Cois na hAbhna
Contact
- Frank Whelan / Seosamh Ó Conchubhair (Reachtaire, "Meitheal na hAbhna")
- Gort Road
- Ennis
- Co. Clare
- 353 65 6824276
- Visit Website
Features
- Performance Hall
- Classrooms
- Archive
- Bar
- Restaurant/Café
- Shop
- Conference Rooms
Cois na hAbhna, our presence in Co. Clare, houses the Comhaltas Regional Archive in its Sean Reid Library. It also has an auditorium for céilí dances and concerts, a traditional-style Irish kitchen where lively sessions are held throughout the year and classrooms for music lessons. The centre was substantially upgraded in 2007 to include a Conference Room and a Teach Cheoil. The Teach Cheoil is regulary used for set dancing classes and also additional traditional sessions.
A medium tempo session is held in the Teach Cheoil each Friday night commencing at 8.30pm. Many of the tunes played are taken from the Comhaltas Foinn Seisiún books and CDs which can be purchased at the session. This session reverts to a “normal tempo” one from 9.30pm or so onwards and all musicians are more than welcome to attend.
Cois na hAbhna holds a number of Comhaltas Books and CDs, one of which is the 1959 Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band recording re-released as a CD in 2007. The recent recording of West Clare songs and music by Miltown Malbay’s Michael Mahony titled “On Malbay’s Shore” is also now available from the Centre. For a complete list of items available or to place an order, send an e-mail to .
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