Fleadh Cheoil in Ennis August 2017

Just back from Ennis, fucking drowned wet now. Great buzz about the place though in spite of it.

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Fleadh TV is a very good production.
Some trad /African fusion there a few minutes ago with a few sub Saharan lads lepping round the place.
A lively middle aged trio on now knocking out a few reels and the crowd are hopping.

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A lovely lonesome meaww there from a nice young lady called edel Vaughan who was wearing a brown leather dress. In Modern Ireland there are Irish people paying a TV station real money to see two uneducated monkeys attempt to murder each other over in law Vegas, while you can watch Fleadh TV for free.

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Is it back in Ennis again next year ?

I think so. A town normally gets 2 or 3 years of it.

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I’ll commit to going next year. It’s a phenomenal event.

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This was the Afro Celt sound system. They are on again now although I’m delayed it 10 mininutes or so. There’s a Caucasian woman out front with a flute who is 18 or 20 stone weight. It’s mostly a Caucasian electric trad band with 2 or 3 African lads batin drums and throwin shapes.

If it ever goes back to listowel I’ll definitely go.

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Thanks for the heads up @HBV. This is a cracking show

Lovely little session there in the snug of some bar in ennistymon.

Here’s two cailins now with a fiddle and a squeeze box. They have the crowd revved up.

The Afro Celts are back. Some chap with oileann pipes piping them in. Hapes of lads up on stage.
This should be good.

When I was young I thought the place was called Ennis-Diamond

The Afro Celts wrap it up for tonight and the lovely tg4 presenter God bless her is lepping round the podium suggestively.
A beautiful girl.

Mairead Ni Chuaig was it? Cailin deas.

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I don’t know who she was. I don’t usual watch tg4. She was tall, dark haired, elegant and sexy. And wore a red dress.

That’s her I’d say. Was in at the Maura O’Connell gig, took a wander around town after. Not pissing like last night but not ideal. Good atmosphere around again. Will tip out home for a few to finish off, we’re fucking training at half nine in the morn :rollseyes:

Posted this in another thread last week, I spotted Mairead doing a bit of an impromptu dance below in Ennis one of the day’s the sun was shining

TG4 with greats gigs again tonight.

Stocktons Wing tonight. And the kilfenora ceili band, the Tulla ceili band. I have it taped.
Fleadh TV was a triumph.

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