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Fleadh Cheoil Mhaigh Eo will be held in Claremorris at the beginning of May. The main fleadh competitions take place during the weekend of May 7 and 8, while the dancing competitions will be held on Monday May 2.

A bid to boost the local ecomony by over €30,000 next year is to be put to a meeting of interested people next week.

PRINCESS LILLIFEE lives in a world that is so pink it’s called Pinkovia and she rules her principality with a kindly magic hand.

There are still a number of tickets left to the celebratory function to honour Mayo Comhaltas members who were prizewinners at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil.

Spraoi na Nollaig will once again take place in Westport this Christmas following its successful debut last year and in the process will add to the growing calendar of events in the town, it was announced at the town council’s October meeting.

Gar O’Brien has been appointed the new programmer for the Galway Film Fleadh, and takes over the post from Felim MacDermott, who programmed the fleadh from 2006 to 2010.

Cáirde Crann Mór are holding a night of entertainment Irish style featuring music, singing, comedy, and sean nós dancing in the Roundfort Community Centre Saturday October 9, commencing at 8pm.

In ancient folklore three is a magic number, and you can expect the combined talents of Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch, and John Faulkner to let loose the Sliabh Luachra genie from the bottle. Though Jackie and Matt are both steeped in the rich musical traditions of the Sliabh Luachra, this collaboration with singer John Faulkner is very much a celebration of the here and now, the living stream of Irish music.

A proposal for Westport to stage the Fleadh Cheoil within the next three years to add to the busy festival and events calendar that is turning the town into an even bigger tourist haven worldwide was raised at Westport Town Council’s monthly meeting last week.

Almost 60 years after the first ever fleadh took place in Mullingar, a campaign is gathering steam to bring the event back to the Westmeath town in three years’ time.