Two memorial concerts in memory of Sean Ó Riada, the first staged on 16 January 1972, a live broadcast from the gaiety theatre Dublin.

The Second memorial concert staged on 21st October 1981, in Cork.

Seán Ó Riada (1 August 1931 - 3 October 1971), was a composer and bandleader, and perhaps the single most influential figure in the renaissance of Irish traditional music from the 1960s, through his participation in Ceoltóirí Chualann, his compositions, his writings and his broadcasts on the topic.