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Trad for Trocaire 2018

As part of the ‘Trad for Trocaire’ fundraising initiative, we were pleased to be able to provide some music at the Saturday evening and Sunday morning masses in Newbridge on 29th and 30th September. Thanks to Fr. Fox for the opportunity to perform, and to the parishioners who generously donated a total of £627.86 to …

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Grade Exam Results

Belated congratulations to these three girls who all got Distinctions in their grade exams a few months ago. Darcie Conway – Grade 4 Banjo Caitriona Lagan – Grade 6 Banjo Roise McCloy – Grade 8 Piano and Grade 8 Tin Whistle   

Classes – Autumn Term 2018

Our weekly music classes resume on Saturday, 15th September, in Anahorish Primary School. Registration for the classes will take place in the school on Saturday, 8th September, between 10:30am and 11:30am. It’s important that anyone hoping to attend our classes (including returning pupils) comes along to the registration morning to both guarantee their place and …

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Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 2018

Well done to all our musicians who competed at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Drogheda at the weekend. They and their families should be immensely proud of their achievements this year with special congratulations going to our All-Ireland champion, Caitriona Lagan (U-12 mandolin), and second placed O-18 Grupai Cheoil (Ceoltoiri Crosskeys) members Hugh Mulholland, Roisin Magee and …

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Ulster Fleadh 2018

Huge congratulations to our two new Ulster champions! Caoimhe O’Kane (15-18 tin whistle slow airs) and Caitriona Lagan (U-12 mandolin) won their respective competitions at Ulster Fleadh 2018 – Castlewellan Co. Down at the weekend and will now compete for All-Ireland honours at Fleadh Cheoil in Drogheda in three weeks time. Joining them will be our other qualifiers who …

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June 2018 News

We were delighted to be able to donate some of the proceeds of our recent Trout Supper fundraising event to a couple of local charities, namely Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke (£300) and Granaghan Outreach (£200). Thanks to everybody who attended or contributed to these worthy causes. The next monthly slow session for adults will be held in …

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Derry Fleadh Report 2018

Congratulations to all our competitors at Fleadh Cheoil Dhoire Léim an Mhadaidh 2018! As well as county champions in Caitriona Lagan, Darcie Conway, Tony Diamond, Annie Diamond, Ellie Conway, Roise McCloy, Caoimhe O’Kane and Hugh Mulholland, we had members in winning Grupai Cheoil and Ceili Bands representing Loup CCÉ as well as several other prizewinners and qualifiers for Ulster …

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Trout Supper 2018

We’re holding a Trout Supper fundraising event on Friday night, 18th May, in The Elk. Proceeds will be shared between our branch and local charities and the supper will be followed by music from Folk ‘n’ Rogues. Starting time is 8:00pm and admission is £15. Tickets are available from Newbridge Stores or from any committee member.

Antrim Fleadh and End of Term Session

Music classes and monthly sessions are now finished until the autumn. Our last monthly session was on Thursday, 3rd May, although we hope to keep the slow session for adults going throughout the summer. And music classes finished with a short session in Anahorish PS on Saturday, 5th May, where each class was able to …

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April 2018 News

Our penultimate class of the spring term will be on Saturday, 21st April. We’re taking a break on 28th April due to the Antrim Fleadh in Rasharkin, which we encourage all our young musicians to visit over the weekend. Our final class will be an end of term session on Saturday, 5th May, in Anahorish where …

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