Killarney Harps

🎶✨ Come & Try Harp - FREE Drop-in Sessions

📅 Sat 11th & Sun 12th April
⏰ 1.30pm – 2.30pm
📍 Festival Foyer, George Watson’s College, Edinburgh.

🤔Do you know anyone who’s always wanted to try the harp? 🎵

Led by our wonderful festival tutors and helpers, we’re excited to host our very first FREE “Come & Try Harp” drop-in sessions 🎉 kindly supported by The Clarsach Society.

💛 With a relaxed and informal atmosphere, these sessions are the perfect chance to get hands-on with this beautiful instrument.
No experience needed, no pre-registration required all ages welcome.

🎶Just drop in and give it a go! 🎶

Come & Try Harp is part of the EIHF Outreach programme, supported by Creative Scotland.

We have made it to Scotland after a long journey from Killarney avoiding road closures.
Final leg of our journey to The Edinburgh International Harp Festival which will be open from 9am tomorrow morning until Tuesday evening. Still time to book tickets for concerts and some courses for this wonderful event.

Killarney Harps are delighted to be part of this exciting event. Please come along and try one of our Harps on the day.

Harp Makers’ Gathering 2025 🎵

Join us on Sunday, 16 November (11am–4pm) at the Irish Institute of Music and Song, Balbriggan, for our annual celebration of Irish harp making!

Meet Ireland’s master harp makers, discover the craft and creativity behind our national instrument, and pick up expert tips at our Harp Clinic. Enjoy talks, Q&A sessions, and pop-up performances from rising young harpers throughout the day.

This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with the makers who bring the harp from design to reality, and learn how to care for it from the inside out.

🎟️ Admission is free. Reserve your place today!
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/1955309977779

Happy National Harp day from KILLARNEY HARPS.
There are so many events organised around the world today and tomorrow to celebrate.
Check it out on Harp Ireland .

Harpers’ Call – A Global Celebration
On Saturday, 18 October, harpers from Ireland and around the world will unite for our annual Harpers’ Call.

Tune in at 11am, 12pm, and 1pm (Irish time) as we share performances from every corner of the globe.

We’ll also be launching our interactive online map, featuring Harpers’ Call videos from our global harping community, highlighting the shared tradition that connects us all.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you.

This Sunday, experience Irish music and dance live and take part in a fun and family-friendly afternoon with Irish harpers and their friends.
📍 Muckross House Schoolhouse, Sunday 24th August 2025. Free Admission

12.30 – 1.30pm: Hands on Harps – Have a Go! No experience needed, all are welcome.
1.45 – 2.30pm: Crafting a Harp with Tim O’Carroll – insights from a master harpmaker.
2.45 – 3.30pm: Delving Deeply: My Story – harpers, pipers, and whistle players share their earliest musical memories and the traditions passed down through generations.
3.45pm: Harps for Heritage: Sharing the Tunes – a concert with Ireland’s finest, including Kathleen Loughnane, Catríona Cannon, Deirdre Granville, Cormac Cannon (uilleann pipes), Aoife Granville (flute), Seán Ryan (whistle), Caitríona Finnegan (cello) and David Geaney (dancer).

🎫 Free Admission https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/harps-for-heritage-sharing-the-tunes-tickets-1527259316729

Killarney Harps Innisfallen. Photo by Patrick Marion

We are on our way to Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann. We will have our Harps at Selkar College, Y35 RY27 Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Best of luck to all the competitors taking part in the Fleadh over the weekend.

Congratulations Niamh Noade - The Girl With The Harp, amazing!