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Enniskeane & Desertserges Parish

A Catholic Faith Community in County Cork, Ireland

Next Sunday's musical event at Castletown Church will feature mother and daughter combo Rosaleen and Meadhbh.
Rosaleen O'Leary is a native of Ovens and lives in Killavullen where she founded Cuisle Avondhu, a thriving community music organisation. She was taught the uileann pipes by Micheál Ó Riabhaigh and has developed her own unique style which is a delight to hear.
She has performed at the Willie Clancy piping festival, the Cork Folk Festival, as well as occasional performances with the Cork Symphony orchestra and Cork ETB orchestra.
Meadhbh O'Leary Fitzpatrick has played music from a very young age and is an award-winning concertina player. She has performed at many events including the Cork Folk Festival, with Paddy Keenan and Niall Vallely.
Sunday evening's event commences at 7pm. Admission is free. A donation at exit is appreciated. ... See More / níos móSee Less

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Our parish welcomes in Baptism baby Laoise Grace Noelle Crowley, Phale, Ballineen, who was baptised at Enniskeane Church by her uncle Fr Sean Crowley. ... See More / níos móSee Less

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Congratulations beautiful family photo

Congratulations Johanna n Joe

Beautiful photo Congrats to everyone

Congrats

Gorgeous family photo 😍

Beautiful photo

Absolutely fab. Congrats guys.

Gorgeous x

Gorgeous Johanna Crowley

Gorgeous JohannaCrowley 😍

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Mary Mitchell-Ingoldsby, uilleann piper, music collector and academic, is one of the artists playing at a special evening in Castletown Church on Sunday next 22nd.
Mary studied uilleann piping under the renowned Cork piper Mícheál Ó Riabhaigh. She became the first person to take the uilleann pipes as her main instrument for a BMus degree.
Mary is now a lecturer at University College Cork where she specialises in Irish traditional music. She is also manager of the department’s Traditional Music Archive and is co-editor of the annual Seán Ó Riada Memorial Lecture Series at U.C.C. now in its thirty-third year. She has acted as archive adviser for the From the Sources project and was a committee member of the O'Neill/Henebry digitisation project at U.C.C.
Mary worked as a music collector for Muckross House and
has performed throughout Ireland, in many European countries and the United States including Appalachian State University, North Carolina, the Isle of Skye and the Western Isles of Scotland, as well as Warsaw and Lublin in Poland. ... See More / níos móSee Less

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