http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Ennis+%28County+Clare%29 IrishCentral Ennis (County Clare) en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/cavan-town-sets-a-record---set-to-host-fleadh-cheoil-for-the-third-year-131109448.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/cavan-town-sets-a-record---set-to-host-fleadh-cheoil-for-the-third-year-131109448.html Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:13:23 PDT
A father and son watch a busker on Main Street in Cavan while attending the Fleadh Cheoil last monthDublin – On a sunlit Saturday afternoon three counties would meet at 32 Belgrave Square in Dublin inside and outside the CCE Monkstown Culturlann to await a tense decision about where Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 2012 was to land while a secret ballot took place in an upstairs conference room among Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann’s Ardchomhairle or Executive CouncilWhen all the votes were counted, Cavan Town bettered Ennis in Clare by a single vote and sent the next fleadh back for a three-peat to the Cavan host which had set records the past two years in their stewardship of the second largest festival held in Ireland after the Dublin St Patrick’s Day Festival READ MORE ]]>