Note archive: July, 2025

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Thursday, July 31st, 2025

A circle of musicians in a pub corner; fiddles, pipes, and guitar. — Thursday night session in Belfast

Pipes, fiddle, guitar, and flutes in a pub. — Thursday evening session in east Belfast

A woman playing flute in the foreground with a line of musicians on the other side of the table; bodhrán, fiddle and banjo. — Thursday afternoon session in Belfast

An envelope addressed to “my sponsor” with a card that says “Go raibh maith agat, thank you” on the front. — Feeling a little verklemt at Belfast Trad Fest …thank you to everyone from thesession.org who made this possible!

An envelope addressed to “my sponsor” with an open card that says “Thank you so much for my scholarship. I’m really enjoying myself and I appreciate this opportunity. GRMA Lorcain.” — Feeling a little verklemt at Belfast Trad Fest …thank you to everyone from thesession.org who made this possible!

Wednesday, July 30th, 2025

A row of women playing fiddles in a crowded pub packed with musicians. — Wednesday night session in Belfast

A lion of musicians: fiddle, banjo, guitar and more. — Wednesday evening session in Belfast

A flute player in the foreground with bodhrán, concertina, flute and guitar in the other side of the table. — Wednesday afternoon session in Belfast

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

Loads of musicians packed together in a row: banjos, bodhráns, fiddles and a concertina. — Tuesday afternoon session in Belfast

Monday, July 28th, 2025

A woman playing fiddle, a man playing banjo and another man playing button box round a pub table. — Monday afternoon session in Belfast

Reading Doggerland by Ben Smith.

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Sunday, July 27th, 2025

A line-up of musicians on a stage with a big lighting rig in a tall ceiling casting green beams onto the band. — Dervish in the Ulster Hall

map — Checked in at Ulster Hall for NOTIFY, Dervish, Cormac McCarthy, MGCE Concert Orchestra, and 5 more…. Dervish!

Flutes, whistle, fiddle and guitar in a high-ceiling pub. — Sunday afternoon session in Belfast

Going to Belfast. brb

Monday, July 21st, 2025

A man playing tin whistle, a woman playing concertina and a man playing guitar at a table in the corner of a pub. — Monday session

Sunday, July 20th, 2025

Thit Corcaigh ina gcodladh sa dara leath! 😴

Bhuaigh an fhoireann níos fearr. 😭

Watching the all-Ireland hurling final on BBC2, but listening to the commentary on Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Corcaigh abú!

Saturday, July 19th, 2025

A man playing pipes and a woman playing fiddle. — Saturday session

Friday, July 18th, 2025

Reading Haven by Emma Donoghue.

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Thursday, July 17th, 2025

A man playing Greek bouzouki accompanying another man playing tin whistle. — Thursday session

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025

A fiddle on a table in front of a man playing button accordion. — Wednesday session

Monday, July 14th, 2025

A fiddle on a table in the foreground in front of a line of musicians playing fiddles and banjo in a pub. — Monday session

A silver ring pinned to herringbone tweed fabric. — Má bhfuil a fhios agat, tá a fhios agat.

Sunday, July 13th, 2025

Reading A History Of Ireland in 100 Words by Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, and Gregory Toner.

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Friday, July 11th, 2025

Jessica sitting on the grass, looking cool in her shades, looking off to the side on a sunny cloudless day. — A sunny day in Clare.

A row of musicians playing fiddles in an old stone building. — Session in the cowshed

A selfie with some other musicians in a pub corner. — Friday morning session in Miltown

A man playing banjo and a woman playing fiddle. — Friday morning session in Miltown

Thursday, July 10th, 2025

Three women playing music on fiddle and button accordion sitting on a bench on green grass in front of a beautiful bay with blue water under a clear blue sky. — The view from my hotel room this morning…

Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

Three young men sitting in a circle playing outdoors; two fiddlers and a piper. — Pipes and fiddles

A circle of older musicians—pipes, fiddles, flute, and more— in the middle of a shop. — Session in a shop

A group of older musicians gathered inside an old stone building playing fiddles, bodhrán, flute, and more. — Session in the cowhouse

A kitchen crammed with musicians. — Wednesday afternoon sessions at the Blondes

A line of musicians playing away. — Wednesday afternoon sessions at the Blondes

Fiddlers, a piper, a box player and more. — Wednesday morning session in the back of Friels

Tuesday, July 8th, 2025

Loads of musicians crammed along multiple tables, playing away like mad! — Thursday night session at Spanish Point

A woman playing concertina in the foreground with three other musicians lined up; a woman playing flute, a woman playing fiddle, and a man playing banjo. — Tuesday afternoon session in Miltown Malbay

Monday, July 7th, 2025

Two women playing fiddles, a man playing flute and someone playing guitar in the foreground. — Monday session in Clare

Checked in at Ard Bia at Nimmos. Breakfast at the Spanish Arch — with Jessica

map — Checked in at Ard Bia at Nimmos. Breakfast at the Spanish Arch — with Jessica

Sunday, July 6th, 2025

Three fiddlers and a box player in a busy pub. — One last Galway session in The Crane Bar

A fiddle in the foreground as a man plays pipes accompanied by another man on guitar. — Second Sunday session in Galway

A man playing button accordion and a man playing banjo at a pub table covered with pints. — Sunday session in Galway

Jessica stands confidently on a rocky beach with distant hills visible on the horizon, all under dramatic clouds. — Jessica in Spiddal, with the Burren in the distance.

Saturday, July 5th, 2025

A woman playing flute, a man playing banjo, a man playing button box, while a fiddler waits with her bow held aloft. — Saturday session in Galway with Steph Geremia, Brian McGrath, and Karen Dolan.

Friday, July 4th, 2025

A fiddler and a box player at a pub table. — Friday session

Thursday, July 3rd, 2025

Three women playing music together; two button accordion players and a fiddler. — Thursday session

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025

A man playing bodhrán, a woman playing accordion and another woman sitting with a fiddle. — Wednesday session

Tuesday, July 1st, 2025

A woman playing button accordion and a man playing fiddle in a pub. — Tuesday session

A selfie with Jessica with green grass and a sandy beach in the background under a blue sky with a few clouds. — Another lovely day in Donegal!

A pint of Guinness on a wooden table with hills in the background under a clear blue sky. — Another lovely day in Donegal!