Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann

Sligo Traditional Irish Group are playing in the Pyg Pub Tour Jacob Luxembourg on Friday, May 22nd and Friday June 19th.<http://www.sligo-music.com/>

On 9-10 Mai we are holding the third Sean nós Weekend with Paraig O h’Oibicín in Zürich
The workshop will be divided into two parts and participants can either participate in just one day or do the whole workshop. The beginners will be able to do the follow up workshop on Sunday and people with experience can just join on Sunday.Saturday:Introduction for beginners:10.00 – 13.0014.30 – 17.00Sunday:Follow up workshop:10.00 – 13.0014.30 – 17.00Cost:Euro 55 - 75/day (dep. on numbers of part.)both days : Euro 100 - 130
Zentrum Karl der Grosse8001 ZürichOpposite GrossmünsterBookings and Info:Elizabeth Zollinger,Neumarkt 11, 8001 ZürichTel/Fax: 0041-44 2520918mail: info@irish-culture.chwww.irish-culture.chiBooking before 1 April 2009

Come and join us for our Traditional St Patrick's Day Céilis on 17th March 2009 in the Grande Salle, Le Foyer Européen, 10-12 Rue Heine:
Children's ( from 18.00 to 19.30) and
Adult's from (20.00-23.00) . Live tradtional music as well. For full details please open the attachment.

Entry by reservation only to Comhaltas_luxembourg@hotmail.com

 Kieran Goss in Concert 25 MARCH 2009 at 20.00
I'll be seeing you Tour 2009
TUCHFABRIK TRIER
TICKETS +49 (0)651-9941188 WWW.POPPCONCERTS.DE

Liam O’Flynn, uilleann pipes and Catherine Ennis, organ.
 (Cycle de printemps 2009) in the church of St. Martin, Dudelange.
 Catherine is the daughter of Seamus Ennis, late renowned Irish uilleann piper and more.

Website is www.orgue-dudelange.lu  but this concert is not yet displayed on the site, read it in an information sheet by post.
 

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              Craobh
Naomh Fiachra
LUXEMBOURG

 
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Annual General Meeting
of
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Craobh Naomh Fiachra - Luxembourg
was held on
Wednesday 21st January 2009
 
at 8.00pm
 

 
 
 
Election of the Officers and Committee Members

·         President - Rita Neville
·         Vice President - Bernard Biggar
·         Secretary - Mary Butler
·         Subscriptions Secretary - Anne Fitzpatrick 
·         Treasurer - Colm Friel
·         Auditor - Angela McCann
·         Newsletter Editor
·         Public Relations Officer - Guy Blitgen
·        Treoraí na Gaeilge -Labhras Finneadha
·         Dance Coordinators  - Rose McCabe & Julie Whelan
·         Music Coordinator - Guy Blitgen
·         Ordinary Committee Members Hilde Roegiers, Michelle Nifhaircheallaigh & Paddy de Burca 
 

Cumann Gaelach Lucsamburg
               (The Irish Language Club of Luxembourg)
                                                  Presents
             The Willibrord Lecture 2009
               A Public Lecture in the English Language
    Under the Patronage of His Excellency, Mr. Martin Burke,
                         Ambassador of Ireland:
“Towards Inclusion: Ulster Protestant Perspectives on Irish”
 
   
                   By Dr Ian Malcolm
 
Date: Thursday, February 12th 2009, 20.00
Venue: La Salle des Fêtes, European School
Tickets: €10
 
