A few quick updates to the website, and some past items.

The weather, for the most part, has been great recently.
Further to some of my earlier posts on Fianna Fail organising in the North, it has been announced that Ogra Fianna Fail will be organising in the Universities and Colleges in the six counties in the […]

Last night was a busy evening, seeing the press launches of both the 2006 Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann and the Letterkenny Reunion.
Last year’s Fleadh Cheoil was a huge success, bringing tens of thousands of people to the town for a great weekend of Irish culture. I have no doubt that this year’s event will be […]

The website for the 2006 Fleadh Cheoil, taking place in Letterkenny from the 20th to the 27th of August, has been online for the past few days at www.fleadh2006.com
I’ve been working on the website for the past few weeks, particularly with Paddy and Fiona Tunney who have both been working extremely hard all year on […]

A quick post- Letterkenny will feature heavily on RTE1 tomorrow night (Friday January 27th 2006). The show, which is on at 7:30pm, is featured on RTE’s website as follows:

19:30 Fleadh Cheoil
New series taking a look at Ireland’s largest traditional music festival. Pat Butler and Breda Smyth present some of the highlights from last summer’s festival in […]

A quick update. Letterkenny has been extremely busy this last week, with Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann and all the associated events.
To put it simply, the Fleadh was a huge success. I’ve never seen as many people around Letterkenny, most notably on Saturday night. The town was absolutely packed, with people coming from every corner of […]

The official Fleadh Cheoil website has been updated with details of the Gardai traffic management plan. The website contains details regarding traffic diversions, parking and road closures.
I’d recommend people check the plans out, as they will affect everyone around the town during the event. They are also due to be published in the local papers […]

We’re now less than one week away from the start of the Scoil Eigse, Seachtain na Gaeilge and the Fleadh Cheoil. The sense of anticipation is really palpable in Letterkenny; the entire town is talking Fleadh Fleadh Fleadh.
The last meeting of the Fleadh committee takes place tonight. Preparations have gone very well, and everything is […]

I’ve just returned from the official launch of the 2005 Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann, which will take place in Letterkenny from August 22nd to 29th. Other speakers included Cllr Dessie Larkin, Senator Labhras O’Murchu and John O’Donohue TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism. A transcript of my speech is available here on this website.
The […]

My speech from the official launch of the 2005 Fleadh, in the Clanree Hotel on July 19th. Click the link above to read the full text.