An Góilín - Traditional Singer's Club, Dublin Ireland

Frank Harte Festival 2011

This year's Frank Harte Festival will take place Friday 23th to Sunday 25th of September 2011, and will be at the Teacher's Club, Parnell Square, Dublin, Ireland.

Frank Harte

Frank Harte was born, raised, and lived in Chapelizod Dublin where his family ran The Tap Pub. He was introduced to traditional Irish songs at the age of fourteen, when he heard a tinker singing and selling ballad sheets at a fair in Boyle.

Since his teens, Frank was fascinated with songs that tell stories and was an avid collector for many years. He amassed over 20,000 songs, mainly from people he met at various Singing sessions. Over the years he researched the historical and social context for many of the songs, and annotated, and cataloged them to an extensive database. Drawing on this database he produced a series of CDs each of which are little masterpieces which tell the story of major historical events in Irish history through the songs they inspired.

The CDs covered such events as the Great Famine, 1798 Rebellion, Napoleon Bonaparte and of course Dublin songs. The last one he completed concerned the lives of the Irish navvies in England. It is certain that the value and reputation of this collection will grow over the years.

Weekend Invited Guests

Donal Lunny, Kildare	Roisín Elsafty, Galway	Mairtín O'Connor, Galway	Peta Webb and Ken Hall, London	Michael (Micil Ned) Quinn, Armagh
Nollaig Ní Laoire, Meath	Joe Mulherron Derry	Roisín Gaffney Westmeath/Dublin	Eóin Warner Cork	Kathleen MacInnes, Scotland

Event Venues

Teacher's Club (Club na Muinteoiri),
36 Parnell Square West

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Accommodation

At the moment, The Castle Hotel in Dublin is offering single rooms from €69.00 per night, or double rooms from €99.00 per night. Please note that prices may change. Book online at bookings, or by emailing Yvonne at yvonne@castle-hotel.ie

Admission and Contact Details

Singing Sessions - €3.00 payable on the day
Workshops - €10.00 payable on the day
Illustrated Talk: "Recording The Story of Ireland and its People with Frank Harte" - Free
Walking Tour: "From Ashe to Zozimus" - Free
Grand Concert - €20.00 admission by ticket only.

Tickets available at Góilín Club weekly sessions or from Committee members

Email enquiries to: angoilin@goilin.com

Telephone enquiries to:

Fergus Russell +353 (0)87.672.4714
Máire Ní Chroinín +353 (0)86.294.0652
Jerry O'Reilly +353 (0)86.816.1557

Programme of Events

Date	Time	Location	Event	Admission
Friday, 23th September 2011	8.00pm	Teacher's Club	Reception and Official Opening	Free
Friday, 23th September 2011	9.00pm	Teacher's Club	Singing Session, featuring invited guests	€3.00
Saturday, 24th September 2011	11.00am	Teacher's Club	Singing Workshop with Eóin Warner	€10.00
Saturday, 24th September 2011	11.00am	Teacher's Club	Singing Workshop with Roisín Gaffney	€10.00
Saturday, 24th September 2011	1.30pm	Teacher's Club	Illustrated Talk "Recording The Story of Ireland and its People with Frank Harte" by Donal Lunny	Free
Saturday, 24th September 2011	2.30pm	Teacher's Club	The Topic Label and its recordings of Irish Singers by Peta Webb and Ken Hall	Free
Saturday, 24th September 2011	3.30pm	Teacher's Club	Singing Session	€3.00
Saturday, 24th September 2011	8.30pm	Teacher's Club	Grand Concert; see Invited Guests above	€20
Sunday, 25th September 2011	11.00am	Glasnevin Cemetery	Walking Tour"From Ashe to Zozimus" a singing and walking tour of Glasnevin Cemetery with members of An Góilín.	Free
Sunday, 25th September 2011	2.30pm	Teacher's Club	Refreshments
Sunday, 25th September 2011	3.00pm	Teacher's Club	Singing Session & Final Farewell	€3.00