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November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club, in cooperation with Forest City Comhaltas, presents Cantrip, live at German Canadian Club on Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Get your tickets online - ticketscene.ca/events/62445...
#LondonON #CelticMusic #FolkMusic #LiveMusic
Get your tickets online - ticketscene.ca/events/62445...
#LondonON #CelticMusic #FolkMusic #LiveMusic
October 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club, in cooperation with Forest City Comhaltas, presents Cantrip, live at German Canadian Club on Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Get your tickets online - ticketscene.ca/events/62445...
#LondonON #CelticMusic #FolkMusic #LiveMusic
Get your tickets online - ticketscene.ca/events/62445...
#LondonON #CelticMusic #FolkMusic #LiveMusic
Belfast is hosting the Comhaltas Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, "the world's biggest celebration of Irish music and culture" and they are expecting 800k people to turn up for it. As a result, they are discussing turning Ormeau Park into a camp site.
February 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Belfast is hosting the Comhaltas Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, "the world's biggest celebration of Irish music and culture" and they are expecting 800k people to turn up for it. As a result, they are discussing turning Ormeau Park into a camp site.
Chuir an tUachtarán Connolly fáilte roimh ionadaithe ó Chomhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann chuig Áras an Uachtaráin ar chuairt chúirtéise inniu.
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President Connolly welcomed representatives from Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call today.
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President Connolly welcomed representatives from Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call today.
July 20, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Chuir an tUachtarán Connolly fáilte roimh ionadaithe ó Chomhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann chuig Áras an Uachtaráin ar chuairt chúirtéise inniu.
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President Connolly welcomed representatives from Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call today.
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President Connolly welcomed representatives from Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call today.
CCÉ Dún Lathaí - Dunloy Comhaltas bringing all the good vibes on the Belfast train! ☘️🎶👏🏼
August 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
CCÉ Dún Lathaí - Dunloy Comhaltas bringing all the good vibes on the Belfast train! ☘️🎶👏🏼
The chair of Ards Comhaltas admitted afterwards he had been sceptical it could work here at all, this being a complex city.
He built it anyway. A million people answered the question for him.
Sceptical and building beats certain and waiting.
He built it anyway. A million people answered the question for him.
Sceptical and building beats certain and waiting.
A million people through Belfast for a festival nobody asked permission to hold.
Ards Comhaltas taught children to hold a bow for 50 years, then opened a door and the city came.
The half that builds and the half that waits. 💭✍🏼🎶🕊️
#Fleadh26 #Spéirghorm #Belfast
forlouth.medium.com/catching-up-...
Ards Comhaltas taught children to hold a bow for 50 years, then opened a door and the city came.
The half that builds and the half that waits. 💭✍🏼🎶🕊️
#Fleadh26 #Spéirghorm #Belfast
forlouth.medium.com/catching-up-...
Catching Up: A Million People And Nobody Asked Permission
Our Own Ground • No. 2
forlouth.medium.com
August 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The chair of Ards Comhaltas admitted afterwards he had been sceptical it could work here at all, this being a complex city.
He built it anyway. A million people answered the question for him.
Sceptical and building beats certain and waiting.
He built it anyway. A million people answered the question for him.
Sceptical and building beats certain and waiting.
At a Comhaltas cumann's anniversary concert last night and one old stalwart, getting an award for years of service, in his speech singled out people "New to Ireland" for thanks for supporting Irish music. While it's the anti-migrants whose ideas of culture is AI slop posters with Conor McGregor.
April 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
At a Comhaltas cumann's anniversary concert last night and one old stalwart, getting an award for years of service, in his speech singled out people "New to Ireland" for thanks for supporting Irish music. While it's the anti-migrants whose ideas of culture is AI slop posters with Conor McGregor.
Great News!
Brilliant news for 2026
Belfast announced as host city for Comhaltas Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2026
The world’s biggest celebration of traditional Irish music and culture is coming to Belfast and Ards & North
Brilliant news for 2026
Belfast announced as host city for Comhaltas Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2026
The world’s biggest celebration of traditional Irish music and culture is coming to Belfast and Ards & North
March 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Great News!
