Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is the world’s largest annual festival of Irish traditional music, song and dance. Since its beginnings in Mullingar in 1951, it has represented the culmination of the All-Ireland competition for traditional Irish musicians and bands, singers and dancers and celebrates the very best in Irish culture. This weekend, the event takes place in Wexford town with more than 500,000 international and domestic visitors expected over the 8 days. Fáilte Ireland has a proud history of supporting Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann as festivals in general are crucial to the tourism sector, motivating overseas visitors to come to Ireland and contributing €108million to the economy every year. This year, we’re also pleased to support a fantastic exhibition as part of the Fleadh Fringe events which showcases images from the Bord Fáilte archives of the Gorey fleadh in 1962. You can see a sample of just some of these images below.
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