23–27 October 2025

Events & Tickets Guide 2025

Five days of concerts, sessions, recitals and workshops across Castleisland for the 2025 Patrick O’Keeffe Festival.

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Thursday · 23 October

4:00 PM Multiple locations through town

Ireland’s biggest and best session trail begins

Free Entry
8:00 – 10:00 PM River Island Hotel

Piaras Ó Lorcáin in Concert

Sold Out

Friday · 24 October

10:30 AM St John’s Hall, Castleisland

Sliabh Luachra Teenage Trad Session

Paudie O’Connor, Bryan O’Leary, Eoin Stan O’Sullivan, Nickie McAuliffe, Anne McAuliffe, Con Moynihan and friends

Free Entry
6:00 PM The River Island Hotel

Album Launch — Event 1

Bryan O’Leary & Aidan Connolly · Andrea Palandri

Free Entry
8:00 PM The River Island Hotel

Four Men and a Dog

Support: Peter Street · Niamh Farrell

Tickets

Saturday · 25 October

11:00 AM Gaelscoil Aogáin / St Patrick’s Secondary School

Classes & Workshops on All Instruments

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2:00 PM Ivy Leaf Arts Centre

Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Recital

Pay at door
3:30 PM Hartnett’s Bar

Singing Concert

Eleanor Shanley · Niamh Farrell · Tim Dennehy

Pay at door · €10 cash only
8:00 – 10:30 PM River Island Hotel

Sliabh Luachra Concert

Mike Rice, Eilis Murphy, Jonathan Roche & Seán Leahy · Niamh Dalton & Colm Broderick · Nickie & Anne McAuliffe, Emma O’Leary · Bryan O’Leary & Aidan Connolly · Mikie O’Gorman, Joe O’Sullivan & Michael O’Connor · Paudie O’Connor & Aoife Ní Chaoimh, Connie O’Connell, Eibhlin de Paor, Maura O’Keeffe · Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch & Paul de Grae · Conor Moriarty & Deirdre Ní Mheachair

Young Musician Award (Eoin Foley, Emma Kelly) · Dedication Award (Billy Clifford, Gerry Harrington)

Tickets

Sunday · 26 October

1:00 PM Museum (next door to Tom McCarthy’s)

Ciarán Mac Mathúna in Sliabh Luachra

Lecture by Peter Browne

Free Entry
5:00 PM Museum (next door to Tom McCarthy’s)

Tunebook Launch & Album Launch — Event 2

Tunebook: Gerald Culhane · Andrew Caden, Conor McDonagh & Ryan Sheridan · Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill & Liam Lonnergan · Gary Curley & Stephen McKee · John McEvoy & Catherine McEvoy · Mary Donnegan · Pádraig Mac Cárthaigh

Free Entry
7:00 PM River Island Hotel

Trad All Star Concert

Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich & Clíodhna Ní Bheaglaoich · Dermot Byrne & Bríd Harper · Mary Bergin & Libby McCrohan · Liam O’Brien, Conor Connolly & Pádraig Ó Dúbhghaill · Tony Linnane & Eamonn O’Riordan

Tickets
11:00 PM River Island Hotel (Niteowls)

Festival Club with Pólca 4

Pólca 4 · Keelan McGrath, Seán Kelliher & Rebecca McCarthy Kent · Trad Disco with DJ Conor Crimmins

Tickets

Monday · 27 October

4:00 PM Venue TBC

Niamh Ní Charra Presents… The Life and Times of Terry “Cuz” Teehan / ITMA & Liam O’Connor Present… Tony McMahon’s Recordings

ITMA launch with interviews and presentation

Free Entry