Festival of Music at St. Barrahane's Church

Festival of Music at St. Barrahane's Church Every July and August St. Barrahane's Church, Castletownshend, Co. Cork hosts a number of highly acclaimed classical concerts. Purpose of the Festival
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to promote classical music
2. platform for young artists
3. entertainment for locals and tourists
4. upkeep of St. Barrahane’s Church

The first festival was organised in 1980 and except for 1987, has taken place annually ever since. Michael Sokolov-Grant was its first chairman. Amongst the distinguished musicians to have played are the RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet, the Crawford Piano Trio, David

Agnew, oboe, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, trumpet, Director of the Royal Academy of Music, London, Professor Gerard Gillen, organ, of Maynooth College, Brigid Knowles, contralto, Catherine Leonard, violin, Philip Martin, piano and composer, Dr. John O’Conor, piano, Dr. Geraldine O'Grady, violin, Professor Micheal O'Suilleabhain, Limerick University, Cara O'Sullivan, soprano, Ioana Petcu-Colan, violin, Peter Sweeney, former Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Hugh Tinney.

Looking forward to our Festival this year, a really exciting lineup! To book tickets, and for more information please v...
05/07/2025

Looking forward to our Festival this year, a really exciting lineup! To book tickets, and for more information please visit: https://barrahanemusic.ie/

22/04/2025
Friday 4 April 2025, 8pm. The magical CONTEMPO QUARTET in St. Barrahane's Church, Castletownshend. All info on www.barra...
12/03/2025

Friday 4 April 2025, 8pm. The magical CONTEMPO QUARTET in St. Barrahane's Church, Castletownshend. All info on www.barrahanemusic.ie.

03/02/2025

What fantastic news: Cian Ducrot won a Grammy! Many congratulations.

Our first concert of the New Year will be the Carducci Quartet. This will be on Friday 17th January at 8pm in St. Facht...
06/01/2025

Our first concert of the New Year will be the Carducci Quartet. This will be on Friday 17th January at 8pm in St. Fachtna's Cathedral, Rosscarbery. More details are found here: https://barrahanemusic.ie/events/the-carducci-in-rosscarbery/
This concert organised in collaboration with the National String Quartet Foundation. The concert is supported by the Arts Council, Cork County Council and RTE Lyric FM

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