Brilliant news for 2026
Belfast announced as host city for Comhaltas Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2026
The world’s biggest celebration of traditional Irish music and culture is coming to Belfast and Ards & North
Brilliant news for 2026
Belfast announced as host city for Comhaltas Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2026
The world’s biggest celebration of traditional Irish music and culture is coming to Belfast and Ards & North
‘Go to any reasonably sized town in Japan and you’ll find an Irish pub’: The Japanese fans of Irish culture
‘Go to any reasonably sized town in Japan and you’ll find an Irish pub’: The Japanese fans of Irish culture
Tokyo boasts regular Comhaltas traditional music sessions and an annual St Patrick’s Day parade, while Enya and Riverdance have strong Japanese followings
www.irishtimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
‘Go to any reasonably sized town in Japan and you’ll find an Irish pub’: The Japanese fans of Irish culture
May 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The world’s biggest celebration of traditional Irish music and culture is coming to Belfast.
Belfast announced as host city for Comhaltas Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2026
The city has been confirmed as the host of the 2026 Comhaltas Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
www.loveballymena.online
March 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The world’s biggest celebration of traditional Irish music and culture is coming to Belfast.
🎃 Celebrate Samhain with Comhaltas and Armagh Rhymers!
Expect music, games, dancing, costumes and spooky fun. Children aged 4–12 particularly welcome - and everyone from 13–113 can join in!
🗓 4pm, 25 Oct
📍 Liverpool Irish Centre
🎟 Free, just turn up
#LIF2026
Expect music, games, dancing, costumes and spooky fun. Children aged 4–12 particularly welcome - and everyone from 13–113 can join in!
🗓 4pm, 25 Oct
📍 Liverpool Irish Centre
🎟 Free, just turn up
#LIF2026
October 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🎃 Celebrate Samhain with Comhaltas and Armagh Rhymers!
Expect music, games, dancing, costumes and spooky fun. Children aged 4–12 particularly welcome - and everyone from 13–113 can join in!
🗓 4pm, 25 Oct
📍 Liverpool Irish Centre
🎟 Free, just turn up
#LIF2026
Expect music, games, dancing, costumes and spooky fun. Children aged 4–12 particularly welcome - and everyone from 13–113 can join in!
🗓 4pm, 25 Oct
📍 Liverpool Irish Centre
🎟 Free, just turn up
#LIF2026
Delighted to be in Belfast for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
Up to 800,000 visitors will have visited the city for this wonderful celebration of our music and culture. Well done to Comhaltas for organising.
Up to 800,000 visitors will have visited the city for this wonderful celebration of our music and culture. Well done to Comhaltas for organising.
August 7, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Delighted to be in Belfast for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
Up to 800,000 visitors will have visited the city for this wonderful celebration of our music and culture. Well done to Comhaltas for organising.
Up to 800,000 visitors will have visited the city for this wonderful celebration of our music and culture. Well done to Comhaltas for organising.
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is an amazing organisation based on an incredible ethos of cooperation and volunteerism. It singled handedly kept our musical heritage alive during the depredations of the 1950s and helped make Irish music a global phenomenon
Very proud to sponsor the over 18 Fiddle Slow Air competition in this year's Leinster Fleadh in Drogheda
July 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is an amazing organisation based on an incredible ethos of cooperation and volunteerism. It singled handedly kept our musical heritage alive during the depredations of the 1950s and helped make Irish music a global phenomenon
I should add...there's only 51 weeks left until Fleadh 2027.
For those interested in learning an instrument or taking part in other ways, Comhaltas.ie has a list of branches, not just in Ireland, that can help connect with teachers, groups, sessions etc.
For those interested in learning an instrument or taking part in other ways, Comhaltas.ie has a list of branches, not just in Ireland, that can help connect with teachers, groups, sessions etc.
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Irish traditional music, Comhaltas is a non-profit cultural movement with hundreds of branches around the world.
Comhaltas.ie
August 15, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I should add...there's only 51 weeks left until Fleadh 2027.
For those interested in learning an instrument or taking part in other ways, Comhaltas.ie has a list of branches, not just in Ireland, that can help connect with teachers, groups, sessions etc.
