Happy New Year to all our members and supporters!We bring in the New Year this Friday night, 2nd January, with our first monthly session of 2026. As usual, it will be held in the Sean O’Leary GAC Social Room. The slow session (for young and adult musicians) is from 7:30pm and the senior session from …

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We held our final music class before the Christmas break last Saturday morning in Anahorish Primary School. It’s great to see the progress being made by all the children – our thanks to the school for the use of their premises and to our tutors for their time and expertise.Our next term begins on Saturday, …

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Our weekly music classes resume after the long summer break on Saturday, 13th September, in Anahorish Primary School. We’re currently offering classes in whistle, flute and fiddle, with concertina and accordion (button key) dependant on demand but will also consider putting on classes in other instruments if there’s sufficient interest. We would ask anyone who …

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We had several prizewinners and qualifiers from this year’s county fleadhanna in Derry and Antrim in both solo and group competitions including Maryrose Murphy (pictured) who competed in both the Concertina and Whistle competitions at the Ulster Fleadh in Warrenpoint. Our only qualifier for the All-Ireland fleadh was Caitriona Lagan who won the Newly Composed …

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Music classes have now finished until the autumn. Our final class of this term was held last Saturday in the GAC centre and took the form of a short performance by each of our classes and their tutors for families and friends. Our thanks to the staff and governors at Anahorish Primary School for facilitating …

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Our annual Big Trad Breakfast will be held in The Old Thatch Inn, Castledawson on the morning of St. Patrick’s Day, Monday 17th March. We’ll be serving breakfasts from 9:00am until midday and will have sessions throughout the morning for both young and old so all musicians are welcome to bring their instruments along.

Our AGM takes place on Tuesday evening, 12th November, in Newbridge GAC hall at 8:45pm. We would encourage as many members as possible to attend as this is an important forum for discussing branch development, activities and plans for the coming year. New members are also welcome, especially parents of children attending our classes who …

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Our weekly music classes resume after the long summer break on Saturday, 14th September, in Anahorish Primary School. We’ve added a couple of new instruments this term, namely concertina and accordion (button key) and will consider putting on classes in other instruments, subject to demand. We would ask anyone who would like to sign up …

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Huge congratulations to our branch member and tutor, Caoimhe O’Kane, on receiving her Comhaltas TTCT Teaching Diploma. The presentation was made by Comhaltas President Éamonn Ó hArgáin at the annual Comhaltas Congress in Sligo on Sunday, 7th May. Well done, also, to all the other recipients on a fantastic achievement.

Well done to all our members who took part in the Antrim Fleadh in Portglenone and the Derry Fleadh in Derry City last weekend. Congratulations to all those who competed at both events, where we had a number of winners and qualifiers for the Ulster Fleadh in both solo and group competitions. At the Antrim …

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