The Cobblestone

16/07/2026

Tadhg Mac Donagáin, legendary Mayo singer, whom we last saw in Tallin, Estonia, paid a visit to Smithfield tonight with his daughter and sang a lovely version of Paidín O’Ragfertaigh, to the delight of all the visitors and listeners. Maith an fear, Tadhg

15/07/2026

As part of their World tour of the island of Ireland, this pair of wonderful musicians, Lovely Lorraine Sweeney on concert flute and fiddle player extraordinaire Jacqui Martin, will appear in the Cobblestone Backroom on Friday night, to open our minds to the marvellous and foot tapping tunes from their new recording called ‘What’s Seldom is Wonderful’ . Think this is a great CD and it’s included in our musical library and highly recommended

14/07/2026

13/07/2026

Met the lovely Katie Broz and her parents, visiting from Chicago. Katie worked with Louise Barry from Wicklow Town and heading back to the States tomorrow. Nice visit and everlasting memories. Here Katie is pictured with an uncle of Louise, Tom and a cousin of Louise in Smithfield

11/07/2026

Don’t miss this wonderful night in the Backroom. Great occasion and musical entertainment promised

09/07/2026

The main door is open tonight, but come Monday, 13th July, it won’t open until 5.00pm, due to work going on inside the pub.

08/07/2026

Tuesday tunes, by the musicians that were not in Milltown Malbay

08/07/2026

Joe Gallagher serenading the Friday crew with his sweet voice. Recorded by Alan Hilliard

08/07/2026

Suzanne on flute and Dave on fiddle from Minnesota, called in on Monday and Tuesday for some welcome tunes, They gave a paper at the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention a couple of weeks ago