QUOTES FROM REVIEWS

OF THEIR ALBUM SIBLING REVELRY!

"First-class musicianship... wonderfully atmospheric" * * * * The Daily Telegraph "Elegant and beguiling" RTÉ Lyric FM

"Stunning... a superb album" The Living Tradition "Ils sont toutes trois des stars... très romantique... magnifique sonorité!" Le Canard Folk

"Intimacy and intuition are at the heart of this radiant collection... a treat" * * * * The Irish Times "Superbe" * * * * TRAD Magazine (France)
"Blissfully beautiful... channelling mythology, nostalgia and geography to bewitching effect in heartfelt music" * * * * Songlines "Assolutamente imperdibile!" Folk Bulletin (Italy) "Shows the mastery that’s given them global reputations... High-end music-making, virtuosic yet presented (with) warmth and intimacy, rich, flowing, soulful expression... (and) sheer depth of feeling for the Irish tradition" The Herald Scotland

Buy the album here.

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MAIRÉAD WILL PERFORM ON TG4'S 'GEANTRAÍ' ON 18 FEBRUARY, 2024
Mairéad will perform on TG4's 'Geantraí', to be broadcast on Sunday 18 February, 2024 - the programme will subsequently be available to view on the TG4 Player.


MÁIRE'S TOURING ACTIVITIES SPRING 2024
Máire will perform with Chris in Ireland, the USA and the UK in April / May 2024 - details here.


NOLLAIG'S TOURING ACTIVITIES SPRING 2024
In March Nollaig is off on another tour of the USA with Cherish the Ladies.


VIDEO OF THE WHOLE OF MAIRÉAD'S LUNCHTIME CONCERT WITH DAVE HENNESSY AT UCC, 18 OCTOBER, 2023
Here is a video of the whole of Mairéad's lunchtime concert with Dave Hennessy on 18th October for UCC TradSoc. It has been watched on Facebook by 22,000 people so far!


RE-RELEASE OF MÁIRE'S ICONIC 1985 SOLO ALBUM, THE NEW STRUNG HARP, 8 SEPTEMBER, 2023
 

"An intensely passionate and intelligent record... a masterpiece of virtuosity... a milestone in Irish harp music" CORK EVENING ECHO (Ireland) "A classic exercise in music-making" THE SCOTSMAN "Exquisite... exhilarating harp virtuosity... an undoubted classic" THE IRISH PRESS" "Sublime... Máire is an absolute legend" THE IRISH ECHO

The New Strung Harp, Máire's ground-breaking solo album, is of historical significance as the first harp album ever to concentrate on traditional Irish dance music, but also features songs in English and Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and pieces from the 17th- and 18th-century Irish harp tradition.

It was first released in 1985 by Scotland-based Temple Records. Before his death in 2021, Robin Morton, the owner of Temple Records, wound up the company and very kindly gifted Máire the rights to the recording. The New Strung Harp has therefore been digitally remastered, given a new cover and artwork, and re-released by Old Bridge Music as OBMCD25.

Listen to it on Spotify here.
 

Further information and purchase links are here.


VIDEO CLIP OF CASEY SISTERS CONCERT IN BANDON, CO CORK, 19 AUGUST 2023!
We had a fantastic turnout and a standing ovation at our home-town concert in St Peter’s Church for the Bandon Walled Town Festival - here’s a video clip taken by our brother Gary! Huge thanks to the c.200+ people from Bandon and miles around who came along - it was brilliant to see so many fellow musicians and singers, students, ex-students, old friends, schoolmates and neighbours there! Thanks a million to Maria McLaughlin and the Walled Town Festival committee for organising everything, to Ian Carey (who did a wonderful job on the sound) and the very welcoming Rector of St Peter's, Rev Denis McCarthy!

NOLLAIG & MAIRÉAD'S CONCERT WITH LIAM Ó MAONLAÍ FOR RAIDIÓ NA GAELTACHTA'S 'CUAN AN CHEOIL'
Broadcast on October 6, 2022. Watch it on YouTube!


TG4 TV DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MÁIRE AND NOLLAIG
A documentary about Nollaig and Máire (also featuring Mairéad, Máire's husband Chris and Nollaig's late husband Arty McGlynn) was broadcast on TG4 on November 29th 2020, as part of its SéŽ mo Laoch series. (TG4 is Ireland's national Irish-language TV station.) It has been re-broadcast twice since then and is still available to watch on the TG4 Player here.
 

ARCHIVE VIDEO
Nollaig playing with legendary band Planxty for the 1981 Eurovision Interval piece "TimeDance"



INTERVIEW WITH MÁIRE IN THE ECHO 14 SEPTEMBER, 2022
An interview with Máire was published the The Echo, Cork's daily newspaper, on 14 September, 2022,
prior to her 30 September concert with Chris Newman at the Cork Folk Festival.

