Scart on tour of the World on Fiddle Day

“IF the visitors cannot come to Scartaglin to hear the sound of Sliabh Luachra this year because of Covid-19 then we will bring the music to them,” said a defiant World Fiddle Day founder member, PJ Teahan as he washed down the Patrick O’Keeffe monument in Scartaglin on Sunday morning.

“We’ll do an online, special live broadcast featuring fiddle players from around the world,” said PJ.

“There was a demand from our supporters to do something to mark the occasion and it took off from there.

“The amount of goodwill towards the event has been amazing as invitations to play have been sent out to fiddlers in the UK, USA, Holland and France as well as to several counties in Ireland to participate and there has been a huge response.”

With the technical help of website designer, Richard Nolan, PJ is putting the finishing touches to the 2020 World Fiddle Day Scartaglin Celebrations Concert and this will be broadcast live on Saturday evening, May 16th from 7:30pm.

“Our youngest fiddle player is nine and a half and we have a few that would easily remember the swinging sixties.

“We’re inviting the world to join us and hear the sound of solo fiddle and tunes associated with Sliabh Luachra.

“To view there are three options available and all at start time of 7:30pm you can visit our Facebook Group Page World Fiddle Day Scartaglin or the video section of our website: worldfiddledayscartaglin.ie or our YouTube Channel: Handed Down Scartaglin Sliabh Luachra Archive.