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.
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy in the 1980s
This is a selection of photographs taken by Liam McNulty taken in the 1980s. Liam was the administrator of Na Píobairí Uilleannn at the time and was also a keen photographer who recorded the activities of the Summer School during this decade with his Leica camera.
Pipemaker Alain Froment (centre left) in the pipers' workshop, 1989.
Bill MacNamara playing for his flute class, 1985.
Darach de Brún (right) plays a tune for one of his whistle students, 1985.
Dermot McLaughlin playing in the fiddle recital flanked by Tony Linnane (left) and John Kelly Sr. early 1980s.
Jackie Daly, Johnny O'Leary and Manus Maguire playing for set dancers, 1986.
Jimmy O'Brien Moran playing at an outdoor piping recital, early 1980s
Joe Ryan and Bobby Casey playing for a fiddle class with Breandán Breathnach standing in the centre background, 1985.
Joe Shannon prior to performing onstage at the uilleann pipes recital, 1986.
John Kelly Jr. (left) plays a tune with one of his fiddle students, 1985.
Students in John Kelly Senior's fiddle class, 1985.
Martin Rochford performing at the 1982 uilleann pipes recital with Breandán Breathnach looking on.
Marty O'Malley (right) and others demonstrating a set dance, 1985.
Tom Munnelly, Harry Hughes and Muiris Ó Rócháin, 1987.
Noel Hill (right) with one of his concertina students, 1987.
Peter Laban, 1985.
PJ Crotty 1985.
Séamus Ennis, early 1980s.
Tara Diamond playing a tune for her flute class, 1985.
Tommy McCarthy (foreground) with his concertina class, 1980s.