INTERVIEW WITH MÁIRE IN THE IRISH NEWS 22 JULY, 2022
An interview with Máire was published in The Irish News, Belfast's daily newspaper, on 22 July, 2022,
prior to her appearance at the Belfast Tradfest.

THE CASEY SISTERS' SIBLING REVELRY LISTED ON 'SOUNDTRACK FOR WILD ATLANTIC WAY'
Perceptive Travel's Soundtrack For Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way: 8 Albums To Discover



THE CASEY SISTERS AT MICHAEL DWYER FESTIVAL & COLEMAN IRISH MUSIC CENTRE 2022
They gave an evening concert for the Festival at the Mining Museum in their mother's birthplace of Allihies, Co Cork on June 11, 2022 and another at the Coleman Irish Music Centre, Gurteen, Co. Sligo on June 18th, 2022.



CASEY SISTERS LONDON CONCERT ON JANUARY 30TH 2022
The concert took place at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, London, on 30 January 2022 for the St Brigid’s Day celebrations.
 

ONLINE AND IN-PERSON 2022 CONCERTS FROM MÁIRE, PLAYING AS A DUO WITH CHRIS NEWMAN
Details here.


A LUNCHTIME CONCERT FROM NOLLAIG, LIVE-STREAMED FROM UCC'S GLUCKSMAN GALLERY
Nollaig live-streamed a lunchtime concert from UCC'S Glucksman Gallery at 1:10pm on Friday April 16th, 2021, accompanied by Mairéad on its lovely grand piano! Sponsored by UCC, the concert is still available to watch. Here’s the link.
 

THE LIVING TRADITION MAGAZINE COVER FEATURE FOR MÁIRE & CHRIS
Máire and Chris were delighted to be on the cover of the April / May 2021 issue of The Living Tradition magazine! The magazine features an interview with them too. Click here to read it!

Visit their website or Máire's own website for their news, press reviews, features and interviews, information about recordings and books, and video and audio clips.
 

 

TV DOCUMENTARY
A documentary about Nollaig and her sister Máire (also featuring their sister Mairéad in addition to Chris and Nollaig's late husband Arty McGlynn) was broadcast on TG4 on November 29th 2020, as part of its SéŽ mo Laoch series. (TG4 is Ireland's national Irish-language TV station.) You can still watch it on the TG4 Player here.

The programme was Critics's Choice in the Sunday Times Culture Magazine on November 29th, 2020.
 

ONLINE CONCERT FROM MÁIRE AND CHRIS STILL AVAILABLE

Back in the autumn, Karen Ryan of Irish Music and Dance in London (IMDL) invited Máire and Chris to take part in a series of concerts she had arranged for this spring in King's Place, London. When the current lockdown arrived, all concerts migrated online. As travelling to London was impossible because of Covid restrictions, IMDL arranged for them to be filmed recently at the Courthouse Arts Centre, Otley, West Yorkshire. The hour-long concert (sponsored by the Irish Embassy in Londonand presented in association with the Irish Arts Foundation) was streamed on Friday 26th March, 2021 and will be available until April 4th. This is the very first online concert they've done and they hope you enjoy it! Tickets are available here.


NOLLAIG APPOINTED TRADITIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT UCC

Nollaig has been appointed Traditional Artist in Residence in her alma mater, University College Cork. She will deliver a series of concerts, workshops and classes over the course of her one-year residency, commencing in January 2021. The announcement by UCC is covered here and in the Journal of Music here.

THE CASEY SISTERS COMMISSIONED TO WRITE A SUITE OF NEW MUSIC FOR THE CORK FOLK FESTIVAL

Corcach Mór na Mumhan, or the Great Marsh of Munster, gave Cork its name. The Casey Sisters' new work, Corcach: A Journey, which received its premiere at St Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork at the Cork Folk Festival,·is a collection of original·music inspired by the city’s·colourful history,·from its 7th century monastic origins through to its vibrant present: a mix of atmospheric airs, evocative songs - including a couple of beautiful old Cork poems set to new melodies - and spirited dance music.·

·Featuring Nollaig Casey (fiddle and vocals), Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp), Mairéad Ní Chathasaigh (fiddle and vocals) and some of Cork’s finest musicians: Eoin Ó Riabhaigh (uilleann pipes); Johnny McCarthy (flutes); Eithne Willis (violin and viola); and Joan Scannell (cello).

