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Speech at Launch of Count Me Out: Selected Writings of Filmmaker Bob Quinn

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Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, 15 February 2025

Sula gcríochnaíonn muid suas ba mhaith liom cúpla focal a rá agus mo bhuíochas a ghabháil le cúpla duine.

Sa gcéad dul síos, gabhaim buíochas do Stephen Rea. Stephen, it has really made it a very special occasion to have you here with us this evening. I know Bob really appreciates it, all of our family appreciate it, and I am sure everyone here does too. Go raibh míle maith agat. I also want to thank my sister, Hannah – who was nominated for an IFTA last night at the awards in Dublin! – and who worked with Stephen on the series The Stranger on Netflix. Thank you Hannah for bringing Stephen down today. 

Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil le Vinny Browne agus an fhoireann ar fad anseo i Charlie Byrne’s. Vinny has been a terrific supporter of Bob’s work, and my own writing and publishing too. We’re so lucky to have Charlie Byrne’s in Galway. I don’t know what we would do without it, so thank you to Vinny and all the staff for hosting this event.

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How Ireland Thinks About Music

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Does Ireland have its own way of thinking about music? How might this perspective have developed? And could it explain the current dynamism in Irish musical life? In this essay, the edited text of a talk given at Farmleigh House on 11 May, Journal of Music Editor Toner Quinn explores these questions and more.

Almost four months ago, I published the book What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music, and I realise this title may sound presumptuous, but in reality every country has something to teach the world about music, because every country has its own history and musical traditions. Ireland, therefore, should have something that it can offer the world, particularly given the impact our music has had, and even if, publicly, we tend not to talk too much about what that might be.

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An Sean-nós mar Éiceachóras

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Píosa cainte a thug mé ag an oscailt oifigiúil do Fhéile Joe Éinniú 2024 (Áras na hOllscoile, Carna, 3 Bealtaine 2024).

Dia dhaoibh a chairde, agus go raibh míle maith agat a Mhíchíl agus an coiste ar fad as ucht an gcuireadh a bheith anseo anocht. Is mór an onóir dom.

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Toner Quinn’s New Book Launched by Martin Hayes at the Irish Traditional Music Archive

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See a news item from the Journal of Music on the launch of my new book below. The original is here.

A new book by Toner Quinn, What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music, has been launched by fiddle player Martin Hayes at the Irish Traditional Music Archive in Dublin.

A collection of writings on Irish music, the book contains more than fifty essays and articles drawn from Quinn’s work as Editor of the Journal of Music as well as a number of radio essays and public talks.

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