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ENNIS has been selected for one of the first five prestigious Regional Resource Centres, under the new €27m five year Development Programme of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eire- ann.
It will be hosted by Cois na hAbhna, Clare’s traditional music centre and will service counties Clare, Limerick, Galway and Kerry.
There will be an outreach centre in Kil- rush, where the Church of Ireland has do- nated the local church.
The first five Regional Resource Centres, which are at the hub of the Development Programme, will be Dundalk, Ennis, Dub- lin, Gurteen and Cashel.
The five year plan aims to make our cul- tural assets a part of everyday life, visible, accessible and fully realised in terms of the
benefits they bring to the economy.
Dr Charlie Lennon, the well-known tra- ditional musician and composer, introduced the first year’s progress report of the pro- gramme and said that Comhaltas were pleased to announce that it was “now well ahead of target.”