Comhaltas presents:
Fleadh Cheoil
na hÉireann
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireannFleadh Cheoil na hÉireann The All-Ireland Music Festival, an annual event put on by Comhaltas 2026 will be held in Belfast from 2nd – 9th of August.
Get ready for Fleadh 2026
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann
- Red Shoe Productions and RTÉ presents Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 – Episode 2RTÉ One, Friday 13th November at 8:30PM First up, the McKenna… Read more: Red Shoe Productions and RTÉ presents Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 – Episode 2
- Red Shoe Productions and RTÉ presents Fleadh CheoilA six-part highlights series of Fleadh CheoilFleadh Cheoil Festival of Music. na hÉireannFleadh Cheoil… Read more: Red Shoe Productions and RTÉ presents Fleadh Cheoil
- Canaigí- Celebrating 75 Bliain ag Fás, the 75th Anniversary of Comhaltas, at Fleadh 2026, BelfastComhaltasComhaltas Association, gathering, brotherhood and the Traditional Singing World has… Read more: Canaigí- Celebrating 75 Bliain ag Fás, the 75th Anniversary of Comhaltas, at Fleadh 2026, Belfast
- No ordinary Monday in Belfast as Day 2 of the Fleadh gets underwayAfter a thrilling start to Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireannFleadh Cheoil… Read more: No ordinary Monday in Belfast as Day 2 of the Fleadh gets underway
Fleadhanna
About The Fleadh
Fleadh Cheoil means ‘a festival, or feast, of music’ and ComhaltasComhaltas Association, gathering, brotherhood runs numerous FleadhannaFleadhanna Plural of Fleadh, meaning “festivals. each year around the country including at County and Provincial level. Fleadhanna are also held in our overseas regions where they are sometimes known as ‘Féilte’. However, the biggest and best- known of these festivals is ‘Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann’, often simply known as ‘The Fleadh’.
‘For what I put in, I got way more out of it’
Fleadh 2022 volunteer
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, or the All-Ireland Fleadh, is the world’s largest annual festival of Irish music, song and dance and since its beginings in Mullingar in 1951 ‘The Fleadh’ has become a national institution, an annual event now drawing upwards of 600,000 visitors to the host town over the course of a week of festivities and competitions in August each year.
Those who compete for All-Ireland titles in music, song, dance and comhrá at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann have already qualified through participation at County and Provincial fleadhanna held throughout the late spring and early summer.
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 will be held in Belfast from 2nd – 9th of August. Discover more about Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 2026
Find out where some of the towns where Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann was held through the years.
Results
Over 5,000 competitors took part in over 180 competitions at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Wexford in August 2025. See the full listing of the results in all categories.
Scoil Éigse
Annually, over seven hundred and sometimes as many as nine hundred students attend Scoil ÉigseScoil Éigse An annual week-long school of traditional Irish music which is the Irish traditional music summer school organised by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí ÉireannComhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Gathering of Musicians of Ireland. It’s the flagship CCÉ educational event and is held in the week leading up to the Fleadh in the host town. Classes are conducted in all the instruments associated with Irish traditional music up to an advanced level. Students do not need to be at an advanced level, the Scoil Éigse experience will enhance their skill set. Masterclasses are also part of the week’s schedule.
“Emerging talent are encouraged and guided during Scoil Éigse by the cream of Irish trad artists in a wonderful hothouse of respect for tradition, encouragement, innovation and creativity which has been going for fifty years”
