A native  of Baile Bhúirne, Gaeltacht Mhúscraí, nestled in the Cork and Kerry Mountains, Diarmuid McSweeney, or Diarmuid MacSuibhne as he is better known at home, has spent a lifetime steeped in the Musical, Lyrical, Linguistic and Cultural traditions of his family. Recently moving to the United States, Diarmuid has already performed with some of Philadelphia’s most established Irish Musicians and has performed on both Radio and Television. His unique background, coupled with his exposure to and interest in modern Irish and International Folk music…

Join McCarthy’s as the pair expertly performs some of the “brother” style duets of the bluegrass world, and the drives and tight vocal harmonies of traditional Irish folk songs. Instrumentally, the duet expertly performs in various combinations on guitar, 5-string banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, and tenor banjo. Their musical interplay at times hauntingly spare and beautiful, such as on an Irish ballad, and at other times a powerful drive of cascading notes that can bring down the house. Seen on festival…

Live Irish music with Jimmy Farrell at McCarthy's Red Stag Pub.  Jimmy has been singing and playing Guitar for 40 years He has played all kinds of music, but Irish Folk Music is where he is the most comfortable.  His influences over the years range from Johnny Cash, the Clancy Brothers. Tommy Makem, Merle Haggard, the Dubliners, Seamus Kennedy and Willie Lynch  to so many others. Along with the songs are always stories and laughter!

Tim Harakal’s self-taught hands are at one with the guitar strings, they have become an extension of his heart, soul, and spirit. Influenced by his favorite band Metallica, his music morphed into an acoustic art form with a pop-rock edge. He’s written and recorded 40+ songs during his college years, many times in lieu of going to class. He dropped out of his biology major with one semester to finish and began playing coffee shops, cafes, opera houses, pubs etc.…

Seamus Kelleher was born in Galway city in 1954. The youngest of five children, he studied piano at age nine and continued to do so until he picked up the guitar at age fourteen. Within a few weeks, Seamus knew what he would be doing for the rest of his life. By age 15, he was performing acoustic concerts at venues all over Galway. By 16 he joined a rock group called Spoonful where he switched from acoustic to electric…

Join McCarthy’s as the pair expertly performs some of the “brother” style duets of the bluegrass world, and the drives and tight vocal harmonies of traditional Irish folk songs. Instrumentally, the duet expertly performs in various combinations on guitar, 5-string banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, and tenor banjo. Their musical interplay at times hauntingly spare and beautiful, such as on an Irish ballad, and at other times a powerful drive of cascading notes that can bring down the house. Seen on festival…