Bantry is another town totally devoid of music,nonsense.Bantry cce will have played out in BANTRY four times during july and august,
then there is the Chief ONeill festival in september 07 - Sunday 9 September 2018
Venue: Bantry

The Chief O'Neill Traditional Music Festival is an annual celebration of the life and work of Francis O'Neill, a policeman and archivalist who originally hailed from Tralibane just outside Bantry in County Cork.

Born in 1848, Francis O'Neill worked as a cabin boy on an English vessel at age 16 before meeting the woman who would be his wife and settling in the midwest of the United States. He became a police officer and rose to the rank of Chief of Police in Chicago while also being an avid collector and archiver of Irish traditional music.

This festival features both adult and junior traditional music, trad sessions, nature walks, and even dancing at the crossroads. Salute a hero of Irish folklore and get involved in this great slice of Irish culture in Bantry this September.

Event times TBC

Admission Free
General Descriptions
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    Free Admission
There are youngsters all over Ireland playing music for the sheer enjoyment of it, yes and some of them are doing it under the auspices of CCE, This is the case in Bantry and Skibbereen, Skibbereen cce also put on weekly CCE SESSIONS DURING THE SUMMER, this has nothing dp with competitions.
Bantry is not devoid of trad music and that is partly to do with Bantry CCE.
monday july 5 i did a trad music gig in Bantry




, PLUS, more in Bantry Masters of Tradition 2018 - West Cork Music
www.westcorkmusic.ie/mastersoftradition/
Jim you are incorrect and talking complete nonsense ,Bantry is nota town devoid of trad music