Cahersiveen Mountain Roots Music

We look forward to a very special gathering tomorrow night in Mike Murts, where we will honour the generosity of Sean's friends and family who contributed and supported this wonderful tribute concert that we held on May 5th of this year. We will be presenting a cheque for Gail ar Son Gaza in Sean's memory. Have a listen below to Sean's good friend Albert Groarke performing at our Tribute concert held during this years Roots weekend.

We are delighted to be part of a very special session tomorrow night in Mike Murts . We would like to acknowledge the generosity of all Sean's friends and family who contributed to this donation to Gaeil ar son Gaza

I am almost afraid to post this as I know that I will leave someone out .. so please consider this a general post that we are contemplating and thinking on, so we can express our true gratitude in full. We would sincerely like to thank all the musicians who came to this years Roots for without you there is no point in doing this. To all the local musicians, young and not so young🤪Thank you very much .
We would like to give a big clap and Buala Bos to everyone who gave of their time and talent and indeed thank all of Sean's family and friends who allowed us the privilege of having this wonderful tribute night for him. Thank You Laoise for your help especially, as we could not have managed this without all your work.
To the people of Cahersiveen who sponsored us and supported us and really got behind us this year, ( See list on site which is still being added to as people come on board )thank you all so very much. A big thank you to our main sponsor Dermot Walsh of Walsh's Supervalu Cahersiveen who has been invaluable with his continuing support and encouragement.
Thank you Geoffrey Lee for your generosity in creating and donating this years award that we presented to Peter Mullarkey for his work on the Binnead collection.
Thank you Cahersiveen Credit union and Skellig six 18 .
I wish to thank Fáilte Ireland who have said that they will support us.
Thank you so very much Dan Dennehy for your support and for being an invaluable member of our team. ( And also thanks to Sean who was with you... don't know surname)A big shout out to Adriano and Alice at Skellig Soaps who have been so helpful with ticket sales and promotion and also Adriano has been a fantastic logistics support.
Thank You to Colman Quirke for your support of Quirkes Newsagents . Thank you to Martha Daly, Chris Casey , Lucie H in Petit Delice and Joan O Donaghue. Thanks To Sean Constable , To Paul Moran , To Kieran McCarthy and his Team for the extra Chairs, To all the venues, The Eastend Bar, The Shebeen, Mike Murts, The Fertha and The Anchor. To Lisa and her team at Skellig Holiday Homes and San Antoine B and B and to QC's for looking after our visiting musicians so very well. A big shout out to Joe who was so helpful, along with all the staff in the Shebeen and other bars who worked so hard. To Jason Teehan sound engineer who went beyond to ensure a high quality event was paramount. To CAMOS Staff for looking after us all. A big thanks to all the young performers and their parents who made it possible for them to play and sing at this years Roots.
Thank you to John and his team at OC printing, thank you to Batt O Shea Deelis and to James Moran. Thank you also Richie O Connell for your help with storage of our huge stages and Boards. Thank you to all of you from The Galway Jam Circle who went to expense and trouble to join us ..and we are so very glad that you did. You are a talented joyful group who lifted our spirits and contributed greatly to our weekend.
I know that this list will be edited as my brain is a tad tired.... but it's a start

The Roots in pics This years award was made and donated by Geoffrey Lee, musician, writer/composer, sculptor, artist, luthier and awarded to Peter Mullarkey for the phenomenal work he has done in curating and helping to preserve our local music. This video is just a snippet with some shareable soundtrack

Great music as usual from Fiona Kennedy and her band at this years Mountain Roots

Delighted to have John and Gearoid join us again.. here they are with a class version of Tom Paxton's Rambling Boy

A clip from Roaring water bay track at Seán Garvey Tribute concert

Another clip from the post concert session with Seán's family and friends

Post concert session a@The Harp bar in Cahersiveen with Seán's family and friends

More Magic from Seán Óg Garvey and Lucia Mac Partlin at our tribute night for Seán Garvey. Thanks again to all the musicians and everyone involved in helping us to remember Seán and raise money for Gaeil ar son Gaza

Seán Óg Garvey and Lucia Mac Partlin performing at the Tribute concert for Seán Garvey... what a great night... a big big thanks to all the musicians and helping hands on the night . We had a lovely evening to remember and pay due tribute to our dear friend and to raise money for Gaeil at son Gaza

Maitiú Ó Caisidé and Leonora Ní Leidhin performing at our wonderful Tribute concert for our friend Seán Garvey last Sunday evening