An Droichead Beag Session

An Droichead Beag (The Little Bridge) is the only pub in Dingle offering music seven nights a week all year around. Many the town’s talented traditional Irish musicians can be heard here including John Brown, Bréanainn and Séamus Ó Beaglaoich, Eoin Duignan, Aoife Granville, Michael Herlihy, Jon Saunders and Tommy Sullivan.


You can be assured of a good session any night at Droichead Beag. It is one of the larger establishments in town with several rooms

The Tuesday night session is more relaxed than the busy weekend with a warm and friendly atmosphere. It is lead by Michael Herlihy on box with John Brown on guitar. Michael is a lively West Kerry style box player who owns and operates the music shop, Siopa Ceol an Daingin, on Main Street just up the street from An Droichead Beag. John is well-know for his singing and guitar playing in and around Dingle.


There is a CD available called The Mighty Session that features some of Ireland's leading musicians that have played at An Droichead Beag over time.

Also Aoife Granville who plays violin and flute there on Mondays and Saturdays has a new CD out called Sráid Eoin Shuffle. CD is available from the local music shops or by mail order from Mulligan in Galway.

As with most sessions in Dingle, the music gets started at about 9:30 pm.

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