Celts

Celtic harp player and vocalist Lina Rodopoulou is appearing in the lovely garden cafe of the Numistmatic Museum (12 Panepistimiou) at 9 p.m. on Thursday. Titled "Mediterranean Dream," her solo show comprises songs from France, Italy, Spain and others parts of Europe.

Up until late January Terry O'Toole was fielding a trickle of enquiries from Irish holidaymakers happy to settle for another summer at home in one of the cottages he manages in the scenic west coast region of Connemara.

The 4th Athens Celtic Music Festival gets under way on the roof of the Trianon Cinema in central Athens on Thursday, May 17. Organized by local acts Iernis, Noriana, Solastas, Tir Fada and Treescelts, the four-day event will also feature the Curfa Gaelic Choir and special guests David Alexander, Scott Mavroudis, Nicola Stathers and Paddy Egan.

French archaeologists have a mystery on their hands: is the 2,500 year old skeleton discovered in a royal tomb in northeast France on October 2014, male or female? And had this person been a Celtic prince or princess?

The National Dance Company of Ireland on Monday will perform, twice, its "Rhythm Of The Dance" show on the revamped stage of the National Theatre in Bucharest.

Photo credit: (c) SORIN LUPSA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

The shows will take place in the Great Hall of the TNB, starting at 5 and 8 pm respectively, on Monday.