ITSC Singing Sessions are on the go!

Join us in the North Pole Bar, Drumfries or McFeeley’s Bar, Clonmany, second Friday of the month. 

Check our events calendar for details.

Latest News

Arts Council of Ireland Traditional Arts Project
ITSC Digitisation Project
ITSC Heritage Council Project 2023
Busy October for ITSC
Dan Milner (1945-2023)
Inishowen Trad Choir
Inishowen Trad Choir

Upcoming Events

2023/2024

November
28
December
5
December
12
December
15
McFeeley’s Bar
9.00pm

22—25 March

Inishowen Singing
Festival 2024

What we do

Annual Festival

The longest running festival of traditional singing on the island of Ireland.

Singing Sessions

Local singing sessions on the second Friday of the month.

Song Tours

Our most enjoyable and popular events, not only during the Singing Weekend.

Talks & Lectures

In-depth lectures on singers and songs from Inishowen.

Other Events

News of events associated with our friends and supporters.

Songs & Singers

The history of the ITSC goes back to the 1980s and a local Buncrana school teacher originally from Gaoth Dobhair, Jimmy McBride. Jimmy along with Jim MacFarland and Colm Toland increasingly recognised and recorded the rich quality of the English language song tradition still alive among families and older singers in the Peninsula.

Listen

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Jim MacFarland
The Girl From Glenagivney
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Dan McGonigle
The Urris Drowning Tragedy
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Corney McDaid
Carndonagh Far Away

Publications

The history of the ITSC goes back to the 1980s and a local Buncrana school teacher originally from Gaoth Dobhair, Jimmy McBride. Jimmy along with Jim MacFarland and Colm Toland increasingly recognised and recorded the rich quality of the English language song tradition still alive among families and older singers in the Peninsula.