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Classes in all traditional musical instruments are held on Tuesday evenings from 7pm - 9pm in St. Roch's Secondary School, Royston Road, Glasgow. Tuition is FREE and sheet music of new tunes will be provided. Some of the musical instruments include Piano & Button Accordion, Fiddle, Flute, Whistle, Harp, Uilleann Pipes, Banjo, Mandolin and Drums to name but a few!! Set Dancing classes are also on offer.
Our musical director is Frank McArdle and he teaches Piano and Button Accordion, Ceili Bands and Grupai Cheoil. He is assisted by John Cassidy, Geri Reid, David Marks, Uilliam Ui Haicead, Mary Hunter & Steven Murphy ,with some of our senior pupils, Katie & Danny Boyle, Kathleen Boyle, Johnny, Colm, Moya & Mairead Canning, Mairead McManus, Martina & Patrick Callaghan, Eleanor Keane, Louise & Colette Hunter, Roisin Anne Hughes, Brendan Toal , Aileen Reid, Ciara Cullen, Claire Marletta, Samantha Hands, Anne Deeney and Frank's four daughters Eileen, Catriona, Roisin & Patricia also teaching.
Competitions
The annual cycle of competitions that the Irish Minstrels branch participates at group and individual levels are as follows:
 Feis Ghlaschu: |
February/March of each year |
| Comhaltas Competitions: | |
| All Scotland Fleadh: |
April each year |
| All Britain Fleadh: |
Last weekend in June |
| All Ireland Fleadh: |
Last weekend in August |
Our Committee:-
| Musical Director | Frank McArdle |
| Chairperson | Stephen Murphy |
| Vice Chair | Linda Forrester |
| Secretary | Moira Callaghan |
| Assistant Secretary | Anne Turner |
| Treasurer | Brian O'Neil |
| Assistant Treasurer | Cathleen Armstrong |
| Public Relations Officer | Michael Foley |
| Membership Secretary | Cathleen Armstrong |
| Youth Officer | Eileen McArdle |
| Auditor | Martin Hunter |
| Auditor | Catriona McArdle |
| Co. Board Delegates | Fred Sweeney & Cathleen Armstrong |
| Gaelic Officer | Mairead Ui Gallchoir |
Provincial Committee
Comhaltas na Breataine 2007
| Chairperson | Vincent Jordan | South Birmingham CCE |
| Vice Chair | Paul Geraghty | Tara O'Carolan CCE (Manchester) |
| Secretary | Rosaleen Duddie | Nottingham CCE |
| Ass.Secretary | AnneMarie Brogan | St. Alban's CCE |
| Treasurer | Seamus Brogan | St. Alban's CCE |
| P.R.O. | Anthony Moore | South Birmingham CCE |
| Treorai na Gaelige | Mairead Ui Ghallchoir | Irish Minstrels CCE (Glasgow) |
| Auditors | Moira Callaghan | Irish Minstrels CCE (Glasgow) |
| Sean McDonagh | Leagrave CCE (Luton) | |
| Delegates | SeamusBrogan | St.Alban'sCCE |
| Vincent Jordan | South Birmingham CCE | |
| Youth Officers | Katie Boyle | Irish Minstrels CCE (Glasgow) |
| Katie Jordan | South Birmingham CCE |
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