Murphy's Lore is a Bournemouth/Dorset based 'Celtic' band, performing a mix of traditional Irish, English and Scots music plus a few tunes of our own, composed by our 'box' player Richard and arranged as we went along! For ceilidhs, barn dances, pub gigs and general good craic. Perfect in many ways for weddings, parties, an anniversary or any excuse to have a Hooley. Have a look around and get a feel for what we do.

We perform tunes to dance to and songs to sing along with. If you don't know the dances, our caller will teach you. If you don't know the songs, just tap your feet and clap your hands!

We will cover Dorset, Hampshire and South Wiltshire in general.

Available as 5 piece with a separate caller or, as a 4 piece with Noeleen calling. Either way it will be a great night with charismatic calling and mellifluous music and you will have been 'Murphed'.

For most Ceilidhs / Barn Dance we keep the dances mixed to allow dancers of all experience levels to enjoy themselves but can cater for more flavoured evenings such as Burns Night or St.Paddy's night.

Our aim is to 'entertain, not educate', it should be fun after all!

To hear us, use the player to the right on this and other pages. Most clips are live, so what you hear is what you'll get! For other information about the band use the links at the top of this page,and check out the videos for what we see you enjoying.

To read about our most recent gigs and for a more interactive experience with us, see our Facebook page

News and upcoming events

8th April 2021. hopefully things are looking up. We have some new dates for 2021 and 2022 . All being well life will be getting back to something like it was soon and we can get back to entertaining people again. A few dates will be heavily dependant on the government roadmap working out ok

New dates for public gigs are - Sunday July 4th at Poole Hill Brewery, Bournemouth. Murphy's Lore trio will performing an afternoon set of traditional songs and tunes.

The Trio will also be performing at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival,which runs from August 19th - 22nd, our exact slot to be confirmed. And also at Milford on Sea Folk Club on Thursday, 14th October.

Stay safe everyone.

We've been adding some material to our Facebook page during lockdown. Some live videos from the home of Alex and Noeleen with a few songs we perform.

We can now also be found at Murphy's Lore YouTube

Some live videos

Wedding Ceilidhs

Birthday Barn Dance

Burns Night Charity Ceilidh

Birthday Ceilidh Video

Ceol agus craic!