For those interested in learning an instrument or taking part in other ways, Comhaltas.ie has a list of branches, not just in Ireland, that can help connect with teachers, groups, sessions etc.
Early reports indicate this is continuing into December and quite possibly forever
December 4, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Early reports indicate this is continuing into December and quite possibly forever
My 5yo played her tin whistle at a pub session for the first time yesterday (Comhaltas at Leith Depot 🍀) and my heart is so full I might need to see a doctor
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
My 5yo played her tin whistle at a pub session for the first time yesterday (Comhaltas at Leith Depot 🍀) and my heart is so full I might need to see a doctor
🎻 Belfast officially announced as the venue for the world's biggest traditional music festival in 2026.
🎶 Only Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann's second time coming north after Derry in 2013.
📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
🎶 Only Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann's second time coming north after Derry in 2013.
📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
‘An incredible opportunity’: Belfast ready to bring All-Ireland Fleadh to another level
Belfast is gearing up to bring the biggest annual traditional Irish music festival to a “different level”, the chair of the Comhaltas branch in charge of its organisation has said.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎻 Belfast officially announced as the venue for the world's biggest traditional music festival in 2026.
🎶 Only Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann's second time coming north after Derry in 2013.
📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
🎶 Only Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann's second time coming north after Derry in 2013.
📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk
A million people through Belfast for a festival nobody asked permission to hold.
Ards Comhaltas taught children to hold a bow for 50 years, then opened a door and the city came.
The half that builds and the half that waits. 💭✍🏼🎶🕊️
#Fleadh26 #Spéirghorm #Belfast
forlouth.medium.com/catching-up-...
Ards Comhaltas taught children to hold a bow for 50 years, then opened a door and the city came.
The half that builds and the half that waits. 💭✍🏼🎶🕊️
#Fleadh26 #Spéirghorm #Belfast
forlouth.medium.com/catching-up-...
Catching Up: A Million People And Nobody Asked Permission
Our Own Ground • No. 2
forlouth.medium.com
August 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM
A million people through Belfast for a festival nobody asked permission to hold.
Ards Comhaltas taught children to hold a bow for 50 years, then opened a door and the city came.
The half that builds and the half that waits. 💭✍🏼🎶🕊️
#Fleadh26 #Spéirghorm #Belfast
forlouth.medium.com/catching-up-...
Ards Comhaltas taught children to hold a bow for 50 years, then opened a door and the city came.
The half that builds and the half that waits. 💭✍🏼🎶🕊️
#Fleadh26 #Spéirghorm #Belfast
forlouth.medium.com/catching-up-...
Me playing the flute last month with Edinburgh Comhaltas.
June 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Me playing the flute last month with Edinburgh Comhaltas.
for those interesting in learning an instrument or taking part, Comhaltas has a list of branches, not just in Ireland, that can help connect with teachers, groups, sessions etc.
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Irish traditional music, Comhaltas is a non-profit cultural movement with hundreds of branches around the world.
comhaltas.ie
August 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
for those interesting in learning an instrument or taking part, Comhaltas has a list of branches, not just in Ireland, that can help connect with teachers, groups, sessions etc.
Tá caonach liath ar an dtuairim sin. Níl oideas ann don Éireannach.
Samhlaigh
100g CLG
75g comhaltas ceoltóirí
50g labhairt faoin aimsir
75 ml Gaeilge
Samhlaigh
100g CLG
75g comhaltas ceoltóirí
50g labhairt faoin aimsir
75 ml Gaeilge
irish times politics podcast griping that catherine connolly's focus on gaeilge, and the phrase "tír gan teanga, tír gan anam" means people without gaeilge are less irish
they offer canada & australia as counter examples! they HAD native languages! colonisers destroyed them! that's less soul now!!
they offer canada & australia as counter examples! they HAD native languages! colonisers destroyed them! that's less soul now!!
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Tá caonach liath ar an dtuairim sin. Níl oideas ann don Éireannach.
Samhlaigh
100g CLG
75g comhaltas ceoltóirí
50g labhairt faoin aimsir
75 ml Gaeilge
Samhlaigh
100g CLG
75g comhaltas ceoltóirí
50g labhairt faoin aimsir
75 ml Gaeilge