 

 

Máire's CHICAGO concert WITH CHRIS NEWMAN CONCERT OF THE YEAR in LIVE IRELAND MUSIC AWARDS 2019
(DETAILS HERE). MáIRE WAS OF COURSE THE RECIPIENT of Irish music's most prestigious award, Traditional Musician of the Year (Gradam Ceoil TG4) IN 2001.
 

LINK TO INTERVIEW WITH the sisters IN "the IRISH EXAMINER"
PRIOR TO OUR CONCERT at ballymaloe grainstore on saturday 25th february 2017

 

LINK TO INTERVIEW WITH MáIRE IN THE CORK "EVENING ECHO"
PRIOR TO OUR CONCERT AT BALLYMALOE GRAINSTORE ON SATURDAY 25TH FEBRUARY 2017

Interview with máire on 96fm cork radio's "Arts Show"
on SUNday 19th FebRUARY


THE SISTERS LIVE ON A SPECIAL EDITION OF "FOLK CLUB" ON BBC RADIO ULSTER
ON SUNDAY 31ST JULY 2016 TO CELEBRATE 30 YEARS OF THE FIDDLER'S GREEN FESTIVAL IN ROSTREVOR

 

VIDEO OF THE SISTERS HERE AND HERE.


VIDEO OF MÁIRE & NOLLAIG HERE.


máire FEMALE MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR IN LIVE IRELAND MUSIC AWARDS 2016
DETAILS HERE)

 

Interview with Máire in Irish Music Magazine
in November 2015 with REgard to THE RELEASE OF SIBLING REVELRY
 

 

 

RTÉ LYRIC FM's 'GRACE NOTES" RADIO PROGRAMME FEATURES EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH THE SISTERS
A radio programme featuring an extended interview with Ellen Cranitch was broadcast on RTÉ Lyric FM's "Grace Notes" on Thursday October 8, 2015, to coincide with the release of their CD, Sibling Revelry.
 

THE CD SIBLING REVELRY
The CD is available from major retailers in Ireland, the UK and the USA (Amazon, CD Baby, Ossian USA, Bud's Records) - and of course from Old Bridge Music's online shop. (Old Bridge Music is our sister site.) The album is also available on iTunes. Máire and Nollaig's previous CDs and books can be ordered from the shop.

Co-produced, recorded and mixed by Chris Newman, the CD is one of The Daily Telegraph’s Albums of the Year, was "Caithreim Ciúil"s Album of the Week on BBC Radio nan Gaidheal (Scotland) and received some great reviews in The Irish Times * * * *, The Daily Telegraph * * * *, The Herald Scotland, Songlines * * * *, Trad Magazine * * * * (France), The Living Tradition, Le Canard Folk (Belgium), Le Peuple Breton, The Boston Irish Reporter, Folk Bulletin (Italy), The Ulster Herald, Fatea, Bright Young Folk, FolkWords, Folking.com and Blogfoolk (Italy).

You can see the full reviews here...

The album has been played on a number of BBC radio stations (including BBC Radio nan Gaidheal, where it was "Caithreim Ciúil"s Album of the Week from November 16 - 20, 2015), several NPR stations in the USA (including WGBH, KRVS, KUAR), on stations in Germany, France and Italy and on several Irish radio stations - RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ Lyric FM, Raidio na Gaeltachta, Clare FM, Shannonside Radio, Midwest Radio, Tipp FM and LMFM - Máire was interviewed on LMFM about the album.

dates

THE CASEY SISTERS: Nollaig Casey (vocals & fiddle), Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp) and Mairéad Ní Chathasaigh (vocals & fiddle)
Details of Máire's tour-dates with guitarist Chris Newman are here; details of Nollaig's tourdates with Cherish the Ladies are here.

2022

CASEY SISTERS LONDON CONCERT ON JANUARY 30TH 2022!

The concert will take place at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, London, on 30 January 2022 for the St Brigid’s Day celebrations - so much looking forward to it! Details here.

THE CASEY SISTERS CONFIRMED FOR MICHAEL DWYER FESTIVAL & COLEMAN IRISH MUSIC CENTRE 2022

Sat June 11 Evening concert for the Festival at the Mining Museum in their mother's birthplace of Allihies, Co Cork.

Sat June 18 Coleman Irish Music Centre, Gurteen, Co. Sligo .

ONLINE AND IN-PERSON 2022 CONCERTS FROM MÁIRE, PLAYING AS A DUO WITH CHRIS NEWMAN

Details here.

2021
A LUNCHTIME CONCERT FROM NOLLAIG, LIVE-STREAMED FROM UCC'S GLUCKSMAN GALLERY

Fri 16 Nollaig live-streamed a lunchtime concert from UCC'S Glucksman Gallery at 1:10pm on , accompanied by Mairéad on its lovely grand piano! Sponsored by UCC, the concert is still available to watch. Here’s the link.
 

