Thank you for the music
South of Ireland Band Championships 2021
Dear Friends,
I hope you are all keeping well and safe in these very challenging times.
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the current advice from the HSE and Government in
regards to social distancing and the ongoing concern about the spread of this virus, it is with
great regret that we have had to cancel this year’s “South of Ireland Band
Championships”.
We hope to mark this year’s event on July 3rd by holding a Virtual Bands Festival like what
we had done in 2020.
Please keep in touch with our Website and Facebook page for further updates.
Yours in Music,
Gerald O Driscoll.
Chairman,
South of Ireland Band championships.
South of Ireland Band Championships 2020
The South of Ireland Band Championships due to be held in 2020 on 4th July unfortunately had to be cancelled. However after 40 years it was felt that we couldn't let the day pass without providing band music for all the people who for so many years have looked forward to the 1st Saturday in July for their band music 'fix'.
So at 10.30 a.m. on 4th July 2020 everyone will have an opportunity to view and listen to bands who have participated in the competition over the years here on this website.
This is not a competition nor is it a movie of all the bands participating. Instead it will follow the programme format of previous South of Ireland Band Championships where all of the bands are listed and instead of turning up at the appointed time in the Community Hall to listen to a particular band one can just click on the band of your choice.
It is hoped that this virtual band programme will go in some way to acknowledge all the great band performances over the years and the huge community interest and support for this event and ensure that the 1st Saturday in Clonakilty in July will always be about great music and the friendship that it brings.
Introduction by our MC Eileen Kingston of South of Ireland Band Championships Virtual Concert 2020
Launch of SIBC Virtual Concert by Cork County Mayor Mary Linehan Foley
South of Ireland Band Championships Virtual Concert 2020
Band |
Music |
Conductor/Musical Director |
| Ardee Concert Band | Gather The Gaels | Brendan Breslin |
| Ballymore Eustace Concert Band | Theres No Business Like Show Businness | Jon Clifford |
| Banna Chluain Meala Junior Band | Seven Nation Army | Peter Taylor |
| Barrack Street Concert Band Cork | Down by the Salley Gardens | Capt Brian Prendergast |
| Blanchardstown Brass Band Dublin | Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Zdenek Ondrousek |
| Boherbuoy Brass and Reed Band Limerick | Oregon | Andrew Jordan |
| C.J. Kickham Brass Band Tipperary | White Cliffs Of Dover | Denis Lynch |
| Carrick-on-Suir Brass Band | Punchinello | Billy Byrne |
| City of Waterford Brass | Concerto de Aranjuez | Julie Quinlan |
| Clara Town Band | Captain America | Michael McLoughlin |
| Clonakilty Brass Band | Concerto de Aranjuez | Ger Condon |
| Clonmel Concert Band | Americian Patrol | Danny Carroll |
| Coalisland Silver Band | Come Fly With Me | Anthony Conway |
| Cork Philharmonic Winds | Loch Lomond | Robert O Brien |
| Diverse Brass | All My Loving | Liam Walsh |
| Drogheda Youth Brass Band | Paint It Black | Anthony Murphy |
| Dublin Concert Band | On Raglan Road | Brendan Breslin |
| Ennis Brass Band | Avengers Theme Tune | Mark Nutley |
| Fermoy Concert Band | Solas Ané | Ruairí Dineen |
| Fermoy Youth Band | Celtic Air And Dance No 1 |
Ruairí Dineen |
| H.F.C. Band Wexford | Caravan | Alan Mahon |
| James Fitzgerald Memorial Band Mitchelstown | Galop From Orpheaus In The Underworld | Sean Chamberlain |
| Lourdes Brass Band Drogheda | You've Been Warned | Prof Michael Alcorn |
| Lourdes Youth Band Drogheda | Indiana Jones Theme | John Walsh |
| Lucan Concert Band | Phantom Of The Opera | Aine Doyle |
| Midelton Junior Concert Band | Celtic Air And Dance No 2 | Robert O Brien |
| Mullingar Town Band | Pinball Wizard | Harry Kelly |
| Navan Silver Band | Beyond The Sea | Stephen Murray |
| Redemptorist Centre of Music Concert Band Limerick | Semper Fidelis | Andrew Jordan |
| St Fachtnas Silver Band Skibbereen | Anchors Aweigh | Adrian Hanly |
| St James Brass and Reed Band Dublin | Gaelforce | Thomas Tyrrell |
| St Marys Brass and Reed Band Kingscourt | Bohemian Rhapsody | Gavin Warren |
| St Marys Brass and Reed Band Maynooth | The Sunday Game | Jon Clifford |
| St Marys Brass and Reed Youth Band Kingscourt | Gateway March | Mairead Smith |
| St Nicholas Brass Band Cork | Song For The Frontline | Noel Galvin |
| Tacoma Concert Band Washington | Stars And Stripes | Robert Musser |
| Musikverein Waldaschaff | Silva Nigra |
Pádraig O'Reilly Mayor of Clonakilty speech re South Of Ireland Band Championships Virtual Concert