Rónán provides fiddle tuition from 10:00am - 1:00pm from Monday to Saturday of the Joe Mooney Summer School (Round up class on Sat ends at 12:00pm).  This is a fantastic week for those interested in learning about the Leitrim / North Connacht fiddle style to learn bowing techniques, phrasing and settings of tunes from the rich repertoire and heritage of this area.  I look forward to seeing you there!

Every July Drumshanbo plays host to the award winning Joe Mooney Summer School. This is a week long traditional festival of Irish music, song and dance named after the man who did so much to promote the cause of Leitrim, the traditional arts and his beloved town.

http://www.joemooneysummerschool.com/

Rónán also teaches a Sean-Nós Dance class from 3:30pm to 6:30pm on Friday 24th of July.  This class starts off with Rónán’s Alphabet of steps and progresses to Step Creation, after which he teaches some of his advanced techniques and steps.  This class will enrich those with an interest in Sean-Nós Dance and build on budding dancers knowledge and skills.  It is an enjoyable 3 hours of dance which will bring interested dancers on a journey towards enpowering them to create and build interesting rhythms and evolve routines which they can then apply to their dancing.  

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Scoil Samhraidh Chris Langan Rush, Co. Dublin, takes place every year in June and is a wonderful gathering of musicians, singers, dancers and friends.  Workshops take place this year on Saturday the 20th, June and Rónán teaches the Sean-Nós Dance workshops beginning at 1pm in Rush National School.  This is a lovely community and family focused gathering of musicians, singers and dancers.  I look forward to seeing you there. 

The workshops are followed by an seisiún mór on Saturday night in the sailing club.  Bígí Linn!

Ronan Regan will teach a beginners Sean-Nós Dance Class and an intermediate Sean-Nós Dance Class each day of the Festival.  He looks forward to performing on stage during the opening ceremony and also for the Sean-Nós Dance Party Event.  Ronan is excited to return to Russia for a third time to perform and pass on his love of Sean-Nós Dance. 

Ronan's beginners class will be a fun and friendly introduction to Sean-Nós Dance, were there will be an opportunity to make great strides in the learning of this art form across the five days of the festival.  Ronan will begin by teaching his celebrated Alphabet of Steps. The Alphabet of Steps are a step-by-step progression of the dance skills and techniques needed to become a Sean-Nós Dancer.  As progress allows; Ronan will guide students in ‘Step Creation’, introducing the beginning dancer to the art of creativity in sean-nós dance.  Across the days of the festival, dancers will learn to dance a plethora of steps from Ronan's rich repertoire and gain immersion into and understanding of the vibrant Irish tradition of Sean-Nós Dancing. 

Ronan's intermediate class will also incorporate the above at a commensurate pace, and will further delve into the art of creativity, self composition and improvisation in Sean-Nós Dance. 

The intermediate dancer will gain some of the great skills of Sean-Nós Dance across the days of the festival; including progressing their phrasing and rhythm, adopting a flexible and dynamic approach to performance and develop their ability to embody the true spirit of Sean-Nós Dance.  The intermediate Sean-Nós Dancers will not only learn the intricacies and tools of the dance but will gain the ability to vary steps and respond and engage in conversation with the nuances of the music.

In addition, Ronan will teach steps from his repertoire; comprising of his own compositions and steps from the rich tradition of Sean-Nós Dancing in Ireland.

Éigse Dhiarmuid Uí Súilleabháin

Traditional Singing and Music Festival

Is ar an Satharn, an 3ú Nollaig, a bheidh na ceardlanna ar siúl san Ionad Cultúrtha agus i gColaiste Ghobnatan.  Tá Rónán ag chur i lathair an ceardlann rince ag 10.00r.n go dtí 12.30, agus tá sé ag dhéanamh steip ag an gcoirm ceoil in Áras Éamon Mac Suibhne, Cul Aodha an oíche sin!  Beidh go leor imeachtaí iontach ann, chun ómós a thabhairt do Diarmuid Uí Súilleabháin.  Tá tuille eolas ar fáil ag www.eigse.ie

Rónán will be teaching a dance workshop from 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM in the Ionad Cultúrtha, Cul Aodha on Saturday 3rd of December 2016 and performing sean-nós dance at the concern in Áras Éamon Mac Suibhne, Cul Aodha that evening.  The concert will start at 8pm that evening and will present some beautiful music, song and dance in celebration of Diarmuid Uí Súilleabháin.  Rónán is looking forwarding to returning to teach in Cul Aodha once again.  Hope to see some of you there! 

Rónán will once again be performing at this years John Joe Gordon Festival in Belleek, featuring special guests, the exciting line-up of music, song, dance and recitation will kick off @ 8pm on Friday 4th of December.  Rónán will be performing with Jim Connolly, Ben Lennon, Kathleen Meehan and Kevin Abeyta amongst others.  

Now in it's 9th year, the John Joe Gordon festival in Belleek continues to recogonise the legacy left behind by the master fiddle player, John-Joe Gordon.  

John Joe Gordon was born in 1928 and passed on in 2002, the youngest of seven children-born to Mary and John James Gordon, who worked a small farm in the townland of Drumcully, which lies halfway between Belleek and Belcoo.

We look forward to seeing you in Belleek to celebrate John Joe's life and music.

Beidh Rónán ag damhsa ag Oireachtas na Samhna mar is gnáth.  Beidh chuile imeachtaí a bhaineann le Gaeilge le féiceal ann.  Beidh sé ar siúl in Óstan Gleneagle i gCill Airne, Co. Ciarraí idir an 28ú Deireadh Fómhair agus an 2ú Samhain.  Réamhbhabhta Rince Aonair ar an Sean-Nós (Daoine Fásta).  Ionad: Ballroom, Óstán Gleneagle - 31ú Deireadh Fómhair ag a 13:30

PRÍOMHCHOMÓRTAIS Rince Aonair ar an Sean-Nós (Daoine Fásta).  Rince Aonair ar an Sean-Nós Beo ar TG4 - Ionad: INEC ag an 1ú Samhain ag a 14:00

Bígí ann don scléip na Samhna!

Sean-Nós dance workshops with Rónán in Drumkerrin, County Leitrim from 10:30am on Saturday 7th June 2014

For further details please check http://www.johnmckenna.ie/festival/