CEÒL & CRAIC
a session house — est. 2014
fire is lit · 14 inside
A rainy Dublin street with a glowing pub doorway leading down into a snug lit by a peat fire
— Tuesday evening, the front room —

Pull up a stool bythe turf-fire.

Eight snugs are warming tonight. Find your jam, learn the tunes, and join the regulars before the first reel strikes up at half-eight.

Sláinte · 12 Nov 2024
— Section I · The Snugs —

Eight Rooms Warming Tonight

flickers if starting tonight regular weekly snug
01
Starting tonight
Snug No. 1
The Cobbler's Corner
O'Donoghue's · Merrion Row
Tue
20:30 → late
+4
Reels
02
Weekly
Snug No. 2
The Drover's Rest
Hargadon's · Sligo
Wed
21:00
+6
Slow Air
03
Starting tonight
Snug No. 3
The Fiddler's Elbow
McCarthy's · Doolin
Tue
21:30 → 01:00
+9
Jigs · Reels
04
Fortnightly
Snug No. 4
The Piper's Hush
An Spailpín Fánach · Cork
Thu
19:30
+3
Uilleann
05
Weekly
Snug No. 5
The Banshee's Whisper
Tigh Neachtain · Galway
Fri
22:00
+7
Hornpipes
06
Monthly
Snug No. 6
The Bodhrán Bench
Dick Mack's · Dingle
Sat
20:00
+5
Percussion
07
Starting tonight
Snug No. 7
The Tin Whistle Set
Cobblestone · Smithfield
Tue
19:00
+8
Open Session
08
Sundays
Snug No. 8
The Harper's Knee
An Béal Bocht · Belfast
Sun
17:30
+2
Harp · Slow
A turf fire burning in the hearth
14 souls warming
— The Hearth —
— Step inside Snug No. 3 —

The Fiddler's Elbow

Éamon Ó Briain Bríd Ní Mhaolagáin Róisín Doherty
Watch the room fill up · scroll
A · The Regulars

Five who keep the fire

  • Éamon Ó Briain
    Éamon Ó Briain
    Fiddle · since 2014
    ★
  • Bríd Ní Mhaolagáin
    Bríd Ní Mhaolagáin
    Concertina
  • Róisín Doherty
    Róisín Doherty
    Flute · Tin whistle
  • Dara MacGowan
    Dara MacGowan
    Bodhrán
  • Cáit Ní Riada
    Cáit Ní Riada
    Uilleann pipes
B · Last Played — Tue, 5 Nov

What rang the rafters

  1. The Lark in the Morning21:08
  2. Drowsy Maggie21:14
  3. The Kesh Jig21:22
  4. Cooley's Reel21:30
  5. The Wind That Shakes the Barley21:41
C · Usual Tunes — 38 in the set

The book of the snug

№TuneTypeKeyPlays
01The Lark in the MorningJigD maj142
02Drowsy MaggieReelE dor128
03The Kesh JigJigG maj119
04Cooley's ReelReelE dor114
05The Wind That Shakes the BarleyReelD maj108
06Out on the OceanJigG maj96
07The Boys of BluehillHornpipeD maj87
08Morrison's JigJigE dor81
— Section II —

The Tune Book

Eight hundred and forty-three tunes on the shelf · sheet music & field recordings
Slide along the bar →
browse 12 of 843
142
No. 142 · Reel
Drowsy Maggie
trad. · Co. Sligo · E dorian
| E B E G | A E F♯ A | B E F♯ G | A B c d :|
2:14
rec. Doolin '22
088
No. 088 · Jig
The Kesh Jig
trad. · Co. Fermanagh · G major
| GED GAB | dBA GED | GED GAB | AGE EDB :|
1:48
rec. Galway '23
211
No. 211 · Hornpipe
The Boys of Bluehill
trad. · Co. Donegal · D major
| A2 d2 fd Bd | A2 d2 fdec | dcBA F2 ED :|
2:36
rec. Donegal '21
047
No. 047 · Reel
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
trad. · D major
— turn the page —
—:—
— Section III · Behind the bar —

442 players across 26 counties

A map of who's playing, where, and what.
0
Fiddles
0
Flutes
0
Bodhráns
Donegal Tyrone Antrim Mayo Roscommon Louth Galway Offaly Wicklow Clare Tipperary Wexford Kerry Cork N
Doolin, Co. Clare
14 players · fiddle, concertina, flute
Lively this week
Doolin, Clare14
Sligo town11
Dingle, Kerry9
Smithfield, Dublin8
Letterkenny, Donegal7
Galway city7
Belfast, Antrim6
— hover a pin to see who's near —
— Beside the door —

Pinned Notices

37 notices pinned · last refreshed Tue morning
18 — 22 August

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann

Wexford town · all weekend
The grand gathering — 400+ competitions, concerts till dawn. Workshops daily.
Festivalfree
Sat 23 Nov · 14:00

Bodhrán Workshop with Pádraig Mac Aoidh

Cobblestone, Smithfield
Roll & flick technique. Bring your own skin.
Workshop€25
5 — 7 December

Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy

Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal
Winter school — flute & whistle classes, all-night sessions in the village halls.
Winter School€120
Tonight · 21:00

Singers' Circle

An Béal Bocht, Belfast
Unaccompanied sean-nós. All welcome to share a verse.
Tonight
7 — 9 March 2025

Russell Memorial Weekend

Doolin, Co. Clare
Three days remembering Micho, Pakie & Gussie. Pub sessions in every snug.
Memorialfree
Every Sun · 15:00

Beginners' Slow Session

The Hairy Lemon · Dublin 2
Tunes played at half-speed. Bring whatever you play, even if you only have three tunes.
Beginnersfree
14 — 18 May

Willie Clancy Summer School

Miltown Malbay
Uilleann pipes intensives. Limited places — book early.
Summer School€180
Looking for a fiddler
for Sat Dec 14 wedding
— Mairéad · 087-xxx-xxxx