2020

IRELAND

JUNE

Fri 5 Waterville, Co Kerry - Tech Amergin
Venue website

Sat 6 Allihies, Beara, Co Cork - Copper Mine Museum (Michael Dwyer Festival)
Email organiser

2018

IRELAND

OCTOBER

Wed 3 Cork City (Cork Folk Festival) St Finbarre's Cathedral - premiere of composition by Máire, Nollaig and Mairéad (The Casey Sisters), specially-commissioned by the festival for its 40th anniversary.
Corcach Mór na Mumhan, or the Great Marsh of Munster, gave Cork its name.·Corcach·is a collection of original·music inspired by the city’s·colourful history,·from its 7th century monastic origins through to its vibrant present: a mix of atmospheric airs, evocative songs - including a couple of beautiful old Cork poems set to new melodies - and spirited dance music.·

·Featuring Nollaig Casey (fiddle and vocals), Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp), Mairéad Ní Chathasaigh (fiddle and vocals) and some of Cork’s finest musicians: Eoin Ó Riabhaigh (uilleann pipes); Johnny McCarthy (flutes); Eithne Willis (violin and viola); and Joan Scannell (cello).

USA

JULY

9 - 13 East Durham, NY - Catskills Irish Arts Week
Máire will be teaching harp and Nollaig and Mairéad will be teaching fiddle.
Festival website

Sat 14 East Durham, NY - East Durham Tradfest

2017

FEBRUARY

Fri 24 Killarney, Co Kerry - Gathering Festival
Festival website

Sat 25 Ballymaloe, Co. Cork - Ballymaloe Grainstore
Venue website

JUNE

Thu 29 Termonfechin, Co Louth - 32nd International Festival for Irish Harp (An Chúirt Chruitireachta)
Festival website

SEPTEMBER

Fri 29 Cork - Cork Folk Festival

Sat 30 Nobber, Co.Meath - O'Carolan Festival

OCTOBER

Thu 5 Listowel, Co Kerry - St John's Theatre and Arts Centre
Box office: +353 (0)68 22566
Venue website

Fri 6 Baile Mhúirne, Co Cork - Ionad Cultúrtha an Dochtúir Ó Loingsigh
Box Office: +353 (0)26 45733
Venue website

Sat 7 Dungarvan, Co Waterford - Cúl na Sméar Hall

Sun 8 Kilworth, Co. Cork - Kilworth Arts Centre, The Square, Kilworth
Venue website
 

2016

JULY

Sun 24 Skibbereen, Co Cork - Abbeystrewry Church (Canon Goodman Gala Concert at the Skibbereen Arts Festival)
Start time: 8pm
Ticket price: €20
Box Office: +353 87 1260327

Tue 26 Rostrevor, Co Down - St Bronaghs Social Club 5-7 Mary St Rostrevor Newry, County Down BT34 3AY (Fiddlers' Green Festival)
Start time: 8pm
Ticket price: £12.50
Box Office: +44 (0)7895 986616

Wed 27 Rostrevor, Co Down - St Bronaghs Social Club 5-7 Mary St Rostrevor Newry, County Down BT34 3AY (Live concert recording with several other artists, including the Sands Family, for BBC Radio Ulster at Fiddlers' Green Festival)
Takes place 12:00 noon - 2:30pm
 

Sun 31 Sligo - Hawks Well Theatre (part of Tread Softly Yeats Arts Festival)
Start time: 8pm
Ticket price: €15 / €7.50 for u18s
Box Office: 071 9161518

AUGUST

Fri 5 Allihies, Beara, Co Cork - Copper Mine Museum
Start time: 8:30pm (doors open 8:00pm)
Ticket price: €15
Box Office: 027 73218

Thu 11 Kilkenny – Cleere’s Theatre, 28 Parliament Street (part of Kilkenny Fringe Festival)
Start time: 9pm
Ticket price: €15
Info & tickets: 056 776 2573 or 057 776 3669

Fri 12 Coolderry, Co Offaly - Leap Castle
Start time: 9pm
Ticket price: €20
Info & tickets: 087 2238040

FOR VIDEO OF THE SISTERS PLAYING AT ABBEYTREWRY CHURCH FOR THE SKIBBEREEN ARTS FESTIVAL, CLICK HERE
 

FOR VIDEO OF THE SISTERS PLAYING AT THE BANDON WALLED TOWN FESTIVAL, CLICK HERE

SOME VIDEOS OF MÁIRE AND NOLLAIG HERE