A bluegrass session in 2006
In December 2006, the Pier Head was billed for a 5pm acoustic bluegrass session with Ruth Dillon, Frank Hall and Tom Hanway — planned as the possible start of a weekly session.
THE QUAY, KINVARA, Galway
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A bluegrass session in 2006
In December 2006, the Pier Head was billed for a 5pm acoustic bluegrass session with Ruth Dillon, Frank Hall and Tom Hanway — planned as the possible start of a weekly session.
Set dancing at the Pier Head
A 2008 Kinvara community-magazine report records Peter Parson, Mike Fahy and Sue Fahy playing for set dancing at the Pier Head during a busy local-music weekend.
The Cuckoo Festival
The Pier Head hosted the 2026 opening gathering for Kinvara's Fleadh na gCuach, the Cuckoo Festival; the Galway Advertiser also listed it among the village venues where festival music flowed through the Bank Holiday weekend.
Fleadh na gCuach brings magic to idyllic Kinvara · 2026-04-30
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