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Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. In this article you will learn what a bodhran is. You will also learn its basic history like where and how it ...

When percussionist and filmmaker Ruairí Glasheen delves into the history and origins of the bodhrán in his new four-part documentary about the drum often hailed as the heartbeat of Irish music, what ...

There is not a great deal of information about the bodhran and its history, probably because the drum hasn't really changed much over time. It resembles a large tambourine without the jingling parts ...

BEAVER CREEK – Around here, it’s not hard to find people who march to the beat of a different drummer. It’s not likely they do it as well as the Trinity Irish Dance Company though, in their new ...

Catherine says her father Jackie was delighted to meet host Jay Blades A treasured traditional instrument has pride of place once more in a family home after a remarkable TV restoration. The bodhrán ...

The Footloose star – he’s got a ton of other stuff to his credit too, but the ‘80s dance movie will always be at the top – told RTE host Ryan Tubridy back in 2020 that he loves the Irish hand drum, ...

A treasured traditional instrument has pride of place once more in a family home after a remarkable TV restoration. The bodhrán had been made by a son from his father's garden sieve. Torn, decayed and ...