TWO of the country's most iconic musical instruments are being celebrated in a European-wide stamp series. The Irish harp and bodhran will feature on two new stamps created by An Post in recognition ...

There’s an old joke that goes, “What’s the best way to play a bodhrán? With a penknife.” The slag is reputed to have come from the piper Séamus Ennis – infuriated by beginners buying a bodhrán at a ...

Of all the instruments in traditional music, the bodhran has arguably enjoyed the most spectacular renaissance. When Paddy Moloney was forming the Chieftains in the early 1960s, he recalls that ...

The beat of the bodhrán will echo through the streets of Milltown this June Bank Holiday as the 4th annual World Bodhrán Championships gets underway. This unique festival, which promotes and showcases ...