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Ceolchoirm Oireachtas Chois Fharraige

Cór Fear na nDéise Image Name: Cór Fear na nDéise Description: Cór Fear na nDéise ar stáitse ag Coirmcheoil 40 bliain an Deiscirt, Samhain 2012. Copyright: Jon Wright / RTÉ RnaG
Cór Chois Fharraige Image Name: Cór Chois Fharraige Description: Cór Chois Fharraige
Tomás Mac Eoin Image Name: Tomás Mac Eoin Description: Tomás Mac Eoin. Photo by Seán Ó Mainnín, please credit. Tomás is a well-known songwriter and was a member of the band Na Cloigne Folmha Copyright: Seán Ó Mainnín. Please credit.
Caitlín Ní Chualáin Image Name: Caitlín Ní Chualáin Description: Caitlín Ní Chualáin

Ceolchoirm mhór beo ó Óstán na Páirce sa Spidéal, mar chuid d’imeachtaí Oireachtas Chois Fharraige.  Reáchtáladh Oireachtas na Gaeilge i gConamara den chéad uair i 1974, an chéad uair ariamh ar fhág sé cathair Bhaile Átha Cliath, agus arís i 1976, agus déanann Oireachtas Chois Fharraige ceiliúradh ar 40 bliain ó bhí an ócáid sin ar bun sa cheantar go deireanach.  Is é Seán Bán Breathnach a bheidh ina fhear an tí anocht, agus orthu siúd a bheidh ar stáitse beidh Cór Fear na nDéise, Charlie agus Eilís Lennon, Cór Chois Fharraige, Tomás Mac Con Iomaire agus Tomás Mac Eoin, Paddy agus Kevin Glackin, Caitlín Ní Chualáin agus Lillis Ó Laoire.

A gala concert of live traditional music and song from the Park Hotel in An Spidéal, as part of the Oireachtas Chois Fharraige festival.  Oireachtas na Gaeilge was held in the Cois Fharraige of Connemara in 1974, the first time the festival had ever left the capital city, and again in 1976, and this year’s event celebrates 40 years since it was last held in Connemara.  Seán Bán Breathnach will present the show tonight, and musicians on stage will include Cór Fear na nDéise, Charlie and Eilís Lennon, Cór Chois Fharraige, Tomás Mac Con Iomaire and Tomás Mac Eoin, Paddy and Kevin Glackin, Caitlín Ní Chualáin and Lillis Ó Laoire.