April 2009
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- Fleadh Nua Concerts - Hurry to avoid disappointment!!!
- 26 April 2009
The Kilfenora Céilí Band have done it again! Their National Concert Hall performance in March was sold out and all tickets for their Fleadh Nua Centenary concert in Glór are now also sold. Some tickets are still left, however, for the Wednesday night Chieftains concert in Ennis Cathedral and these can be booked on-line over the Internet.
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- Féile Patrick Byrne 2009
- 23 April 2009
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- Countdown to Kilfenora Celebrations
- 20 April 2009
Today’s the day (Thursday, 23rd April) for the start of a unique event in Irish music and social history. This festival, organized in conjunction with the local branch of Comhaltas, runs until Sunday, 26th April to celebrate the centenary of the world-renowned Kilfenora Céilí Band.
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- Website Maintenance
- 17 April 2009
Parts of the comhaltas.ie website will be unavailable today (17 April, 2009) as we perform some scheduled upgrades on our web server. The site should remain available, but audio and video will not work until we complete the upgrade later today.
Thanks for your patience!
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- KILFENORA CÉILÍ BAND CENTENARY FESTIVAL
- 16 April 2009
All roads lead to the North Clare village of Kilfenora on Thursday, 23rd April for the start of a unique event in Irish music and social history. A festival has been organized in conjunction with the local branch of Comhaltas to run from 23rd to 26th April celebrating the centenary of the world-renowned Kilfenora Céilí Band.
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- Death Of West Clare Musician
- 2 April 2009
Michael McMahon (Mahony) , Ballyvaskin , Miltown Malbay , passed away peacefully early on Wednesday morning (1 April 2009) at Ennistymon hospital. A well known flute player , singer and set dancer , he was chairman of Craobh Laichtin Naofa CCE Miltown Malbay. His much acclaimed cd “On Malbay’s Shore ” was released by Cois na hAbhna archive in 2008.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé.
Listen to Michael singing the Hills of Clare Here