Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Angela Tracey Having been established in 2012, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Craobh Mhaigh Nuad has grown and now has a strong membership, well balanced across all age groups. We participate regularly in community events, Scór, County, Provincial and All Ireland Fleadhanna. Members and tutors take pride in and have a great love for our traditional music, song, dance and Irish language and do our best to promote these traditions at every opportunity. Sadly, in March of this year we were faced with the enormous difficulties posed by the arrival of Covid 19 and the necessary regulations imposed upon us. It was no longer feasible for us as an organisation to provide weekly classes in Maynooth Post Primary school, to have sessions or engage in any of our normal activities. We are all very much aware of the effect this pandemic has had across the board, and the area of arts has suffered considerably. We have all missed the excitement
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“Members and tutors take pride in and have a great love for our traditional music, song, dance and Irish language...” of participating in Fleadhanna, joining together on a weekly basis to play a few tunes, sing a few songs and have a chat. In order to keep the connection going as best we can, we have set up online classes for members who wish to participate, which will take us to the end of this term. We will have to “play it by ear” to see how we will progress for 2021. We will keep our members informed via email and Facebook. We would like to wish Maynooth 10K the best of luck in their online event!
“In order to keep the connection going as best we can, we have set up online classes...”
