St. Patrick’s Day Spink Comhaltas lead out the annual St Patrick’s Day Parade from Knock Church to Knock Community Hall, where Spink Comhaltas junior music classes are held. The parade this year was a great display of community spirit and involvement. The musicians leading the parade then provided a great…
Macalla na hÉireann, the 2017 Comhaltas Concert Tour of Ireland will visit 14 venues between the 8th and 21st of October. The annual Tour features the best of traditional talent drawn from all four Provinces of Ireland. Each year the Tour assembles a fine mix of established artistes together with…
Everyone in Spink Comhaltas is really delighted to win 1st place in the ‘Children & Youth’ category at the Laois Public Participation Network awards which took place in the Midlands Park Hotel It is really super to receive this acknowledgment of the outstanding work that our teachers, musicians and parents…
26th August saw the annual end of year BBQ take place in the Rambling House, just outside Ballyroan. This annual Spink Comhaltas event has grown in size over the last number of years, and this year the BBQ had in excess of 140 attendees. The BBQ is a great…
The summer seisiún series is a simple concept, familar to the Irish tradition of rambling houses – a series of 7 events during July and August, hosted by a group in a convenient location, featuring the best of traditional Irish music, song, dancing and story-telling, with simple but welcoming hospitality. …
There are 7 branches in Laois and the Laois Fleadh Cheoil rotates across each of them over a 7 year cycle. The standard of music at the Laois Fleadh cheoil is arguably amongst the highest across the entire country, and if a competitor is fortunate to qualify out of Laois,…
In 2015, Spink branch was presented with a perpetual trophy by Michael Lynch in memory of his late wife Stella. The ‘Stella Lynch’ trophy is intended to recognise an U18 member of Spink who has made an outstanding contribution to the branch, and who contributes to the overall spirit…
We are delighted that we have developed our branch and musicians to a point where we had 3 Ceili Bands taking part across all age groups from U12 through U15 and U18 and that our 3 bands qualified for Leinster – some achievement! After amazing performances at the Laois Fleadh in…
In 2010 Spink Comhaltas had four trophies made to promote the playing of traditional music in schools. The trophies were for both junior cycle and senior cycle. They were donated to Heywood Community and Castlecomer Community schools. These awards have been presented every year since, and Spink Comhaltas are delighted…
Congratulations to David Vesey who was awarded the prestigious Mícheál Ó hEidhin Medal for achieving excellence in Grade 8 of the Comhaltas SCT Traditional Irish Music Examinations 2016. Spink Comhaltas has been preparing students for the SCT exams for the last 4 years, and David is the first Spink member to successfully complete the…