This article is from page 1 of the 2011-09-13 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 1 JPG
IT CAME down to one vote – a vote that went against the Banner County’s hopes of bringing 2012 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann to Ennis, which would have bridged a 35-year gap to when the showpiece of the traditional music year was last in Clare.
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann decided on Saturday by a 14-13 in Dublin to give host town status to Cavan for the third successive year, thereby robbing Clare of a festival which would have brought around 300,000 to Ennis next August and been worth an estimated € 30m to the local economy.