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Sunday 24 May<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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3pm – 4pm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Join us for an afternoon of tunes and chat with Donegal fiddler Jack Houston & Band.
With top quality accompaniment from Ella McGrory on piano and Jack Warnock on guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Houston is a fiddler from Burt, in Inishowen. He has spent many years studying and working in Scotland where he has explored the similarities in the music, language, and landscapes of Scotland and Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack\u2019s playing and composition styles are influenced by local fiddlers in Inishowen and East Donegal such as Roisin McGrory, Tommy Peoples, Dinny McLaughlin, S\u00e9amus Grant, Liz Doherty, Ciaran Tourish, and Cl\u00f3dagh Warnock, as well as by fiddlers from West Donegal and Scotland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Free Open Event<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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