The Manchester Irish Festival: 4th - 19th March 2006
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Manchester will celebrate the city's eleventh Irish Festival in March this year with an action packed sixteen days of Irish Music, Song, Dance and Culture. The annual event which is now established as one of the biggest Irish Festivals in Europe, is launched on Saturday 4th March and runs to Sunday 19th March 2006.
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Message from President McAleese
I
am delighted to offer my best wishes to everyone associated with the 11th
Manchester Irish Festival. The Festival has grown into one of the foremost
Irish events in Britain and provides an excellent opportunity to celebrate
the
very significant contribution the Irish community has made to Manchester.
I would like to thank all of those who have given so generously of their
time
and energy to the Festival, in particular the City Council and other sponsors,
and to wish everyone attending the festivities a most enjoyable time. St.
Patrick’s Day is a wonderful opportunity for the Irish community and
our many
friends in Manchester and around the world to celebrate our traditions, values
and culture.
Go n-éirí libh go léir.
Mary McAleese, President of Ireland
Message
from Cllr John Flanagan and Ester Dolan,
Co-Chairs of the Manchester Irish Festival.
Welcome to our 11th Manchester Irish Festival. We
would like to thank the committee of the Festival,
for its hard work and commitment over the last
year and for delivering what will be a fantastic two
week festival.
The Manchester Irish Festival offers all the
people of Manchester an opportunity to explore
and celebrate the unique culture of Ireland and of
those Irish who now call Manchester home.
We would like to thank all those who have
sponsored this year’s festival, as well as Manchester
City Council and the Dion fund for their continued
support. The Festival Committee hopes you have a great
festival as we turn Manchester green once again.
Cllr John Flanagan and Ester Dolan
Levenshulme village, which is home to the biggest Irish community outside of London will once again be turned green when it stages its annual ‘Irish Fleadh’ which will feature over forty events and over one hundred performers. All but three of these events are completely free of charge.
Musical highlights of the Festival include the return of Irish Mancunian Shane Ward with The X factor show, a one off concert by The Fureys and the tenth anniversary of international Rock competition 'Boddingtons YGG Unsigned 2006'
Theatre plays a major part in this years celebration with the much acclaimed 'I Keano' about Roy Keane, and the hilarious return of Ireland’s Favourite Comedian BRENDAN O’CARROLL in part two of the Mrs Brown Trilogy ‘Good Mourning Mrs Brown’.
Another legendary Irish Comedian ‘Jimmy Cricket’ will be joining forces with ALL FM Radio’s Joe Casserly and The Full Irish Team in a special live broadcast to launch the Levenshulme Fleadh.
The award winning Irish Music & Dance troupe 'Young, Gifted & Green' celebrate their own first decade of existence with an already sold out charity concert hosted by Alan Keegan from BBC GMR's 'The Parlour', programme.
More Traditional Irish Music plays a major part in the festival. There are numerous free concerts taking place in Levenshulme featuring such renowned artists as Irish Pipes player ‘Becky Taylor’ and the award winning fiddle player ‘Emma Sweeney’.
For any events which take place in Levenshulme Village you can contact the ‘Fleadh office’ on 0161 257 2484."
Events at The Pack Horse, Levenshulme