Portglenone Fleadh 2022

Chontae Aontroim Fleadh 2022

 

At last, Irish music is back! Portglenone CCE is to host Ulster’s first fleadh at the Chontae Aontroim 2022 Fleadh Cheoil after a two-year postponement. 

 

As vaccinations kick in worldwide and restrictions start to ease, Portglenone CCE readies itself to host the 2022 County Antrim Fleadh Cheoil.

The pandemic flattened everyone and everything and the County Antrim Fleadh that was to be held in Portglenone in May 2020 was cancelled and never got off the ground in 2021 either. As they say, hope springs eternal and as the vaccinations kick in worldwide and restrictions start to ease, it is time for some optimistic plans that we will once again be able to gather socially among one another and carry on our most valued traditions of Irish music, song and dance in County Antrim and Ulster.

 

And for Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, which has encountered numerous challenges in its pivotal role as Ireland’s foremost cultural movement preserving and promoting traditional Irish music, song, and dance for over 70 years, it was time to send a signal that we aim to get back on track with that mission with social gathering in person.

 

And so, Ulster’s first Fleadh in 2022 will be hosted by the Portglenone CCE Branch in County Antrim from 20th – 24th April, after a break of over 30 months due the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic which hit our shores in March 2020. 

 

This year marks the 71st Anniversary of Comhaltas in Ireland and to mark this occasion and to celebrate getting back to some form of normality by playing tunes, singing, and dancing together, Portglenone CCE are hosting a range of different events over the week of Fleadh Cheoil Chontae Aontroim 2022 which seems to have attracted the attention of many people from across Ulster and beyond to be involved in first Fleadh in Ulster in 2022, where we have many places for all to show off their talents across the village.


Clár Immeachtaí - Programme of Events

Wednesday 20th April
Junior Singing Session - 6pm to 7.30pm - The Bank Building
John Kennedy Remembered - 7.30pm to 8.00pm
Featuring Past Pupils' in The Bank Building
Senior Singing Session - 8pm to late - The Bank Building

Thursday 21st April
Junior Session - 7.00pm - The Wild Duck Inn
Trá na gCeisteanna - 8.30pm - The Wild Duck Inn

Friday 22nd April
Fleadh Concert - 1st Presbyterian Church Hall - 7.30pm
Portglenone CCE Group
The Blackwater Céilí Band

Saturday 23rd April
Fleadh Competitions - St. Mary's Primary School 
U10 Tin Whistle Competition - 10am start
Mass - 6.00pm - St. Mary's Chapel
Men's Shed open from 7.00pm for Sessions

Sunday 24th April
Fleadh Competitions - 12.pm - The Wild Duck Inn
Men's Shed open from 5.00pm for Sessions
Branches Playing on the street from 3.00pm

Fiddle and Fyfe Exhibition in The Bank all Week
Throughout the weekend
Street Sessions around the village

County Fleadh Session Trail 2022