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On the surface, Fleadh Cheoil is the culmination of months of heats in the search to find Ireland's top traditional musicians – nervous young competitors play before steely-faced panels in 40 categories covering everything from the five-row button accordion to whistling.

This week's new events 2011

And if you go between 13-22 August, head for Cavan – north-west of Dublin – this year's host of Fleadh Cheoil fleadh2011cavan.ie, a huge annual gathering of musicians.

Insider's guide to musical pilgrimages: Country, soul, blues, folk, world music 2011

This year the Fleadh celebrates its 60th birthday, so those late night jams could last well into the early hours.

This week's new events 2011

The film first premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh and went on to play at the Locarno, Telluride, London, and Toronto Film Festivals this year as well.

Worth Watching - Dec 13: Lance Daly's Kisses Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008

This summer, he and Mr. Costello played the touring Guinness Fleadh festival and Woodstock '99 – two party-hearty settings not all that conducive to a low-volume set performed by two over-40 musicologists.

Costello Sideman Steve Nieve: Now He Has a Trio of His Own 1999

Guinness uses the Guinness Fleadh pronounced “flah” events in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago to create an “Irish Village” theme with pre-event point-of-purchase efforts to retailers and promotions and lots of beer sampling during the events.31 BMW uses event marketing to get customers to buy its cars by traveling to six cities with its Ultimate Driving Experience.

Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999

Guinness uses the Guinness Fleadh pronounced “flah” events in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago to create an “Irish Village” theme with pre-event point-of-purchase efforts to retailers and promotions and lots of beer sampling during the events.31 BMW uses event marketing to get customers to buy its cars by traveling to six cities with its Ultimate Driving Experience.

Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999

Print Derry Fleadh bid to go ahead after decision reversed The Ulster Council of Comhaltas has reversed its decision not to endorse Derry's bid to host the All Ireland Fleadh.

BBC News - Home 2012

The UK City of Culture organisers had been pushing to bring the Fleadh to Northern Ireland for the first time ever in 2013.

BBC News - Home 2012

Two second-year Electronic and Computer Engineering students from NUI Galway have won the annual XNA Ireland Challenges College Cup, which was held as part of the Games Fleadh event in Tipperary Institute yesterday (10 March, 2010).

TechCentral.ie - Answers + Analysis + Advice 2010