíc Denis, Brian Doyle, Tony Fitzpatrick,
Declan Hoey, Helen Lahert, Siobhán Miller, Siobhán Moore,
Aodán Ó Ceallaigh, Diarmuid Ó Cathasaigh, Dave O’Connor,
Gerry O’Connor, Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne, Ann Riordan,
Jimmy Smyth
Zoom codes available from rioann@gmail.com
Of all the money that e’er I had / I have spent it in good company
Oh and all the harm I’ve ever done / Alas, it was to none but me
March 2020
Spring Marching
Fear an Tí – Brian Doyle
& Guest Mick Cantwell (accordion)
Thursday, 5 March
Abbey Tavern, 9pm sharp
all welcome – musicians, singers and listeners
‘And that’s what we mean when we say that a thing
Is welcome as flowers that bloom in the spring.
Tra la la la la la, la’
February 2020
Howth Singing Circle – Oíche Gaelach
With Special Guest
Máire Ní Choilm
Maire with the Corn Uí Riada Cup, 2019
Fear an Tí – Daire Ó Baoill
Thursday, 6 February
Abbey Tavern, 9pm sharp
all welcome – musicians, singers and listeners
‘A ógánaigh óig dá siúlfá an ród liom / Ba deas do lóistín is do leaba luí
Bheadh fliúit is orgán ag seinm ceoil duit / A thógfadh an brón seo go léir ód’ chroí.’
The latest edition of our magazine Sweet Nightingale is now available
https://howthsingingcircle.com/sweet-nightingale/
January 2020 HSC
Howth Singing Circle – January Session 2020
‘Spilling the Behans …’
Fir an Tí – Tony McGaley & Gerry O’Connor
Three in a Row – Dara Yeates
Thursday, 9 January
at 9pm, Abbey Tavern, Howth
All welcome – musicians, singers and listeners
‘As down the glen came McAlpine’s men / With their shovels slung behind them ‘Twas in the pub they drank the sub /And up in the spike you’ll find them
They sweated blood and they washed down mud / With pints and quarts of beer And now we’re on the road again / With McAlpine’s fusiliers’
Burns Nicht tickets will be available on the night – €20 each
Sat 25 January, Abbey Tavern, 8-12.30 with The Tannahill Weavers, St Lawrence Howth Pipe Band, John Kelly & Friends, George Duff & the Howth Singing Circle Shanty Singers!
Sun 26 January, Abbey Tavern, 3-6, Fare Thee Weel Session with George Duff (Edinburgh)
Booking for Burns Nicht is essential
HSC Christmas Night 5th December 2019
HOWTH SINGING CIRCLE CHRISTMAS SESSION
‘From Dawn ‘Til Setting Sun’
With Special Guest – Tim Dennehy
Bean agus Fear an Tí – Ann Riordan agus Laurence Bond
Thursday, 5th December 2019 At 8.30
Abbey Tavern, Howth
Free Christmas Raffle
All welcome, singers, musicians, listeners.
‘So leave the door upon the latch, and set the fire to sleep,
and prey they’ll rest with us tonight when all the world’s asleep.
Don’t blow the tall white candle out but leave it burning bright,
So that they know they’re welcome here this holy Christmas Night’
7th November 2019
Howth Singing Circle – November Session
Women’s Songs
with Helen Lahert & Niamh Parsons
Thursday, 7 November
at 8.30pm, Abbey Tavern
all welcome – musicians, singers and listeners
‘There’s coopers there an curers there an buyers, canny chiels
An lassies at the picklin an ithers at the creels
An you’ll wish the fish had been a’ left in the sea
By the time you finish guttin herrin on the Yarmouth quay’.
October 2019 UPDATE
Howth Singing Circle –October Session
Due to weather forecast the October session has been unfortunately cancelled, and will be rescheduled at a later date.
Special Guest – Liam O’Connor
Thursday, 3 October
at 8.30pm, Abbey Tavern
The night begins with Liam giving a presentation on –
‘The Work of the Irish Traditional Music Archive’
All welcome – musicians, singers and listeners – Please note earlier start time.
‘With shut eyes, we tapped our feet
to ‘The Frightened Policeman’,
‘The Raked Fire’ and the Killanéd Waltz’,
marvelling as a wax cylinder was re-wound …’
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.
