{"id":89871,"date":"2018-07-06T17:34:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T16:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/?page_id=89871"},"modified":"2019-07-01T11:39:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T10:39:32","slug":"the-fleadh-journey-begins-this-weekend-on-tg4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2018-2\/the-fleadh-journey-begins-this-weekend-on-tg4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fleadh journey begins this weekend on TG4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every journey has to start somewhere, in the case of <strong>FleadhTV<\/strong> it first appeared on TV screens in 2013 with Fleadh Cheoil taking place, for the first time, in Derry (then titled Fleadh Live).\u00a0 A programme coming from the monster of an event that is Fleadh Cheoil has now become one of TG4\u2019s flagship programmes of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now <\/strong>for the \u00a0first time, the fleadh team will broadcast LIVE from the <strong>Provincial Fleadhs.<\/strong>\u00a0 The four provinces are covered \u2013 <strong>Connacht in Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim on July 8<sup>th<\/sup>, Leinster in Bagnelstown on July 15<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong>then it\u2019s a trip<strong> to Ennis, Co. Clare <\/strong>for the<strong> Munster Fleadh on Sunday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> July <\/strong>and heading to<strong> Castlewellan, Co. Down <\/strong>for the<strong> Ulster Fleadh on July 29<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong>for the final provincial Fleadh<strong>.\u00a0 <\/strong>Each<strong> show airs from 8pm to 9.30pm<\/strong>. The provincial Fleadhs are where the competitions are intense, getting a place at the All-Ireland\u2019s is huge, expect incredible music from new and well-known talent!<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>FleadhTV <\/strong>shows in August are the main stay of the series<strong>. <\/strong>They will be broadcast live on<strong> TG4 <\/strong>from<strong> Thursday 16<sup>th<\/sup> August to Sunday 19<sup>th<\/sup> August from 8.30pm to 11.30pm <\/strong>each night.\u00a0 <strong>Fleadh Cheoil 2018<\/strong> will be taking place in<strong> Drogheda<\/strong> and excitement is already building for what looks likely to be the summer day trip event to go to.<\/p>\n<p>All journeys need inspiring leaders and <strong>FleadhTV<\/strong> has this in buckets with <strong>Hector \u00d3 hEochag\u00e1in<\/strong> returning this year to bring viewers the best of &#8216;ceol agus craic&#8217; from the streets of Drogheda!\u00a0 Joining him in her debut on FleadhTV is renowned musician and Gaeilgeoir<strong> Doireann Ni Ghlac\u00e1in.<\/strong>\u00a0 New to the presenting team also is well known <strong>RT\u00c9 Radio 1 presenter<\/strong> and lead vocalist from <strong>The Evertides<\/strong> <strong>Ruth Smith<\/strong>. For the <strong>Provincial Fleadh\u2019s Doireann<\/strong> will take the helm in presenting the shows ably assisted by another newcomer to the team, <strong>Aindrias de Staic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The FLEADH coverage will be available to watch worldwide at <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\">www.tg4.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2017 the series was watched by<strong> over 700,000<\/strong> over the weekend of live shows.\u00a0 <strong>FleadhTV<\/strong> is one of the leading lights of <strong>multiscreen viewing<\/strong> with its social channels overflowing with tantalising content.\u00a0 On Fleadh week in 2017, <strong>1 million video views<\/strong> were logged on FleadhTV\u2019s own social networks.\u00a0 This is the very social Fleadh!<\/p>\n<p>Produced by the IFTA Award winning team at Gifted Empire Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every journey has to start somewhere, in the case of FleadhTV it first appeared on TV screens in 2013 with Fleadh Cheoil taking place, for the first time, in Derry (then titled Fleadh Live).\u00a0 A programme coming from the monster of an event that is Fleadh Cheoil has now become one of TG4\u2019s flagship programmes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":876,"featured_media":84646,"parent":72851,"menu_order":28,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pr.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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