Craic & Craft Hailed As A Major Belfast Fleadh Success Story

Craic & Craft Hailed As A Major Belfast Fleadh Success Story

Craic & Craft has been hailed as a major success after welcoming unprecedented numbers of visitors during Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 in Belfast.

Ciarán Dunbar: Béal Fleadh-irste: Ba é an fhéile seo an rud is fearr a tharla sa chathair riamh

Ní raibh daoine ábalta fianaise a gcluas is a súl a chreidiúint

Shankill Road Defenders praise Fleadh organisers after ‘extraordinary welcome’ at City Hall performance

The west Belfast band received a rapturous welcome on arrival at the Gig Rig during Sunday’s final day of performances

Fleadh a ‘turning point’ for tourism in Northern Ireland, says visitor experience boss

​Eimear wins All-Ireland gold at the Belfast Fleadh

While Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast has been hailed as a huge success, it was even more so for Warrenpoint Comhaltas who scooped three All-Ireland wins including Mayobridge singer Eimear Magee, who won the top prize at the senior Singer event, representing Warrenpoint.

The Year Belfast Got the Fleadh

A city held back for so long, through tragedy, violence, and oppression, had been set free (at least culturally), and is now flying forward, slingshotted into a future full of potential, optimism, and hope. I was three years old when I was first brought to Belfast in 1999, the year following the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. One of my earliest memories is set around the… Source