Fleadhmalies

A forensic but light-hearted four part series presented by Anne-Marie Wallace and Caoimhe Ceol Ní Chathail, who bring us a deep dive into what traditional music festival Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is and isn’t.
We hear from festival attendees endearingly known as Fleadhmalies (families) and specifically Fleadh Mas (mothers of Fleadh families) and Trad Dads and how it really takes a village to raise a Fleadhmaly.

We meet the McClean family who are at the heart of the Fleadh this year, as Trad Dad, Niall, is the Chair of Ards Comhaltas, the host branch of this year's Fleadh. With session music and great craic we all feel part of the Fleadhmaly!