Christmas at Cahir Castle

We're very excited to announce details of a very special event here at Cahir Castle - Noel Hill and Cáit Ní Ríain will be performing in the magnificent surroundings of the Banquet Hall on Friday 4th December at 8pm. The performance promises to be a wonderful night, bringing together these two renowned musicians. The legendary Noel Hill is a virtuoso concertina player, coming from a long line of musicians and with a truly impressive catalogue of albums and performances worldwide. He has been variously described as The Jimi Hendrix of the Concertina (Stephen Rea) and by Seámus Ennis as Ireland's greatest concertina player. Irish Times journalist Brian O Connell states that ‘He is to Irish traditional music what WB Yeats was to a generation of Irish poets, a one-in-a-generation player who casts a long shadow’.
With Noel on the night will be traditional Irish singer, folk artist and multi-instrumentalist Cáit Ní Ríain. Cáit is steeped in the traditional music world, having grown up in the most musical of families - her father is the famed "Jim of the Mill" - in Upperchurch, Co Tipperary. Cáit's main musical love and influence is traditional Irish song. Cáit also plays piano and sings in "The Weaving" alongside Méabh Begley and Owen Spafford.