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Bhí seisiún mór ceoil ag Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Átha Luain chun tús iontach a chur le Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Comhaltas Croabh Átha Luain welcomed new committee members at the recently hosted AGM.

Dolores Keane will be taking to the stage live on Tg4 tomorrow night as the Fleadh Cheoil returns to Mullingar for 2023 back to where it all began in 1951.

Comhaltas have established three scholarships to recognise and remember the talent and legacy of the late Ashling Murphy. Ashling was a primary school teacher, Comhaltas music teacher and performer.

For the second consecutive year a funding boost of €150,000 has been announced for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann by local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke.

The return of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann to County Westmeath will ensure over 500,000 visitors to Mullingar and the wider Midlands region from August 6-14 inclusive.

Prior to 1961, public performance of Irish traditional music in Galway took place primarily in the form of céilís in large dancehalls — namely in the Hangar, the Commercial and the Astaire. These were enormously popular — remember the hundreds of bicycles parked outside the Hangar on a Sunday night — but they began to go out of fashion in the sixties and were regarded as old fashioned and backward.

A number of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann competitions will be streamed live during the course of 'The Homecoming' event in Mullingar this week, the highlight being the broadcast of the senior céilí bands competition on Sunday, August 7, from 6.15pm.

Renowned music duo, Foster and Allen, have released a new single to celebrate the return of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann to Mullingar.

Returning to its roots, County Westmeath will come alive with the traditional sounds of Irish music and dance for one week as Mullingar hosts Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2022.