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🔥 Lúnasa Gathering 🔥
🎻 Celebration, commemoration, community agus ceol
📆 Announcement Coming Soon!
🏞️ Kells, Co. Kilkenny

10/05/2026

It's been one week since our Bealtaine Gathering in Graiguenamanagh! What was your highlight? Favourite moment or memory?

We'd love to hear your thoughts and feelings - please fill out our Bealtaine feedback form - link in our bio! You can be in with a chance to win tickets to our next headline concert 🔥

As a wee reminder...

This time last week, we were kicking off our gathering with a wonderful walk - siúlóid tochtmhar dátheangach Glór Bearú - along the River Barrow led by and

The Song Exchange gathered in to share songs, stories and laughter and an open afternoon singing and trad session lifted the roof in - thanks to all who joined from near and far!

The mesmerising, thoughtful, honest and hilarious regaled a full house in to finish off the day. Her songs are still spinning around our heads ✨️

Thanks all who contributed to this special
gathering. Míle buíochas ó chroí - Keep your eyes open and sign up to our mailing list for first announcements of our Lúnasa Gathering in August!

Keep Her Lit!

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04/05/2026

Grá na Manach 🔥 ❤️ 🔥

Buíochas mór ó chroí to everyone who joined us in Graiguenamanagh for our first Bealtaine Gathering. You are all mighty!

🌿 To all the walkers and poets
🎶 Singers and players
💚 Locals and visitors

A special thanks to everyone in and the River Bearú for hosting - what a warm welcome 🙏

Grá mór to all the mighty mná who enraptured and inspired ✨️

Thugamar féin an samhradh linn!

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These gatherings of community and creativity are made possible with the support of

02/05/2026

🔥 ONE DAY TO GO🔥

Ahead of tomorrow's Bealtaine festivities, here are some important updates👇

🎟️ Our River Walk is sold out and sadly we can't accept any walk ups. There are very limited tickets available for our Singing Workshop and Bealtaine Concert with - online booking is highly recommended! The Trad & Singing Session is free and all are welcome to join!

🅿️ Parking is available at the Fair Green and Turf Market car parks (a few minutes walk from all venues) as well as on street parking ar various locations around the town. Please arrive early for all events and if you have any access needs, please reach out to us. Car pooling is encouraged!

🌦️ Please dress for the weather, whatever it may bring, especially those attending the Glór Bearú River Walk.

🥣 Local food spots include The Duiske Inn, Daisy Chain, Waterside Guesthouse, Graig Garden and River Palace and you'll find tasty coffee at and

Bígí linn a chairde!

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26/04/2026

🔥 ONE WEEK TO GO 🔥

Just one week to go until our Bealtaine Gathering in Graiguenamanagh! Thanks to everyone who have so warmly welcomed us and helped spread the word ~ especially our host venues and local businesses who've put up our posters.

Here's a wee reminder and ticket update for all the events we have planned to celebrate the start of summer next Sunday 3rd May!

🏞️ 11am - 1pm Glór Bearú: Bilingual River Walk ~ tickets released to people on our waitlist!

🗣️ 1pm - 3pm The Song Exchange with ~ tickets still available, all local singers and songsters welcome!

🎻 3pm - 5pm Traditional Music and Singing Session ~ open session, fáilte roimh chách!

🎙️ 7pm - 9pm Bealtaine Concert with Susan O'Neill ~ 8 tickets remaining!

Join us in welcoming in the Samhradh season! More information and booking here: https://linktr.ee/keepherlit

Bígí linn!

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23/04/2026

🎶 Sound on for a sneak peak into The Song Exhange 🎶

This singing workshop is open to singers of all shapes and sizes, choir members, karaoke fans, in the shower songstresses, shy baladeers, hummers and anyone who loves to sing on their own or in company!

Molly Garvey will lead the group through a song sharing and learning workshop, with solo and group singing, tea and treats, in a safe comfortable space.

