Our Next Ceili
You can join our ceili usually around 10 minutes before it starts. If you are performing, one thing to keep in mind is some instruments can fool the automatic volume control on your microphone. If your performance is cutting out, the arrow on your mute button may also give you a microphone-settings option. Select that and turn off automatic volume control, if you can see it, or choose a music setting (which Zoom introduced recently).
Our past events:
- Our Halloween Ceili, Oct. 29th, was a great time! We had up to 23 and filled up the time with a great deal of talent! Above we have a shot of the crowd at one point.
- Our St. Patrick’s Day ceili was on March 19th, and was hosted by our Gathering ’24 organizers on PEI! We had music and poetry and fine talent galore!
- Our New Year ceili, January 8th, 2023. We had music (singing, guitar, harmonica, harp percussions, flute, poetry, and fun! Fifteen performers altogether.
- A Halloween ceili, October 30th, with Clontibret Noel hosting in Drumdart, at the homestead of John and Margaret. We had a few new members appear and some very good singing, recitals, and able guitars accompanying.
- St. Patrick’s Day ceili, March 13th: We had many performers, with John and Genie hosting the affair from Drumdart. Jason Treanor checked in with his new bride while on his honeymoon.
- Christmas Ceili on December 28th: We had 13 performers, with poems and singing and musical instrumentals – and Mary Cadden joined as our new master of ceremonies.
- Gathering 2022 information session on December 27th: Noel Treanor summarized many of the new points regarding how we are accommodating the changing information on the virus and many of the events we will have at the gathering. We had a good crowd asking questions and contributing.
- Hallowe’en Ceili on November 7th: We had 21 performers, including songs and recitations and dancing. And some interesting and strange conversation that went by the title, “Booo’s on First?”
- Gathering 2022 information session on October 3rd: Noel Treanor talked about local accommodations, car hires, public transport, and many of the things we are all wondering. Many Qs and As!
- Summer Solstice Ceili on June 20th: We had 22 performers and 50 attendees, with a gramophone intro from Margaret and John. Music and singing and recitations and poems.
- St. Patrick’s Day Ceili on March 21st: Our first Ceili of the year, a Ceili can be very successful online. We had 21 performers and over 50 attendees. Dancing, singing, instruments, recitations and poems entertained us for a couple hours in the evening!
- Volume 2 stories read by the authors on February 21st: We launched Volume 2 of our continuing Treinfhir Book in February, with this online event. We have stories of emigration and of our ancestors, of our diversity and our pride, and of our memories. Our new volume has nine stories in it, and we heard five authors reading theirs.
- YDNA efforts on January 20th: John Traynor described where we are on the Family Tree YDNA project and what it all means.
If you have been to one of our ceilis or other events, feel free to leave a comment! What did you think of it?