Joining Tom on his special seasonal evening will be the brilliant four piece Irish Traditional Group PIEGON TOP featuring Kevin Sweeney (Guitar/vocals), Shane McAleer (fiddle), Ryan O'Donnell (Banjo, tin whistle bodhran), and Darragh Murphy (uillean pipes). Driving Jigs and reels, airs and songs from this highly experienced quartet of musicians will raise the roof. Cherith BoyleThe supremely gifted and beautiful Irish singer and harpist Cherith Boyle, who will charm you with her moving renditions of songs like "In the Bleak Midwinter" and "O Holy Night" plus enchanting Celtic Christmas Instrumentals on the harp. Celtic Christmas Set DancersThe Celtic Christmas Set Dancers who will rattle the boards with their exiciting old-time Irish dance sets. You will almost smell the winter turf burning in the cottage hearth as they dance round the house and mind the dresser! Ray MoorePianist and Arranger supreme RAY MOORE will supply sensitive and beautiful accompaniments and solos on such tim less Airs as "The Wexford Carol" and "Christmas in Killarney" Tom Sweeney is proud to carry on the musical and poetic tradition of his late Uncle Tommy Makem and will sing comical songs like "Mrs Holligan's Cake", seasonal Irish ballads like "Christmas in the Trenches" and recite from the Christmas works of Patrick Kavanagh, Seamus Heaney, Joseph Campbell and Other Celtic writers such as Dylan Thomas' "Child's Christmas In Wales"
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Celtic ChristmasJoin Irish singer and storyteller, Tom Sweeney and a host of fantastic Irish performers, for a celebration of an old Celtic Christmas including the four piece Irish traditional group ‘Pigeon Top’, Irish singer and harpist Cherith Boyle, The Celtic Christmas Set Dancers and pianist and arranger Ray Moore who will supply sensitive and beautiful accompaniments and solos on timeless airs.
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