I am often asked to give talks or lectures. Most often I am asked to give a general talk on the history of the harp, or on the old harp traditions. I always like to make a talk relevant to the venue or event, to connect to local people or places.
Other times I do more focussed talks on a particular subject or theme. In 2018 I gave a talk for the President and his guests at Áras an Uachtaráin, on the Irish harp symbol. In 2017 I was at Hospitalfield House, Arbroath, and I did a lecture about the Erard Grecian pedal harp and its place in Scottish music. I was invited to the Pìobaireachd Society conference in Dunkeld in 2016, and spoke about the relationship between ceòl mór and the clàrsach.
Every year at Scoil na gCláirseach in Kilkenny from 2005 through to 2024, I gave one or two talks on specialist areas of interest within historical harp studies. For a number of years until I moved away, I gave a lecture once a term at the University of St Andrews, as part of the undergraduate course on Scottish Music.