Listowel Fleadh Cheoil, Co. Kerry, Ireland, 1978

Crowds enjoy music and sunshine at the Fleadh Cheoil in Listowel, County Kerry.
Impromptu traditional Irish music sessions take place on the streets of Listowel as well as in the many venues set up for the event throughout the town.
Fleadh Cheoil is an Irish music competition run by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. The first Fleadh Cheoil was held in 1951 in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 27 August 1978.

[@fiddlejohn9305]

I was there but I didn’t see myself or anyone I recognize in this footage.
For me, the best music was to be found in front of the Listowel Arms with Julia Clifford, Johnny O’Leary and Paddy Cronin holding forth. Shlides and polkas! Up Kerry!

[@kerinfaulkner4537]

Wonderful,Thankyou West Oz 🍀💙☀️💙☘️

[@loricole4906]

I was there too!

[@vintagebuddha]

[@HAPPYTHELEAF]

I was in my late teen's then carefree with a back pack, God if we knew then what lay ahead with FF & FG and Labour policy and EU would do to this country and yet we have only our sheepish selves to blame.

[@oceanroad1584]

Was that rubber leg johny playing the banjo its the stamp of him

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

1:25 I thought yer wan was on her phone 😂

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Those were the days when most young musicians wore long lowing flowing shiny curly hair and played the very best music, Now you see fine young men with the most horrible haircuts, I am no barber but even I would fail to give shocking bad and rough haircuts, my own barber has hung up a sign outside his salon which stated We Do Not Cut Hair Any Longer

[@lyrans144]

😂

[@baabaabaa2293]

How many ya had Jim?

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Short hair is easier to look after, dries faster and is less likely to snag

[@fiddlejohn9305]

@@oscarosullivan4513 I’ve become progressively balder as the years have passed, though when COVID came along and the barber shops were closed I still needed to look semi-presentable to my patients and their families, so I got a set of electric clippers from Amazon. Now with a few passes of a #3 every couple weeks I’m spending less on barbering fees and shampoo, plus saving time in the morning with no combing necessary. I have fallen behind on the neighborhood gossip though!