A young Irish musician with cerebral palsy has learned to play the bodhran with the help of computer software that translates his eye movements into music. Cillian McSweeney, from Cork, has been ...

“The moment somebody is born, their life starts with a basic rhythm of 72 BPM [beats per minute]. That’s the heartbeat. You walk, there’s a rhythm. You run, there’s a rhythm. You dance, there’s a ...

There is a certain innocence about the Irish people. And as the philosophers believe, there is eloquence in innocence. The quaint hardiness of the Gaelic twang, the spontaneity of merry-making and the ...

The Inis Oírr International Bodhrán Summer School is a metaphor for the recent economic history of Ireland. It started quietly on Monday (the school, not the economic history), with students being ...