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The Christmas Letter will be broadcast on RTE One in Ireland on Christmas Eve at 1.10.The movie will also stream on RTE Player/NowTV/Sky over the festive period. Winner of ‘Best Animation Short’ at the Columbus Ohio International Film Festival and ‘Best Animation’ at Chicago International Film Festival, ‘The Christmas Letter’, distributed by Universal and narrated …

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    The Covid-19 pandemic brought about an unprecedented shift in the way we teach and learn Irish traditional music. As a forward-thinking organisation, Comhaltas invites teachers, students, parents and branches to reflect on the ways we have adapted to incorporate technology into the transmission of traditional Irish music in the past eighteen months. This …

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Robert was delighted to be invited to take part in ‘The Centre is Where its at’, commissioned by Laois County Council Arts Office filmed by Soffft Productions. The series of artistic responses to lockdown in Laois will be premiered in the Dunamaise Arts Centre on Thursday 25th November at 8. pm. Tickets are free and …

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Robert was delighted to play on the TV show Tradfest: The Dublin Castle Sessions presented by Fiachna Ó Braonain. Joined by Cathy Jordan, Robert plays a set of tunes from his new CD Feochan, and talks about his upcoming project Feadail: The Whistling Tradition in Ireland. Robert also accompanies Cathy on her new song ‘The …

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zny5bSVp69I Robert is delighted to be part of the Embassy of Ireland in Malawi’s Virtual Celebrations this year performing the song Ciúin written by Ronan O’Snodaigh and arranged and produced by Carmel Whelan, featuring musicians from Ireland and Malawi. More information about the collaboration can be found at http://ireland.ie/malawi The full reception, with an address from …

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Robert will play at Templebar Tradfest this weekend as part of the Altan and Friends online concert. The show features Altan, Cathy Jordan, Eleanor McEvoy, Zoe Conway and John McIntyre and Shane Hennessy. Tickets can be found at http://www.tradfest.ie/events    

The Christmas Letter will be broadcast on RTE One in Ireland on Christmas Eve at 2pm. Winner of ‘Best Animation Short’ at the Columbus Ohio International Film Festival and ‘Best Animation’ at Chicago International Film Festival, ‘The Christmas Letter’, distributed by Universal and narrated by Kate Winslet, tells the heartwarming story of Henry (James Quinn …

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Robert’s new CD Feochán was featured on this weeks episode of ‘The Rolling Wave’ on RTE radio one alongside a selection of other new releases from 2020. Thanks to Aoife Nic Cormac for featuring the album. Listen to the full show by following the link below https://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/share/radio1/11262481      

The Christmas Letter has won Best Animation Award at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. Distributed internationally by Universal Studios, The Christmas Letter tells the heartwarming story of Henry (James Quinn Markey) and Frank the Robin (Robert Harvey) as they attempt to bring Christmas cheer to an elderly neighbour (Fiona Shaw) who had given up …

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