Introduction

Song; Traditional contexts for performance practice

Transmission; Dance; Céilí band tradition

Regional subdivisions of instrumental music:
South-west; Fergus Valley; North-west; East

Hup!

Notes

Ceól Fhuireann Corca Morua.
Photo: Michael John Glynne

In this article Niall Keegan outlines the distribution and transmission of traditional music, song and dance in Clare and examines the various musical styles within the county. Niall Keegan lectures at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. This article was originally published in Clare: history and society (2008), pp 641-656.

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