Today at the Fleadh
Fleadh Events Guide
Tuesday, 14th August 2018
Concerts
The McAdam Family ‘Muintearas ’ Lunchtime Concert
1.00pm | Droichead Arts Centre | Tickets: € 10
A series of hour-long lunchtime concerts, a celebration of traditional music and its transmission within families featuring some well-known musical families from the Oriel Region. Today’s concert features the McAdam Family from Ballybay, Co. Monaghan.
The Road to Lough Swilly / An Bóthar go dt í Loch Súilí
6.00pm | St Peter’s Church of Ireland | Tickets: € 20
Explore the sonic collaborations of composer Michael Holohan (Aosdána) and the acclaimed uileann piper Mick O’Brien. The major work of the evening will be ‘The Road to Lough Swilly’ for uilleann pipes and string orchestra. O’Brien will also perform ‘An Fear as Fingal’, written to commemorate the great Seamus Ennis who spent his final years closeby in the Naul, Co. Dublin. The stellar line-up of performers includes The RTÉ Contempo Quartet, Mick O’Brien and family, The Boyne Chamber Orchestra and Michael Holohan.
BEOGA | Frankie Gavin- Toast to The Flanagan Bros
8.00pm | Fleadh Concert Dome | Tickets: € 20
A concert that will surely lift the roof off the Fleadh Dome. BEOGA, Irish for ‘lively’, have produced five critically acclaimed albums and been shortlisted for a Grammy, but their recent collaboration with Ed Sheeran has brought them to another level and a new audience. Join Gradam Ceoil Award ‘Traditional Musician of the Year 2018’, Frankie Gavin and his Roaring Twenties Irish Orchestra who will revive that extraordinary era once again; the main quartet are Martin Murray (banjo), Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Emma Corbett (melodeon) & Carl Hession (piano).
Padraig McGovern & Dave Sheridan
10.00pm | Gerrard’s Church Tickets: € 15
This strikingly unique venue can only heighten the immense piping talent of Padraig McGovern and multi-instrumentalist Dave Sheridan. Dave and Padraig have been performing together from a very young age. Recently they have been collaborating with Eleanor Shanley and John McCartin in the Leitrim Equation 4 programme and the band ‘Garadice’.
Youth Events
11am - 12pm | The Barbican, Plunkett Suite | Free
Mid-Morning Session hosted by multi-instrumentalist Kathryn Brown from Tipperary.
12.45-1.15pm | St Oliver’s National School | Free
Scoil Éigse students are invited to participate in a lunchtime Céilí hosted by CCÉ Óg Bhaill; Anthony Kavanagh and Orla Brannigan.
Seachtain na hÉigse
Tuesday 14th August | 2pm
The hidden history of protestants and the Irish language – Linda Ervine
Events At The Gig Rig
Gig Rig, Bolton Square
6pm: Gig Rig na Gailge – Tlachtga CCÉ agus Cairde
7pm: Mo Cheol Lú – Caroline Campbell School of Dance
7.30pm: Mo Cheol Lú – Cúculainn Strings
8pm: Royal Meath Acc Orchestra
8.30pm: Ring of Gullion CCÉ
9.15pm: Seis
CD & Book Launches
4.15-4.45pm
ALBUM: The Bank of Turf
ARTISTS: Dónal McCague, Tommy Fitzharris & Brian McGrath 5-5.30pm
ALBUM: To Belfast…
ARTIST: Conor Caldwell
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Ionad Na Gaeilge
Monday, 13th - Sunday, 19th | 10am - 4pm | Ionad Na Gaeilge
All patrons of Fleadh Cheoil are welcome to visit Ionad na Gaeilge and experience the wealth associated with the Irish language.
Máirt 14th Lúnasa
10am Club Comhrá / Conversation Class at Laurence Shopping Centre
11am Ceol, Comhrá agus Cupán / Cuppa, Music and Chat at Local Coffee Shops
12noon Turas Siúlóide Stairiúil / Historical Walking Tour of Drogheda - Meet at Laurence Shopping Centre
2pm Spraoi le Gaeilge don Theaghlaigh / Family Fun at Laurence Shopping Centre
4pm Damhsa Lyriciúil / Lyrical Dancing at Laurence Shopping Centre
5pm Seoladh Oifigiúil at Highlanes Gallery
6pm Gig Rig na Gaeilge at Gig Rig
Taispeántas ag Ceiliúradh 125 Bliain den Athbheochan
Monday, 13th - Friday, 17th | 1pm - 5pm | Droichead Arts Centre, Barlow House
Seomra Na Gaeilge
Club Comhrá / Conversation Class
Monday 13th – Friday 17th | 10am -10.55am |Seomra na Gaeilge, Laurence Shopping Centre
Whether you are fluent in the Irish language or just have a cúpla focal, you are welcome to join the conversation classes to improve your spoken Irish.