You will learn and laugh, croon and chant, warble, trill, lilt, harmonize and belt out to your hearts content.

Only 8 spaces remaining so we advise booking early!

Spread the word and share with anyone you think might enjoy 🙏

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As part of our Féile Bealtaine/Bealtaine Gathering 🔥

📅 May 3rd
⏰️ 1-3pm
🎟 €5 in Bio!

22/04/2026

🌍 Happy Earth Day! 🌍

To celebrate Earth Day we've released some extra spots for Glór Bearú. Folks on the waitlist ~ check your emails!

Earth Day is an annual event to demonstrate support for environmental protection. For us, Earth Day is every day! Whether on land or sea, rivers or sky - we'd love to hear how you're celebrating and protecting your part of the planet.

19/04/2026

🔥 Two Weeks to go! 🔥

Bealtaine is nearly upon us! We are so excited to celebrate the arrival of an tSamhraidh in Gráig na Manach with you all.

This is your reminder to join us for a traditional music and singing session in at 3pm on Sunday May 3rd - open to young and old, all are welcome!

✨️ There are still tickets available for The Song Exchange workshop, for participants to share and learn songs in a safe and joyful space

✨️ Only 20 tickets remaining for our Bealtaine Concert with in

🎟 more info and booking links at the link in our bio, a chairde!

Bígí linn!

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13/04/2026

Over 50% of tickets sold for our Bealtaine Headline concert with the wonderful Susan O'Neill in 🔥

Míle buíochas a chairde don tacaíocht - thanks to everyone who has shared and booked and spread the word so far. It means the world!

We look forward to welcoming familiar, friendly, fresh and new faces to Gráig na Manach for our first Bealtaine Gathering in just a few weeks time!

Bígí linn a chairde, fáilte roimh cách - all are welcome!

📅 3rd May
📍Graiguenamanagh

Tickets and info: https://linktr.ee/keepherlit

12/04/2026

🗣️ SONG EXCHANGE 🗣️

Sing in the summer with The Song Exchange ~ a song sharing and singing workshop facilitated by Molly Garvey.

It is a space to share a song and the story behind it, be it your own or someone else's. A voice only singing circle, we also welcome canons, rounds and songs to sing together!

In the first half, each person shares a song and the story behind it. In the second half, we invite canons, rounds and songs to sing together.

We warmly welcome workshop participants to come along and bring a song to the Trad and Singing Session in Mick Doyles from 3pm. Participants and their families and friends are welcome!

⏰ 1pm - 3pm
📅 Sunday 3rd May
📍 Barrow Valley Activities Hub, Graigeunamanagh
🎟️ €5 + booking fee

🔗 More info & booking via the link in our bio!

10/04/2026

🔥 Our Féile Bealtaine headline concert features the mesmerising Susan O'Neill 🔥

In the atmospheric surrounds of Abbey Lane, Graiguenamanagh, Susan will weave story and song in her own unique way.

Susan is a rare and compelling force in contemporary music - an artist who defies convention with a voice that can both soothe and sear. Described as “equal parts balm and blowtorch,” her performances strike a unique balance between raw emotional power and delicate nuance. A fearless songwriter and magnetic stage presence, Susan brings a deep sense of authenticity to everything she does.

Over the past few years, she has dedicated herself to evolving as a solo performer, developing a sound that is both rooted and exploratory. Her music blends folk, soul, blues, and indie elements into something unmistakably her own - intimate yet expansive, classic yet fresh.

Susan O’Neill stands as a bold voice in a world hungry for meaning, delivering songs that feel both timeless and timely. Whether on stage or on record, she invites listeners to lean in, feel deeply, and journey with her through soundscapes rich in emotion and honesty.

Don't miss out on this evening of music and song to mark the transition from the dark half of the year to the light.

📅 Sunday 3rd May
⏰️ 7.30pm (Doors 7pm)
🎟 link in Bio
❤️ Bígí linn a chairde

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Inistioge
Kilkenny

Website

http://www.linktr.ee/keepherlit

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