It was cold in Croke Park on April 12th, 1966. Thousands had gathered there with the President, Mr Eamon de Valera, and the Taoiseach, Mr Sean Lemass, for a pageant marking the 50th anniversary of the ...

The Artane Band at Croke Park (file photo)(Image: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane) The Artane School of Music, based in the North Dublin suburb of Artane, has said it will oppose calls by Dublin City Council to ...

Councillor Mannix Flynn (right) at a previous protest against the Artane Band. His motion to change the name and uniform has now been passed The Artane School of Music has said it will resist calls to ...

It spoke much of the standing of the musician and conductor Joe Lynch, who has died at the age of 65, that The Army Band, The Garda Band and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra all asked to play at his funeral ...

As skill sets go, it's a fairly unique one. Standing in front of 83,000 people, in front of the President and Taoiseach and a host of other dignitaries, in front of a massive global television ...

They may not be able to march in the hallowed grounds of Dublin's Croke Park these days, but that hasn’t stopped The Artane Band from marching to a different tune this summer. The famous Dublin ...

Deenihan’s childhood memories of the GAA, akin to countless others in rural Ireland, centred around the family wireless on a Sunday afternoon, the soft tones of Mícheál O’Hehir and that momentary ...