Comhaltas comes home to superb Áras an Mhuilinn - News - Roundup - Articles - Westmeath Examiner
"Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ) came home on Friday last, January 28, when An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen officially opened the organisation’s new cultural centre at Mount Street, Mullingar.
The spectacular premises stands not only as the headquarters of Comhaltas activity in Westmeath, Longford and Offaly, but as a tribute to those whose foresight led to the establishment of the organisation in Mullingar in 1951.
The building functions not only as a cultural and musical centre, but also as a Comhaltas shop and museum, equipped with a bar, performance hall, Comhaltas archives, classrooms and a radio link-up to Raidió na Gaeltachta.
A solemn ecumenical blessing of the new premises was carried out by Rev. Fr. Paul Crosbie (C.C., Mullingar); Rev. Stephen Lockington, Mullingar Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. Alistair Graham, All Saints Church, Mullingar."
The spectacular premises stands not only as the headquarters of Comhaltas activity in Westmeath, Longford and Offaly, but as a tribute to those whose foresight led to the establishment of the organisation in Mullingar in 1951.
The building functions not only as a cultural and musical centre, but also as a Comhaltas shop and museum, equipped with a bar, performance hall, Comhaltas archives, classrooms and a radio link-up to Raidió na Gaeltachta.
A solemn ecumenical blessing of the new premises was carried out by Rev. Fr. Paul Crosbie (C.C., Mullingar); Rev. Stephen Lockington, Mullingar Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. Alistair Graham, All Saints Church, Mullingar."
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