Carrickmacross Branch
Contact
- Mary Farrelly
- Co. Monaghan
- (00353) 876145158
Features
- Music Classes
- Dance Classes
- Music Sessions
- Links to other Branches
Carrickmacross branch was formed in 1972. The main activity is the running of weekly music classes on Saturdays in the Phoenix Centre, Cloughvalley, Carrickmacross. We also organise the annual Féile Patrick Byrne on the weekend before Easter. This community festival consists of concerts, workshops and sessions of traditional music, singing and dancing. The weekend is named after Patrick Byrne (c.1794-1863) the last of the great harpers and the first Irish traditional musician ever photographed.
Regular Meetings
- Féile Patrick Byrne: The weekend before Easter
- music session: Third Friday of the month @ 9.30pm
- Carrickmacross Comhaltas music classes - Classes: Saturday (2-6pm), Tuesday (7-8.30pm) and Wednesday (7.30-8.30pm) during school terms.
Committee
| Title | Name |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Seamus Finnegan |
| Vice Chair | Eamonn Sewell |
| Secretary | Finian McCluskey |
| Assistant Secretary | Elaine Meehan & Martina Birdy |
| Treasurer | Máirín O'Gorman |
| PRO | Vera Keyes |
| Auditor | Breen Jackson |
| Treoraí na Gaeilge | Micheál Mac Suibhne |
| Youth Officer | Andrew Jackson |
