Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This hugely popular series will feature entertaining high-end performances and fascinating conversation against this very alluring backdrop. 

As a musical event, Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy showcases every single aspect of the tradition – the learners, the festival enthusiasts, the dancers, the singers, the discerning listeners, the younger modern players, and the professionals. Now celebrating 51 years, it continues to attract international crowds and huge talent into the tiny West Clare town of Miltown Malbay year-on-year.

It has become something of a ‘Mecca of Music', and this series showcases the diversity of sights and sounds that can be found there annually. Each episode of this musically exciting series will take us from morning to night during a day at the summer school and features music, song, dance, and chat from a variety of characters from across the globe, and closer to home. Throughout the four episodes, we will meet a diverse and talented cohort of interesting characters.

Series details

• Title: Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy
• Format: Variety
• Language: Irish
• Premiere date: 2022-11-20
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TG4
• Network country: Ireland
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 80866

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-11-20; final listed air date 2022-12-11; episode order: 4.
• Season 2: premiered 2023-11-26; final listed air date 2023-12-17; episode order: 4.
• Season 3: premiered 2024-11-24; final listed air date 2024-12-15; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.