Tony Kearns

Tony's choice (above) was a photograph from 1994 showing two good friends, Junior Crehan and Bobby Casey.

You can find more to Tony's pictures from the Willie Clancy Summer School in the Gallery Colour Photos from Clare by Tony Kearns, 2012 and 2013

©Tony Kearns www.tonykearns.net

Nutan

It is often said that a picture says a thousand words..

In stills photography, the picture has to say it all,  in one frame..

Over the years, I have taken thousands of pictures of the Willie week , and ,the one that came to mind is one of my earliest one of Jackie Small teaching the box to kids in Spanish point.

The picture shows very simply how the music is being passed on, which, besides all the craic, is the essence of "the best week, in my year, in my world."

©NUTAN PHOTOGRAPHY www.nutan.ie

Colm Keating

Colm's favourite photograph is of a young piper and whistle player from Rinn, Co. Waterford named Domhnall.  

(c) Colm Keating  www.colmkeatingphotography.com/

Peter Laban

This photograph is just one of a selection that we received from Peter and features piper Tommy McCarthy playing a tune, watched attentively by his grandson Pádraic Keane.

With hindsight you can read all sorts of things into the image, considering the piper Páraic has become.

A further selection of Peter's photographs are available in the blog Photographs from Peter Laban

As well as the photographs above, there are a number of new galleries on the ITMA website to give a flavour of the Willie Clancy Summer School.

Willie Clancy Summer School: Classes

Willie Clancy Summer School: Sessions

Willie Clancy Summer School: People

Willie Clancy Summer School: Early years

Willie Clancy Summer School: From the stage

Willie Clancy Summer School: Ephemera

Thanks to Tony Kearns, Nutan, Colm Keating and Peter Laban for their permission to use their images in this blog, and for their contributions to the various Willie Clancy Summer School image galleries.

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