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07 Sept 2025

Leitrim’s rich traditional music scene showcased on TG4’s Ceolaireacht this week

Local musicians including Seán Gilrane, Mick Mulvey, Shane Meehan, Liam Cryan, Catherine Cullen, and more will be featured on TG4's Ceolaireacht on Sunday, March 23.

Leitrim’s rich traditional music scene showcased on TG4’s Ceolaireacht this week

Catherine Cullen, Doireann Ní Ghlacáin and John McCartin.

An episode of TG4's traditional musical series, 'Ceolaireacht' (Musical Wanderings) will spotlight Leitrim’s vibrant traditional music scene alongside some well known local musicians.

Presenter and fiddle player Doireann Ní Ghlacáin has been taking to the road in search of the pulse of traditional Irish music in four different areas around Ireland and Scotland.

On March 23, Doireann continues her musical journey and the road takes her to Leitrim in search of the regional style of the county, an often overlooked county, steeped in tradition. Doireann gains an insight into the area's regional style and learns about its thriving traditional music heritage. 

She meets some of the finest local musicians such as Seán Gilrane, Mick Mulvey, Shane Meehan, Liam Cryan, Catherine Cullen, Alan Woods, Aisling Clarke, Pádraig McGovern and Conor Ward and more. 

In Ceolaireacht, Doireann travels to discover the music of less recognised musical regions, to seek out the musicians, what they are playing, who went before them and to hear the regional style they play. 

She goes in search of the heart of the music in Belfast, south Leitrim, Wexford and across the sea to Glasgow, Scotland

Join Doireann as she unearths the musical roots of County Leitrim on Sunday, March 23 at 9:30pm on TG4.

The previous episodes can be viewed here 

Mick Mulvey, Shane Meehan, Doireann Ní Ghlacáin and Liam Cryan

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