NYU'S Glucksman Ireland House will feature a special performance by Seosaimhin Ni Bheaglaoich (Josephine Begley) of the famous Dingle family that has been in the forefront of traditional music from the West Kerry Gaeltacht for so many years.

Educated at Trinity College in Dublin, she hosted a 1980s CCE TV series for RTE called The Mountain Lark that featured traditional music and dance, and with Radio na Gaeltachta where she was recognized as one of Ireland's finest singers in the Irish language.

She was also a founding member of Ireland's first all female group MACALLA where her rendering of the title track of their first album Mna na hEireann still stands out in my memory.

The show is on Friday, November 7 at 7 p.m. (this is not part of the Blarney Star concert series so note the starting time) which is free for Glucksman Ireland House members and NYU students and staff, and a donation of $10 for the general public. Call 212-998-3950 to reserve a place or email Ireland.house@ nyu.edu/