List of All-Ireland Fleadh champions

This page lists those who have won the senior title at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann title since its foundation in 1951 by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. There were no competitions in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Once you win a senior title, you are automatically placed into the All Ireland competition the following year giving you a chance to defend the title. Whilst the majority do not return, some have defended their title on multiple occasions.

There are competitions for soloists, duos, trios, and various types of ensembles, many of which are divided into separate competitions by age group. A list of the categories is found here.

Fiddle (Fidil)

Button Accordion (Bosca Ceoil)

Flute (Feadóg Mhór)

Tin Whistle (Feadóg Stáin)

Piano Accordion (Cairdín Pianó)

Concertina (Consairtín)

Uilleann Pipes (Píb Uilleann)

Harp (Cruit)

Mouth Organ (Orgán Béil)

Banjo (Bainseo)

Mandolin (Maindilín)

Piano

Melodeon (Mileoideon)

Miscellaneous (Rogha Gléas)

Accompaniment (Tionlacán)

Bodhrán

Céilí Band Drummer (Drumaí Céilí)

War Pipes (Piob Mhór)

Fiddle - Slow Airs (Fidil/Veidhlín - Foinn Mhalla)

Uilleann Pipes - Slow Airs (Píb Uilleann - Foinn Mhalla)

Flute - Slow Airs (Feadóg Mhór - Foinn Mhalla)

Tin Whistle - Slow Airs (Feadóg Stáin - Foinn MhaIla)

Harp - Slow Airs (Cruit - Foinn Mhalla)

Duets (Ceol Beirte)

Trios (Ceol Trír)

Céilí Band (Banna Céilí)

Instrumental Groups (Grúpaí Ceoil)

Accordion Bands (Buíon Cheoil Cáirdin)

Flute Bands (Buíon Cheoil Feadóg Mhór)

Miscellaneous Marching Bands (Buíon Rogha Gléas)

Pipe Bands (Buíon Cheoil Phíob)

Note that the All-Ireland Fleadh Championships are unrelated to the All-Ireland Pipe Band Championships organised jointly by the Irish Pipe Band Association (IPBA) and the Northern Ireland Branch of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBANI).

Irish Singing - Ladies (Amhrán Gaeilge - Mná)

Irish Singing - Men (Amhrán Gaeilge - Fir)

English Singing - Ladies (Amhrán Béarla - Mná)

English Singing - Men (Amhrán Béarla - Fir)

Whistling (Feadaíl)

Lilting (Portaireacht)

Irish Singing - Newly Composed Songs (Amhrán Nuacheaptha Gaeilge)

English Singing - Newly Composed Songs (Amhrán Nuacheaptha, Bearla)

Newly Composed Tunes (Píosaí Ceoil Nuaceaptha)

8-Hand Céilí Dancing, Ladies (Rince Céilí Ochtair, Mná)

8-Hand Céilí Dancing, Mixed (Rince Céilí Ochtair, Measctha)

4-Hand Céilí Dancing, Ladies (Rince Céilí Ceathrair, Mná)

4-Hand Céilí Dancing, Mixed (Rince Céilí Ceathrair, Measctha)

Set Dancing - Full Set, Ladies (Rince Seit, Mná)

Set Dancing - Full Set, Mixed (Rince Seit, Measctha)

Set Dancing - Half Set, Mixed (Rince Leathsheit, Measctha)

Full Set, Mixed, Over 35 (Rince Seit Measctha, Os cionn 35)

Old Style Dancing (Rince ar an Sean Nós)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "All Ireland Fleadh Results 2005 and 2006". Archived from the original on 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
  2. ↑ "2007 Irish Seniors Preview". Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
  3. ↑ "2008 Irish Seniors Results" (PDF). Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  4. ↑ Fleadh Cheoil na hÉirrean Results 2010 Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Torthaí Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026". results.fleadhcheoil.ie. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
  6. ↑ Anglo-Celt, June 07, 1952, 4
  7. ↑ Irish Independent, 8 June 1954, 8
  8. ↑ Méabh Ní Fhuartháin, Heading to the Fleadh: festival, cultural revival and Irish traditional music 1951-1969 (Cork University Press, 2025), 59.
  9. ↑ Irish Independent, 15 May 1951, 7
  10. ↑ Anglo-Celt, June 7, 1952, 4
  11. ↑ Clancy was living in Dublin at this point. Irish Press, 27 May 1953, 5
  12. ↑ 'Cavan Fleadh Ceoil Results', Irish Independent, June 8, 1954, 8
  13. ↑ Tipperary Star, May 30, 1959
  14. ↑ Irish Press, 7 June 1960
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  16. ↑ "Home". irishpiper.ie.
  17. ↑ Tipperary Star, 30 May 1959
  18. ↑ Tipperary Star, May 30, 1959
  19. ↑ "All Ireland Melodeon Champion Remembered - Summer 2002 - Record".
  20. ↑ Méabh Ní Fhuartháin, Heading to the Fleadh: festival, cultural revival and Irish traditional music 1951-1969 (Cork University Press, 2025), 59.
  21. ↑ Méabh Ní Fhuartháin, Heading to the Fleadh: festival, cultural revival and Irish traditional music 1951-1969 (Cork University Press, 2025), 59.
  22. ↑ Treoir Iml. 26, Uimh. 4, 1994.
  23. ↑ Irish Press, May 27, 1953, 5.
  24. ↑ Irish Independent, 16 May 1951, 4; Irish Press 16 May 1951, 4
  25. ↑ Northern Standard, 6 June 1952, 3
  26. ↑ Irish Independent, 8 June 1954, 8
  27. ↑ "The moylurg ceili band". The Moylurg March. Comhaltas. 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  28. ↑ Irish Press, August 26, 1974, 4