Tipperary Girl Scoops Top Prize At Oireachtas
Cáit de Búrca, from Lahesseragh, Co. Tipperary took the top prize in the 9-12 SeanNós dancing competition at the recent Oireachtas Festival in Kilarney, Co Kerry.
Caption: Cáit de Búrca, from Lahesseragh, Co. Tipperary took the top prize in the 9-12 Sean-Nósdancing competition at the recent Oireachtas Festival in Kilarney, Co Kerry, 2-6th November.
The annual Oireachtas Festival
The range of competitions included storytelling, sean-nós dancing and singing, and the famous Lúibíní competition in which two people perform a rhyming story through song.
The highlights of this years festival included the newly composed piece by Peadar Ó Riada, entitled I gCuimhne Laochra (Remembering Heroes), that was commissioned by An tOireachtas as part of their 1916 commemortations.
A central theme in this years festival was the future of Irish language drama. This years programme featured an exciting and innovative line up of radio plays as well as a forum on the future of Irish language Drama.
“The creation and performance of Irish Language Drama is a very important aspect of Irish culture” says Liam Ó Maolaodha, Director of An tOireachtas. “In this Centenary year when we think of the effect that play writes such as Lady Gregory, Yeats and O Casey had on this country, it is vital that we keep this dramatic torch burning brightly, as a way of exploring, expressing and entertaining ourselves.”
