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31.07.25The Long Grazing Acre is a celebration of the enormous contribution Travellers make to Traditional Irish music. The tour will be led by world renowned uilleann piper and co-founder of the iconic Bothy Band, Paddy Keenan, along with musicians descended from other famous musical Traveller families. Following last year’s two-week musical journey in traditional barrel-top wagons, this year The Long Grazing Acre tours to three separate locations in Donegal, Clare and Louth, each focusing on a different musical Traveller family.
Paddy will be accompanied by guitarist and singer Marty Barry, great-grandnephew of the well-known Traveller singer Margaret Barry, fiddler Bianca Rohleder who hails from the famous and much-loved Doherty family of Traveller musicians from Donegal, and Keenan’s long-term musical partner Éamonn de Barra. On this leg of the tour they will be joined by Dermot Byrne and Tom & Felix Doran, great-grandnephews of pipers Johnny and Felix Doran, for a concert on 23 August in the Highland Hotel.
Glenties, Co. Donegal Sat 23rd to Sun 24th August
Saturday 23 August - Highlands Hotel
11am - Musical bus tour celebrating the Dohertys led by grand-daughter Bianca Rohleder & Ronan Galvin. Departs Highland Hotel 11am. Tickets €10
3pm - Tin fiddle exhibition
4pm - Pete Seeger & Denise Doyle film screening
8pm - Concert - Paddy Keenan with Marty Barry, Bianca Rohleder, Éamonn De Barra, Dermot Byrne and Tom & Felix Doran. Tickets €25/20
Sunday 24 August - The Glen Tavern
2pm - Tin smithing & wattle tent making exhibition with Mikey & Terry McInerary
4pm - Pass the tin fiddle with Peter Campbell
8pm - More tunes
Each location will focus on the legacy of a particular Traveller family. In Glenties, Donegal on 23 and 24 August, which is curated by Rab Cherry, the focus will be predominantly on the Doherty family.
The Long Grazing Acre is funded by an Arts Council Touring Award.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Glenties Co. Donegal, The Highlands Hotel, Main Street, Donegal, County Donegal, F94 NT67, Éire, Letterkenny, Ireland
