So who all here is going? I'm finally making the trip after years of competing here in the states... I'll be playing in the under 18 fiddle competition. It'll also be my first time ever in Ireland, and I'm very excited! Hope to meet and here some of you play.
I've got a couple of friends who will be competing in the fiddle competition there, but I am sad to say that I probably won't get to go! It's probably pretty darn expensive to fly there from the US. Hey, speaking of that, do you mind letting me in on how much it will cost you? Since I don't really know, I've just heard that it's pricey.
Good luck while your there!
PS. Does anyone know about how many fiddlers enter the competition? I always wondered...
Well, I'll be there with my girlfriend. Hope to compete in Tenor Banjo for over 21. Be sure to check you out and hear you play. Good luck (in advance).
I'm gutted to be on tour when the Fleadh's on this year, otherwise I'd be failing miserably in the fiddle competition ;) Have a few tunes for all the absentees though!
Will anybody be there for the Éigse week in the lead up to the Fleadh? I find the sessions to be a lot better during this week before the multitudes arrive!
Pat - a few of us County Down ones will be about. There is a wee pub way past the end of the town called [appropriately] The Hideout which is worth trying.
Contact me nearer the time and maybe we can get together for a few tunes.
Oh my God, the Hideout, Im sorry but when I lived in Letterkenny I was always told only to go there if I ever wanted a slap with a pool que, no that wasn't aimed specifically at me either!
I just read their webpages, and since I`m already in the area from the 26th I thought it could be a good idea to join the festival as an audience, but to be honest I don`t really understand what kind of a festival this is. It sounds like the main thing is competitions, and that this is what it`s really about. But is it possibile to come and just being an audience? Are there concerts and session?
I think it looks like the word cheili is mentioned alot. Is there alot of ceilimusic every evening instead of "normal" ITM?
And what does this mean:
1.Gig-rig
2.Fíor-chéilí
3.Aprés fleadh (I know that aprés means after in french...So does it mean that everybody are cleaning up now for the next three days...or does it mean that now is alle the fun (sessions) beginning?
A gig rig is a truck with a stage for performers ...a sort of mobile concert stage which is located in a public place for free concerts.
I havent a clue what a fior ceili is ( and I've been going to fleadhs for more than 30 years!)
Apres fleadh is when the crowds are gone and the musicians have sessions in quiet pubs. This is when the best music can be heard.
More stuff here :- http://www.answers.com/topic/fleadh-cheoil
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006
So who all here is going? I'm finally making the trip after years of competing here in the states... I'll be playing in the under 18 fiddle competition. It'll also be my first time ever in Ireland, and I'm very excited! Hope to meet and here some of you play.
# Posted on June 22nd 2006 by alison kale
Re: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006
Hahaha, sorry... I meant to say that I hope to HEAR some of you play (for the spelling police. ;) )
# Posted on June 22nd 2006 by alison kale
Re: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006
Won't make it this year- best of luck to you though! Hope you do well and have a great time.
# Posted on June 22nd 2006 by Murph
Re: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006
I've got a couple of friends who will be competing in the fiddle competition there, but I am sad to say that I probably won't get to go! It's probably pretty darn expensive to fly there from the US. Hey, speaking of that, do you mind letting me in on how much it will cost you? Since I don't really know, I've just heard that it's pricey.
Good luck while your there!
PS. Does anyone know about how many fiddlers enter the competition? I always wondered...
# Posted on June 22nd 2006 by irishfiddler
Re: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006
Well, I'll be there with my girlfriend. Hope to compete in Tenor Banjo for over 21. Be sure to check you out and hear you play. Good luck (in advance).
# Posted on June 22nd 2006 by Dark Raven
Re: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006
I'm gutted to be on tour when the Fleadh's on this year, otherwise I'd be failing miserably in the fiddle competition ;) Have a few tunes for all the absentees though!
# Posted on June 22nd 2006 by tbag
Re: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006
Hmmm....Is it possible to separate the two links I've given?
http://www.comhaltas.com/fleadh/eireann.htm
# Posted on June 22nd 2006 by Rudall the time
Re: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006
Will anybody be there for the Éigse week in the lead up to the Fleadh? I find the sessions to be a lot better during this week before the multitudes arrive!
# Posted on June 22nd 2006 by Bannerman
thanks J!
# Posted on June 22nd 2006 by Rudall the time
thanks for the luck, guys!
# Posted on June 22nd 2006 by alison kale
Letterkenny Fleadh 2006
Hi
Anyone going to the All Ireland Fleadh this year ?
Any advice on good pubs/pubs to avoid, where to find a quiet tune ?
Any advice on what its like in the lead-up ( during Scoil Eigse ? ). Perhaps its better to go then, before it gets "mad" ?
Thanks
Pat
# Posted on June 26th 2006 by Pat Higgins
Re: Letterkenny Fleadh 2006
I remember last year Dillons was pretty good.
# Posted on June 26th 2006 by Sarfly
Re: Letterkenny Fleadh 2006
I'd love to go but it all depends on whether I get through. If I don't then I don't think I could persuade my Dad to bring me.
# Posted on June 26th 2006 by 52Paddy
Re: Letterkenny Fleadh 2006
Pat - a few of us County Down ones will be about. There is a wee pub way past the end of the town called [appropriately] The Hideout which is worth trying.
Contact me nearer the time and maybe we can get together for a few tunes.
# Posted on June 26th 2006 by breandan
Re: Letterkenny Fleadh 2006
Oh my God, the Hideout, Im sorry but when I lived in Letterkenny I was always told only to go there if I ever wanted a slap with a pool que, no that wasn't aimed specifically at me either!
# Posted on June 26th 2006 by Sarfly
The hideout
breandan
Thanks for the tip re the hideout.
Bannerman, I'am wondering if I should rock up there during the week before ? Anyone got experience of what the sessions are like during Scoil Eigse ?
Thanks
Pat
# Posted on June 26th 2006 by Pat Higgins
Fléadh in Letterkenny? Do you know it?
I just read their webpages, and since I`m already in the area from the 26th I thought it could be a good idea to join the festival as an audience, but to be honest I don`t really understand what kind of a festival this is. It sounds like the main thing is competitions, and that this is what it`s really about. But is it possibile to come and just being an audience? Are there concerts and session?
I think it looks like the word cheili is mentioned alot. Is there alot of ceilimusic every evening instead of "normal" ITM?
And what does this mean:
1.Gig-rig
2.Fíor-chéilí
3.Aprés fleadh (I know that aprés means after in french...So does it mean that everybody are cleaning up now for the next three days...or does it mean that now is alle the fun (sessions) beginning?
# Posted on June 27th 2006 by ceolina
Re: Fléadh in Letterkenny? Do you know it?
A gig rig is a truck with a stage for performers ...a sort of mobile concert stage which is located in a public place for free concerts.
I havent a clue what a fior ceili is ( and I've been going to fleadhs for more than 30 years!)
Apres fleadh is when the crowds are gone and the musicians have sessions in quiet pubs. This is when the best music can be heard.
More stuff here :-
http://www.answers.com/topic/fleadh-cheoil
# Posted on June 27th 2006 by Backer
Re: Fléadh in Letterkenny? Do you know it?
Thank you
# Posted on June 27th 2006 by ceolina
Accommodation
Finding it hard to get a place to stay in Letterkenny, anyone else having the same problem??
# Posted on July 7th 2006 by ceolgal