There’s an old joke that goes, “What’s the best way to play a bodhrán? With a penknife.” The slag is reputed to have come from the piper Séamus Ennis – infuriated by beginners buying a bodhrán at a ...

The Footloose star – he’s got a ton of other stuff to his credit too, but the ‘80s dance movie will always be at the top – told RTE host Ryan Tubridy back in 2020 that he loves the Irish hand drum, ...

A treasured traditional instrument has pride of place once more in a family home after a remarkable TV restoration. The bodhrán had been made by a son from his father's garden sieve. Torn, decayed and ...

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Documentary On One: Professor Mel Mercier, Chair of Performing Arts at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at University of Limerick, introduces Peadar Mercier, a documentary portrait of his ...

A new book explores how the bodhrán became a popular musical instrument in surprisingly recent times John B Keane playing a bodhrán alongside its maker Sonny Canavan in a Newsround segment aired in ...

for the first-ever World Bodhrán Championships. The festival is being held to promote the role of the bodhrán in traditional Irish music and is expected to attract thousands of bodhrán players and ...