page_title: Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
section_title: Activities
hierarchical_section_title: Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann / Activities
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a photo of the Sunday morning march at the Fleadh 2008 in Tullamore, Ireland. Photo taken by myself.
context_page_description: Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is the primary Irish organisation dedicated to the promotion of the music, song, dance and the language of Ireland. The organisation was founded in 1951 and has promoted Irish music and culture among the Irish people and the Irish diaspora.
  Its current Director General is Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú. Today it has more than 400 branches worldwide, in Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, France, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Russia, Australia and New Zealand.
context_section_description: Comhaltas is responsible for organising the annual national Irish music festival and competition called the Fleadh Cheoil.
  Comhaltas has published a magazine called Treoir relating to Irish traditional music since 1970.
caption: Opening of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008 in Tullamore
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