Further Information: ballinroe@yahoo.com
The lecture will be preceded by a performance of traditional Irish Music by the talented musicians of Comhaltas Luxembourg and will conclude with  an informal reception at which members of the general public in attendance will have an opportunity to meet with Dr Malcolm and also to partake of a broad range of delicious wines and tasty foods. Tickets will be available at the door on the night or can be purchased in advance form the committee of Cumann Gaelach Lucsamburg or by contacting ballinroe@yahoo.com".
Dr Ian Malcolm is a native of Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland. He is a fluent Irish speaker and comes from the ulster unionist & protestant tradition.  He served as editor of the Antrim Guardian for several years before becoming a sub-editor with the Belfast News Letter. Returning to full-time education he graduated in 2003 with a First Class Honours PhD in Celtic Studies from Queen's University, Belfast. Dr Malcolm has engaged in pioneering research into the attitudes of young Protestants in Northern Ireland towards the Irish language. He is an accomplished journalist and broadcaster, writing a column in the daily Irish language newspaper Lá Nua and commentating on Northern Irish political affairs in the Irish language electronic and broadcast media both in Northern Ireland and the Republic. He contributes regularly to Raidió na Gaeltachta, R.T.É. television, TG4, B.B.C. Northern Ireland, U.T.V. and Radio Ulster.  In 2005 Dr Ian Malcolm was appointed to the Governing Authority of   
R. T. É. (Raidió Teilifís Éireann), the state broadcaster in the Republic of Ireland.
 The Willibrord lecture series was initiated by Cumann Gaelach Lucsamburg in 2007 to celebrate the granting of official language status to the Irish language by the European Union on January 1st of that year.  The lectures are held at the European School under the patronage of the Ambassador of Ireland.  Former speakers include Professor Alan Titley of U.C.C. and Irish language poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill.  The lectures are sponsored by Cultúr Éireann / Culture Ireland. 
The objectives of the lecture series are:
1) To promote a greater awareness of Ireland's indigenous Gaelic language culture in Luxembourg.
2) To foster enhanced cultural and historic understanding amongst the peoples of Ireland and Luxembourg.
Towards this end the committee of Cumann Gaelach Lucsamburg agreed in 2008 to name the lecture series in honour of the Anglo Saxon missionary and patron saint of Luxembourg, St. Willibrord.  St. Willibrord, who studied for 10 years in Ireland 
( from 678 - 688 A. D. ), is both an historic embodiment of the ancient links binding Ireland and Luxembourg and a powerful symbol of the close cultural ties which unite all Europeans. Though not an Irishman, St. Willibrord is also, quite possibly, the first Irish language speaker to have set foot in Luxembourg upon his arrival here over one thousand years ago.

                                                                             

 The Gaelic Sports Club of Luxembourg (GSCL) has been in existence for just over 30 years. To mark the occasion, the Club has published a richly illustrated book telling the story of the past three decades. A glance through it shows how closely integrated the GSCL has been with Comhaltas in Luxembourg. Over the three decades, both organisations have visited many places of Irish interest across the Continent and have presented displays of Irish music, song and dance - as well as of hurling and football.Aptly named "More than a Sporting Experience", this elegant book tells us a great deal about places of Irish interest on the Continent with some 32 pages of colour photos and scores of pictures in black and white. Scenes from Arras and Haguenau, Rome and Paris with emphasis on places associated over the centuries with Ireland. The Wild Geese story is linked with the present-day Irish in both our organisations. There are pictures of many documents of great historical significance - e.g. the Cambrai manuscript and the letter of the Marquis de Lostanges to Colonel Warren; scenes from matches and also Comhaltas presentations such as that in the hall where the Treaty of Amiens was signed... There is an excellent introduction by the Mayor of Luxembourg City and a witty piece by Barry Desmond. Significantly, the Luxembourg Irish are the first community from our country on the continent to publish a book on our activities.At 15 euros payable to LU24 0021 1375 5690 0000, this is great value and a must for all friends of Ireland and would make an ideal Christmas gift. It is available from Cathal Davey daveycj@pt.lu., Brian Killeen, Eoghan O hAnnracháin ohannrachain@hotmail.com  or Julie Whelan Comhaltas_luxembourg@hotmail.com

Intermedii will give their customary Christmas concert with poetry, on Monday December 15th at 19h30 (half-past seven) in the Konvikt chapel. PROGRAMME FOR XMAS IN THE KONVIKT 2008
 Orientis Partibus (the Ass brings the Holy Family) (With Leon & Heather and drums etc.) (Process from back of church)                                                                        12th Century
Reading
Coventry Carol (Murder of the Innocents)                                         Trad arr, Shaw
Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle! (Light candles)                           Trad Provencal
Reading
In The Bleak Midwinter (In the Manger) (Kerry solo/piano)          Darke
Noel Nouvelet (Child is Born) (with Leon & Heather)                                    Trad Fr. arr. Rutter
Reading
This Endris Night (Lullabye to Jesus)                                              c15th arr. Paget
Born on a New Day (Celebrating the Birth)                                     King's Singers
Reading
Follow That Star (The Three Kings Approach)                                 Gritton
The Three Kings (The Three Kings enter)                                       Healy Willan
Reading
I Wonder As I Wander (Reflection) (Kristina solo)  Appalachian arr. Niles/Horton
Mary Had A Baby (Self-evident!)                             Negro Spiritual arr. Perkins
Blessing
Good People All This Christmas Tide (the whole story)    Irish Traditional  
 Team:
 Readings: Chris, Eamonn
Voice: La, Kristina, Annette, Janice, Kerry, Noel, Colin, Chris.
Cornetto/crumhorn: Leon, Heather
Piano/percussion: Jacqui
Other percussion: All /Alice/Elodie
Proceeds from the concert will be donated to the Manna Centre, which is an organisation in London that provides support, advice, food, showers and so on for homeless people in the East End. You can find out about the Manna centre from http://www.mannasociety.org.uk/Pages/Reports/newsletters.htm