The streets are safe.
This morning.
Drogheda, County Louth.
Saiviungon Blanc writes:
“Yeah, we’re down here at the Fleadh Ceoil …handy old number…“
The streets are safe.
This morning.
Drogheda, County Louth.
Saiviungon Blanc writes:
“Yeah, we’re down here at the Fleadh Ceoil …handy old number…“
How fast?
Neil H writes:
Some funny goings on with Irish trad legend Tola Custy in the lead up to this year’s Fleadh Ceoil in Ennis [Co Clare]…
An estimated 430,000 people enjoyed the biggest ever Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Derry over the last week where orange and green played in a trouble-free atmosphere.
Why is there such a contrast between Derry’s Fleadh and Belfast’s Flegs?
Steven McCaffery writing in The Detail may have an answer:
But there will be lots of discussion about why Derry is broadly dealing better with cultural tensions than other areas – it is at least showing what is possible and providing an example to learn from.
Recent figures show that the Catholic and Protestant populations are balancing-out in Northern Ireland which, regardless of the failings of politics, provides its own dynamic towards the ultimate emergence of a shared future.
These are times that demand a live-and-let-live attitude. Flexibility is called for. Dialogue is required.
The message of the Fleadh is simple: we need a change of tune.
As the peace process struggles, why is Derry different? (Steven McCaffery, The Detail)
Pics via Keiron Tourish, Ryan