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Claregalway Active Retired will hire a bodhran tutor who will provide 8 lessons. <\/span><\/p>\n

Learning this skill will help our members be more socially active and it will help a part of our heritage that is becoming extinct. The group had the following to say,<\/span><\/p>\n

We want to avail of Bodhran lessons ,we all love Irish music and this is part of our culture and heritage which we want to keep alive..Their are many advantages to having this skill,<\/p>\n

It encourages creativity and helps the individual think more flexibly and express themselves artistically<\/p>\n

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  1. It improves co-ordination and motor skills. It refines hand eye coordination and fine motor skills, especially when reading music.<\/li>\n
  2. It enhances emotional expression.<\/li>\n
  3. It improves mental health as it is calming and therapeutic.<\/li>\n
  4. It improves brain function while strengthening memory, attention and problem solving skills..<\/li>\n
  5. Learning a musical instrument benefits the mind, emotions, and social skills thus making it a valuable life long skill.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":40695,"template":"","class_list":["post-40694","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBodhran Lessons - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Claregalway Active Retired will hire a bodhran tutor who will provide 8 lessons.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bodhran-lessons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bodhran Lessons - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Claregalway Active Retired will hire a bodhran tutor who will provide 8 lessons.  Learning this skill will help our members be more socially active and it will help a part of our heritage that is becoming extinct. 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