Fleadh Nua 2025 "Restringing the Stone Fiddle" John Tunney
Saturday May 24th 2025
8pm
Admission Free
John Tunney is a Clare-based singer and song writer who grew up in a multi-generational family of Irish traditional singers. The Tunney family repertoire is one of the richest in the entire Irish tradition, and John has appeared at numerous festivals throughout Ireland, on radio and television and on several albums, most recently a solo CD ‘The Immigrant: A Stone on the Cairn of Tradition.’
In 2023, John and his family founded the Tunney Song Tradition Trust. The trust is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the collected works of Paddy Tunney, ‘The Man of Songs.’
‘Restringing The Stone Fiddle’ is an evocation of the oral tradition of fireside culture with its colour, charm and richness. Featuring diverse line-ups, the show has recently been performed at a variety of festivals including Belfast TradFest, the Ulster Fleadh, Ceol na Coille, and Fleadh Cheoil na h-Éireann in Wexford.
