About this experience

FRIDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER

PRE-CONCERT DINNER + CONCERT TICKET:  MEMBER: €64  STANDARD: €71

CONCERT TICKET ONLY: MEMBER: €25   STANDARD: €27.70

ABOUT THE EVENT

An intimate, stripped-back evening of songs, tunes and hopeful music in the atmospheric setting of The Orangery at Killruddery.

Fiachna Ó Braonáin and Clare Sands bring together voice, strings and spirit in a performance shaped by quiet respect for each other’s roots, and by the living landscape around Killruddery House, Gardens and Estate. Their music moves between tradition and new expression; between two streams, with warmth, depth and a sense of wild nature close at hand.

Note: Seating is unreserved. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

Clare Sands is a sixth generation fiddle player and bilingual singer from Cork, Ireland. Channelling the music of her ancestors, she weaves traditional roots with contemporary sounds and influences, embodying a fearless warrior-like spirit. By night, Sands is an open water swimmer and a black belt, holding several world medals representing Ireland in martial arts!

Her eponymous album secured a place among the Irish Times' Top 5 Folk Albums of 2022, and earned Sands a Best Folk Singer nomination at the Irish Folk Awards. Other notable projects include the 'hypnotic and tribal' (BBC Radio 2) Tirdhreacha agus Fuaimdhreacha (Landscapes & Soundscapes) EP, written and recorded across the four seasons in the four provinces of Ireland and Gormacha, a musical odyssey that treads a path between the Irish language, folklore and our natural world. Sands' passion for collaboration has led to her work with some of Ireland's finest folk and traditional musicians, including Hothouse Flowers, Paul Brady, Susan O'Neill, Sharon Shannon and more. 

Fiachna Ó Braonáin

There's a look in Fiachna O Braoinain's eye, a gleam, a glint, and a hint: the mark of the true believer. A carrier and a carrier on. It bit deep into him when he was a teenager, the wild wail of the blues guitar and the pulse of rock n'roll, mixing with the already ingrained DNA of the traditional Irish music, language and song he was raised on. There was - and there is - no cure. 

Fiachna has worked the six strings in the four corners, getting down with African gospel singers, Moroccan tribesmen, Texan swingers, and Irish balladeers. There's also the very considerable matter of his own crew, Ireland's greatest rock n' soul merchants, Hothouse Flowers, who have been dealing with the real stuff for over forty years.

Side stepping into broadcasting, it was still about the music as Fiachna worked on several Irish and American television shows as featured guest and presenter, and produced several award winning music documentaries. 

What we used to call the wireless was the logical next move, and in recent years Fiachna has commandeered his rightful seat as a presenter on Ireland's national broadcasting service, sharing the musical connections he's been making all his life one RTE Radio 1 whenever his touring schedule allows!

Instagram: @fiachnaobtaonain

Twitter: @fobraonain

Facebook: @fiachnaobraonain

Bluesky: @fiachnaobraonain.bsky.social 

Website: www.fiachnaobraonain.com

 

 

FAQ: 

• Pre-concert dinner will take place in The Grain Store at 18.30, and will feature a three course menu 


• This concert will take place in The Orangery of Killruddery House and will begin at 21.00, lasting for one hour 


• The Gardens will open from 20.00 and the Pizza Shed will open for pre-concert food & drinks


• Please allow plenty of time to arrive and park in our main customer car park. If you are attending our pre-concert dinner please follow signs to The Grain Store, otherwise please follow signs to The Orangery for the concert