Ireland
There are several gamelan in the Republic of Ireland, both institutionally and privately owned.
The most well known gamelan is located in the music department of University College Cork, in the "Seomra Gamelan." The gamelan was custom made for UCC by gong-smith Pak Tentrem Sarwanto in Java and arrived in Ireland in 1995. The UCC Javanese gamelan was given the name Nyai Sekar Madu Sari (Venerable Flower of Honey Essence) in a traditional naming ceremony. The UCC gamelan presents a public performance at least once a year under its director, Mel Mercier.
In the Dublin area, Niamh Tiernan runs workshops with her privately owned gamelan sets. These sets are "a complete Central Javanese gamelan and a Calung (bamboo gamelan), from Banyumas also in Java."
Galway also boasts a gamelan. It is owned by Soundscape, a Brothers of Charity group. The gamelan is used both for in a music therapy and community outreach capacity and also by an amateur musicians group called Gamelan na Gaillimhe. The official opening ceremony of the gamelan, where it was welcomed to the city of Galway by both the local musicians group and members of London group Siswa Sukra, was held in the Town Hall Theatre on 1 October 2011.
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