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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 Clare McLaughlin, Katie & Danny Boyle, Kathleen Boyle, Johnny, Colm & Mairead Canning, Mairead McManus, Martina Callaghan, Louise Hunter, Anne Deeney, Joseph Armstrong, Kevin Murphy, Danny Hunter and Frank's five daughters Eileen, Catriona, Roisin, Patricia & Siobhan among others.
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 | Eileen McMonagle |
| Treasurer | Brian O'Neil |
| Assistant Treasurer | Margaret McManus |
| Public Relations Officer | Donna Kerrigan |
| Membership Secretary | Cathleen Armstrong |
| Youth Officer | Roisin Anne Hughes |
| Auditor 1 | Thomas Kerrigan |
| Auditor 2 | John Docherty |
| Co. Board Delegates | Brian O'Neill & Roy Campbell |
| Gaelic Officer | Mairead Ui Gallchoir |
Scottish Regional Committee
| Chairperson | Stephen Murphy | Irish Minstrels CCE |
| Vice Chair | Martin McLaughlin | Johnny Docherty CCE |
| Secretary | Cathleen Armstrong | Irish Minstrels CCE |
| Treasurer | Susan McNichol | Johnny Docherty CCE |
| P.R.O. | Allison Cullen | Johnny Docherty CCE |
| Treorai na Gaelige | Danny McKendry Snr | St. James The Great CCE |
| Auditors | Joe McNulty | St. Patrick's CCE |
| Sarah Rooney | St. James The Great CCE | |
| Delegates | Stephen Murphy | Irish Minstrels CCE |
| Cathleen Armstrong | Irish Minstrels CCE | |
| Youth Officer | Roisin McArdle | Irish Minstrels CCE |
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