Micheal O'Raghallaigh & Ivan Goff Saturday, June 7th, 2008   8:00 PM Admission $15.00 Children under 12 admitted free

Micheal O'Raghallaigh (pronounced ME'-haul O'Riley) is from County Meath, a place more noted for its sporting prowess rather than for its traditional music. There seems to have been a prevalence of button accordions when he was growing up, and there have always been some gifted players there. Now Micheal is one of the finest young concertina players not just in County Meath, but in all of Ireland. Steeped in the music from an early age by his Connemara-born father Padraig, he studied concertina with the great Rena Crotty from Kilrush. O'Raghallaigh has recorded and toured with the group Providence and with three-time All-Ireland Champion Ceili Band, The Tain. He has taught at the Willie Clancy Summer School and the Comhaltas Scoil Eigse as well. He has also released two CDs to critical acclaim.

Ivan Goff, originally from Dublin, began playing the tin whistle when he was eight, progressing to the more demanding uilleann pipes at eleven under the tuition of Dan O'Dowd (1903-1989). He won competition titles at all age levels including the All-Ireland Fleadh and Oireachtas. He has performed in many well-known productions including Riverdance (US tour and Broadway) and Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance, and has featured in a number of film scores. In addition to performing solo, he has collaborated with numerous bands including internationally acclaimed Irish traditional bands Lúnasa and Téada. In concert with Micheal O Raghallaigh, Ivan will play his pipes, tin whistle, low whistle, and the wooden flute. Now based in New York, Ivan is currently pursuing a PhD in music at New York University.

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