Ceol, Comhrá agus Cupán / Cuppa, Music and Chat
Monday 13th – Friday 17th | 11.05am -11.55am | Esquires Coffee Shop
Take a break after the conversation class, have a cuppa, listen to some music, meet friends or make new ones for informal conversation in a social setting in local coffee shops. All levels of ability in Irish are welcome.
Stories for Young People
Monday 13th - Friday 17th | 12pm | Seomra na Gaeilge, Laurence Shopping
Spraoi do Theaghlaigh / Family Fun
Monday 13th – Friday 17th | 2pm - 3.45pm | Seomra na Gaeilge, Laurence Shopping
There will be a range of arts and crafts and games on offer to children each afternoon to explore their creativity and have fun! It is also an opportunity for families to meet and relax. Places for these activities will be limited and children must be accompanied by a parent(s).
A Taste of the Fleadh
WALKING TOURS WITH ‘MY STREETS’
Monday 13th- Sunday 19th August | Daily | St Peter’s Plaza | Tickets: €5
A social enterprise which provides accessible training and employment opportunities to individuals who have experienced, or are currently experiencing, homelessness to become walking tour guides of ‘their’ streets. Enjoy our hour-long walking tour along the high-ways and the by-ways of Drogheda, offering kaleidoscopic, colourful insights into this historic town.
SEAN O’LAOIRE MID – MORNING SESSIONS
Monday 13th - Friday 17th August | 11am - 1pm | The Barbican Centre | Tickets: Free
Following the popular Frank Crusty informal morning sessions in Ennis, Sean O’Laoire, well-known singer and gaeilgeoir, will lead these relaxed sessions of music, song and dance, each weekday of the Fleadh.
MUSIC AT THE GATE
Monday 13th – Sunday 19th August | 12pm – 1pm | Laurence’s Gate | Tickets: Free
Join uileann piper Darragh Ó Héiligh and friends for a session of informal music, song and dance. A monthly initiative, developed in response to the forthcoming hosting of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, has enjoyed a warm reception, inspiring and engaging the citizens of the region to observe and appreciate, enjoy and participate at one Drogheda’s most iconic monuments.
TREASURES OF THE BOYNE VALLEY: CULTURE TOURS
Monday 13th – Friday 17th August
These special tours offer the Fleadh visitor an expanded experience of the heritage and culture, art, archaeology and nature of Drogheda, and the Boyne Valley, the birthplace of Ireland’s Ancient East. To coincide with Drogheda’s hosting of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann there is a special element focusing on Irish traditional music, song and dance. There will be refreshments served as part of each tour.
Tuesday 14th August - Monasterboice High Cross and Round Tower | The Oriel Comhaltas Centre | Killineer House & Gardens 10.30am – 2:45pm | €15 | Led by Muiris Ó Súilleabháin
SONGTRAIL
Monday 13th- Sunday 19th August | 11am, 1pm, 3pm | Droichead Arts Centre, Barlow House | Tickets: €10
Stories of traditional song, songwriters, keepers and collectors. Songtrail celebrates the diverse culture of traditional music making in Drogheda through a walking trail experience for local and visiting audiences. An aural blending of documentary, musical recordings, biographical material, and anecdote created in the community using local knowledge, archives, musicians and singers. Designed and Compiled by Declan Mallon, Upstate Theatre Project.
RITA DUFFY: STRENGTH AND GLORY
Sunday 12th - Sunday 19th August | Daily |Highlanes Gallery |Tickets: Free
A contemporary art project examining the received gestures, symbols and props of Irish life. Drawing on artistic legacy such as that of Andy Warhol who encouraged looking again at the familiar and the mass produced as a political act, senior Iirish artist (Aosdána), Rita Duffy presents ‘multiple produce’ in an exploration of the Irish lived experience. Historical, political and social events are reworked and presented to the viewer as irreverent thought – provoking everyday commodities – tins and jars are released from the larder to question our cultural divisions and values. All is approached and presented to reaffirm and examine the commonality of our essential human needs.
MILLMOUNT CULTURAL QUARTER
Sunday 12th - Sunday 19th August | Daily |Millmount Cultural Quarter
High on the hill with spectacular views of the Boyne and the town is Drogheda Museum & Martello Tower. Visit an exhibition on traditional Irish music from the greater Drogheda & North-East area, choose from the mythological & historical tours, and in the evenings experience ‘living history’ presentations. Millmount Cultural Quarter is also home to a number of craft studios, with artists and makers, from silversmiths and knitwear designers, to quilters and an exquisite painted silk practitioner. Makers will open their studios, offering courtyard demonstrations and a daily aonach ceardaíochta.