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19-Sep-2008
by Rob Howard
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 The 2008 All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil took place in Tullamore, County Offaly, from August 22nd to 25th. Organised annually by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, the Fleadh Cheoil is the world’s largest festival of Irish music, song and dance, with well over 200,000 people attending from Ireland and overseas. There were approximately 10,000 competitors and performers, including large numbers of accordion, melodeon, concertina and harmonica players, as well as ceili bands and accordion bands participating.The Fleadh began with an opening parade and the breaking of World Record Session for Traditional Irish Music, Song and Dance with 2,852 people playing, singing and dancing for 56 minutes. The 170 competitive sections involved 21 different venues in Tullamore, including everything Irish from set dancing to marching bands – a festival of Olympics scale. But, for many the public face of the Fleadh is the music sessions, which take place in every pub, hotel, cafe, doorway, street, and tent throughout the festival. The winner of the Senior All Ireland Piano Accordion title was Edel McLaughlin, and the Senior Button Accordion (diatonic) title was Darren Breslin. The 2008 Fleadh Cheoil accordion results |