Oidhreacht Dhonncha Uí Ámhsaigh: The Legacy of Denis O’Hempsey

Well here is a rare opportunity to see several of the world’s best harpers perform.  As you’ll see in my previous post, TG4, the Irish Language TV station, created a documentary on the legacy of the mysterious blind harper, Denis O’Hempsey, who was an old man back in 1792 when Edward Bunting noted down the [...]

More on Banríon an Cheoil: the Harp Recital in Belfast, Nov. 2009

Thanks to the sharp eyes of friend and doctoral research student Karen Loomis, I understand that TG4, the Irish language TV station, has presented a program this evening showing a number of the participants in the November 2009 Belfast harp recital. The harpers include some of the luminaries, such as Ann Heymann and Alison Kinnaird. [...]