{"id":25581,"date":"2023-06-28T03:02:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T02:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/sean-corcoran-music-series\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T03:02:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T02:02:48","slug":"sean-corcoran-music-series","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/sean-corcoran-music-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Se\u00e1n Corcoran Music Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Se\u00e1n\u00a0Corcoran Series is a new music programme of events celebrating the life and legacy of folk musician Se\u00e1n Corcoran.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1946, Corcoran grew up in Clogherhead and Drogheda in County Louth. He started singing at Irish-language Feis Ceoil competitions and while still at school started to seek out local traditional singers. Se\u00e1n\u00a0had a vast career from being a member of the Rakish Paddies with Mick Moloney and Paul Brady to working\u00a0with the music journal\u00a0<em>Ceol<\/em>. In the late 1970s he was also the director of F\u00e9ile na B\u00f3inne, the Drogheda folk music festival.<\/p>\n<p>Corcoran was a great mentor and supporter of local musicians and following his death left behind a substantial legacy of music collecting and recordings.<\/p>\n<p>This new music series is the first in what will hopefully be an annual event and will feature artists and performers from across the country and beyond. There will be a mixture of music workshops with local children, literary events and evening concerts. 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