http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Fleadh+Cheoil+na+hEireann IrishCentral Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/cavan-hosts-a-masterful-fleadh-ceol-168362146.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/cavan-hosts-a-masterful-fleadh-ceol-168362146.html Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:47:00 PDT
President Michael D Higgins having a laugh at the Fleadh (Paul M Reynolds)Four years ago at this time the Breiffne County was putting the finishing touches to what would be the only submission to the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Executive Council to host the annual Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann or the All-Ireland Championships and Scoil Eigse (summer school) that precedes the August weekend competitions  Long a dream of Martin Donohoe, Cavan’s most fervent traditional music booster who knows when opportunity knocks you open the door quickly, he mustered a number of other musicians in the county to join forces READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/derry-chosen-for-the-2013-fleadh-cheoil-na-heireann---videos-138639359.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/derry-chosen-for-the-2013-fleadh-cheoil-na-heireann---videos-138639359.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:30:15 PST
Derry cityMy visit last year to Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann in Cavan Town in August gave ample evidence of the Living Tradition as practiced by the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann MovementThe 10-day festival revolving around Scoil Eigse (music school) and competitions plus multi-faceted programming was a convincing reminder of how traditional Irish music reaches way more people than it is ever given credit for in Ireland The media was also full of the impact that a modern day fleadh can have on those towns that undertake the challenge of hosting one, with Cavan drawing well over 300,000 people over 10 days and a possible yield of €40 millionNo wonder the competition was so intense this past weekend when CCE’s ard chomhairle (executive board) gathered to consider three very strong bids to host in the year 2013 after Cavan completes a three-peat in August this year READ MORE ]]> 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 ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/upcoming-events-a-look-at-whats-going-on-in-irish-traditional-music-131109443.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/upcoming-events-a-look-at-whats-going-on-in-irish-traditional-music-131109443.html Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:13:22 PDT
If you have been following Irish dancing outside the bizarre world of competitive stepdancing where the powers that be allow wigs, overdone makeup and garish designs to dominate what is world class stepdancing underneath its masquerade aspects, you will know that a significant new (well not so new really) trend has blossomed in the past decade or soWe are talking about sean nos dancing (old style step dancing) where spontaneity and individual creativity form a close union with live Irish music playing at normal tempos in the manner that one would have discovered in Connemara or other pockets deep within the well of tradition long agoYou can find it at all the festivals and workshops for people of all ages, and this year it even became a competition as part of Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann in Cavan for the first timeThe dance form has migrated to the U READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/cavan-outdoes-itself-yet-again-with-the-annual-fleadh-cheoil-na-heireann-129521513.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/cavan-outdoes-itself-yet-again-with-the-annual-fleadh-cheoil-na-heireann-129521513.html Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:30:22 PDT
Fleadh street sessionWhen Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann comes to town it conjures up many images and goals for most of its participants who engage fully in itMany are there to test their musical skills against some of the best musicians in their peer group or study at Scoil Eigse to hone their musical IQ with some of the best teachers availableOthers come to support and encourage them and to share the craic inherent in the traditional Irish music sphere that may have nothing to do with competitionFor the town it means enormous business opportunities for the present and future (if they make the right impression) and can solidify the community if the right teamwork is in evidence READ MORE ]]>