Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2026
Sráid na Cathrach, Co. an Chláir, 4ú Iúil - 12ú Iúil.
The 54th Willie Clancy Summer School, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, Ireland.
Saturday 4th July to Sunday 12th July, 2026.
SSWC photos by Éamon McGivney
A renowned fiddle player from Granard in County Longford, now resident in West Clare for many years, Éamon McGivney has been a director of Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy since the early 1980s. He has taken many photos in that time and we present a selection in this gallery.
Miltown Malbay at 2000 feet, 1998.
Connie O'Connell and Ben Lennon.
Peadar O'Loughlin and Seán Potts.
Muiris Ó Rócháin and Cathal McConnell.
Muiris Ó Rócháin, Marcas Ó Murchú, Gabriel McArdle and Jimmy O'Brien Moran.
Kevin Doyle and Bobby Gardiner.
Junior Crehan and Paddy Killoughrey.
Junior Crehan, Paddy Killoughrey and Muiris Ó Rócháin.
John Joe Tuttle, Joe Rynne and Michael Kelleher.
Joe Ryan, Paddy Canny, Bobby Casey and Junior Crehan.
JC Talty and Paddy Canny.
Muiris Ó Rócháin, Helen Malone and Teresa Morrissey
Francie MacPeake and Peadar Ó Riada.
Cór Chúil Aodha performing at the Mass in Irish.
Donald MacFee and Cathal Goan.
Bobby Casey and Joe Ryan.
Brian and Sinéad Mullen, Frank Harte.
Peter Mackey, Kathleen Smyth and Brendan McGlinchey.
Peadar O'Loughlin and Paddy Canny.
Éamon McGivney, Kevin Taylor and Junior Crehan.
Mick Quinn, story teller.
Mick O'Connor, Sean McKeon, Christopher Ennis, Harry Hughes and Éamon McGivney.
Michael Downes and Paddy Galvin.
Marty O'Malley and Bobby Casey.
Mary Smith, Mary MacFee and Rhona Lightfoot.
Mairead Stewart with Sinéad Mullen and Murdo McDonald.
Michael Falsey and Gay McKeon.
Michael Kelleher and Patsy Hanly.
Paddy Glackin, Jimmy O'Brien and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh.
Marty O'Keefe playing at the graveside tribute to Willie Clancy.
Johnny Connolly, Mick O'Brien and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh.
Seán Keane, Ben Lennon and Máire O'Keeffe.
Brian and Sinéad Mullen.
Liam Mac An Iomaire, Bobby Casey, Junior Crehan.