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New start for Portlaoise Comhaltas trad in brand new school

Portlaoise Comhaltas is emerging from the Covid-19 cocoon to make a bright new start with new instruments to play in new home in Laois county town. Portlaoise branch of Comhaltas will resume activities very soon and new members are welcome. They are ...

23 Sept 2021 at 22:07

Arts & Entertainment

Portlaoise Comhaltas read to strike all the right notes as classes resume

New and returning members of Comhaltas Portlaoise are looking forward to music classes next Tuesday, October 12. Comhaltas classes were suspended across the country when the pandemic struck and are only now resuming as it is considered safe when ...

06 Oct 2021 at 21:37

Arts & Entertainment

Fleadh Cheoil cancer charity busk by Portlaoise musicians

The welfare of others was to the fore when Noel Stapleton and Kurt Dineen were thinking of playing music on the streets of Drogheda at the recent Fleadh. Instead of busking for pocket money for themselves, they suggested to friends that they ...

20 Sept 2018 at 18:18

What's On

Happy Christmas from Spink Comhaltas

Spink Comhaltas provided a wonderful concert of traditional Irish music and singing as part of the annual Christmas concert Performers ranged from novices who only commenced learning music 3 months ago in September, through to accomplished ...

25 Dec 2016 at 20:02

What's On

Cream of trad on your doorstep to enjoy with Laois Comhaltas

Laois Comhaltas continues to celebrate and entertain during July and August with lots of music and song on your doorstep from the cream of local trad artists. The Leinster Fleadh in Ballymahon and All-Ireland Fleadh in Ennis will feature ...

12 Jul 2017 at 17:20

Arts & Entertainment

Port Comhaltas celebrates 60th as Laois Fleadh Cheoil hosts

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann celebrates 60 years in Portarlington in conjunction with this year’s county Fleadh Cheoil from May 24 to June 3rd 2019. Robert Gleeson, Portarlington branch chairman recalled the early years in the history of ...

30 May 2019 at 23:35

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Special trip to Liverpool for Laois Comhaltas group

Spink Comhaltas enjoyed a very special trip to Liverpool recently when they performed to a full house in the Irish Centre and got the chance to catch up with some legendary Laois emigrants who have made the city their home. A full bus ...

19 Oct 2024 at 10:52

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Laois Comhaltas group to celebrate Cathal at charity trad music concert

Spink Comhaltas is set to celebrate the life of one of its members by hosting a charity fundraising concert in his honour. Cathal Clooney was a beloved member of Spink Comhaltas, who passed away in 2021 from complications following ...

01 Feb 2024 at 18:52

Northern Ireland

DUP minister ‘more than happy’ to attend Fleadh in Belfast

DUP Minister Gordon Lyons has said he would be “more than happy” to accept an invitation to attend the all-Ireland Fleadh when it comes to Belfast next year. The Communities Minister said he believed the event should represent all ...

31 Mar 2025 at 16:46

Arts & Entertainment

Laois trad music roads lead to Slieve Blooms for Fleadh

The cream of young Laois trad talent will descend on Clonaslee over the June Bank Holiday weekend for the Laois Fleadh. The Craobh Seán Ryan branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ) in Kilcavan has the honor of hosting the ...

28 May 2025 at 19:24

Arts & Entertainment

Laois Comhaltas tunes up for the future at brainstorming meeting

A large gathering of members of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann representing branches across Laois met recently at the Midlands Park Hotel to consider various aspects of the movement. Together with members of head office staff, ...

10 Dec 2019 at 16:28

Arts & Entertainment

Laois Irish trad musician plays for Gold

Laois musician David Vesey will be amongst fifteen finalists taking to the stage to compete for the Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork on Friday 7 February, and the event will be broadcast live on ...

06 Feb 2020 at 12:59

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