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The inaugural Series in the Kevin Barry Recital Room (supported by The Sunday Business Post and Newstalk 106) comprises of a musical programme featuring:

The Vanbrugh Quartet, which plays the complete Beethoven String Quartets in a series of Sunday afternoon concerts (Sunday 1, 8, 15 22 and 29 May 2016 at 3pm).
The renowned fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, best-known as a member of The Gloaming, will be the inaugural Kevin Barry Recital Room Resident Artist. He will be joined by a selection of guests artists for four concerts including Garth Knox (viola d'amore) on 28 April, Cormac Begley (concertina) on 19 May, Dan Trueman (hardanger) on the 26 May and Per Oddvar Johansen (drums & percussion) on the 15 June.
Now This: Gary Peacock (double bass), Marc Copland (piano), and Joey Baron (drums) perform powerful new versions of some Peacock classics, interspersed with recent compositions on the 12 and 13 of May 2016.
Conor Biggs (bass) and Michel Stas (piano) continue the Schubertreise on 24 of April in which they continue to complete the Schubert Song cycle.
On 30 of April broadcaster and journalist Sinéad Gleeson explores the literary gem that is the short story in The Long Gaze Back—an exhilarating anthology of thirty short stories by some of the most gifted women writer Ireland has ever produced.
Bach and his Contemporaries sees a number of Irish musicians performing a rich tapestry of Baroque music focusing on Bach and his contemporaries; Redmond O'Toole (guitar) on 16 June; Malcolm Proud (harpsichord) on 23 June, and Claire Duff (violin) joined by cellist Sarah McMahon on the 30 of June.
The Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme, led by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, T.D., is a year-long programme of activity to commemorate the events of the 1916 Rising, to reflect on our achievements over the last 100 years and to look towards Ireland's future. Full details of the programme are available at www.ireland.ie. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @ireland2016 #ireland2016