Contents

Wexford, a Model Performer 3

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann i Loch Garman 5

Wexford: Jewel of the Ancient East 7

All Roads (and Rail) … Lead to Wexford 10

Wexford’s Cultural Year: Anything Goes! 15

Finance | Airgeadeas 17

Accommodation | Lóistín 20

Competition Venues | Ionad na gComórtas 26

Media | Na Meáin Chumarsáide 28

Music, Dance & Other Events | Imeachtaí Ceoil, Rince & Mar Sin 29

Scoil Éigse 2019 31

The Green Fleadh | An Fhleadh Ghlas 34

Merchandising | Marsantú 38

2019 Wexford Bid Committee 40

Wexford Chamber of Commerce 41

Design / Local food trail 42

Oidhreacht Ceolmhar Loch Garman 44

The Last Word | An Focal Deireanach 48

Appendix 1 50

Appendix 2 56

Appendix 3 60

Appendix 4 62

1 2 ‘Wexford and the towns and villages around it were places where even people without much money had books in their houses, or went to the library. The written word held power here, as it still does. And with this came an interest in music, which had very deep roots in Victorian society in Wexford. To be a member of a choir, or to sing in public, was a normal aspect of citizenship. To love music and want to listen to the best of it was a normal aspect of life.’

Co. Wexford novelist Colm Toibin.

Wexford, a Model Performer

That small acorn continues to bear fruit: every October for three weeks, the annual Wexford Festival Since its inception in 2015, the Wexford Fleadh Bid Committee has been busy engaging community leaders in attracts 12,000 patrons to Ireland’s National Opera House, tucked away on the town’s High Street. its determination to bring Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, to Wexford town.

The three principal operas are a mere aperitif, for the town opens its arms, as it has done for 66 years, to Like Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Wexford is synonymous with a rich tapestry of music, from the local and thousands who come from near and far to enjoy the longest arts festival in the country (October 19 to traditional – take the many well established seisiúin cheoil and story-houses around the county – to the global – November 4 in 2018). Among those visitors, one with more than twenty Wexford Festivals in the bag, is Wexford Festival Opera – voted Best Festival at the International Opera Awards in 2017. It is indeed appropriate New York-based critic Brian Kellow. Writing in The Wall Street Journal he remarked: ‘I’m never sad to leave that the biggest Irish traditional music festival in the world should come to the home of one of the longest Wexford, though. People joke about the “Irish goodbye”—leaving a social gathering without saying farewell established musical festivals in the world to avoid the flow of conversation that renders it impossible to make it to the door. For me, the real beauty Glacaimis lenár gCultúr Embracing Our Culture of a Wexford goodbye is that it’s never final.’

Ba cheart go mbeadh na traidisiúin chultúrtha Cultural traditions should be an enriching ina n-ábhair shaibhrithe ag na Gaeil idir óg part of the lives of Irish people everywhere, As a Viking town Wexford is no stranger to invasions, a small price to pay for having the country’s longest agus aosta ar fud an domhain mhóir; ba cheart particularly our young people; they should be a go mbeadh na traidisiúin seo beo beathach, living, highly visible and vibrant part of society; stretch of coastline. As a long established holiday destination, however, both town and county are equipped sofheicthe agus ina gcodanna spleodracha they should be easily accessible to all; and their with the infrastructure and the pragmatic nous to accommodate the sudden injection of ‘invaders’! den tsochaí. Ba cheart, freisin, go mbeadh unique social, cultural and economic benefits gach duine in ann teacht orthu go héasca should be fully realised by communities and agus go mbeadh tuiscint ag pobail agus ag individuals throughout the country and in Irish A 60 year association with the Wexford Festival means that partners like Wexford Co. Council and Wexford an duine ann féin ar fud na tire agus i bpobail communities abroad. Éireannacha thar lear ar an tairbhe shóisialta, Chamber of Commerce have experience in the planning of exceptional public events: the start of the chultúrtha agus eacnamaíochta a bhaineann Tour de France in 1998, National Lottery Skyfest in 2011, watched by 60,000 from the harbour front, the leo. National Ploughing Championship in 2012, with an attendance of over 187,000 and the exceptional and unprecedented Co. Council inspired year-long programme of events to mark the centenary of 1916. It The all-round arts festival format which we identify with today in Ireland was born in Wexford, in 1951 (the same appears that Wexford is on a permanent footing to host an event of the scale and undertaking of Fleadh year as the first Fleadh Cheoil), when a small bunch of volunteers staged a production of The Rose of Castile. Cheoil na hÉireann.

3 4 ‘Wexford attracts the cultural tourists. Opera buffs, traditional music lovers, gourmands. Sun-worshippers flock here from in the summer, consuming mountains of ice cream and lakes of Lucozade. Arriving the colour of the former, departing

the colour of the latter.’ Our aspiration, as a committee pledged to upholding the ideals of Eoin Colfer, Wexford novelist. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in hosting the Fleadh, is to once again raise the torch of our proud heritage aloft in celebration of the county’s rich cultural heritage.

We recognise that each Fleadh is a fresh flowering of our traditional arts and a reflection of the health of our culture as expressed in music and song. Ag an am seo níl dabht ar bith na go bhfuil an spiorad dúchasach beo beathach trasna na tíre. The goal of Craobh Loch Garman is to ensure that it is a festival by the people and for the people, that in its scale and endeavour we will segue seamlessly the various strands that constitute this magical embroidery of music and friendship.

Comhaltas has at its heart the preservation, nurturing and promotion of traditional music, dance and language, the continuation of a rich inheritance that owes no apology for allowing a community to express itself. Our challenge in Wexford is not dissimilar to the fiddler in Seamus Heaney’s poem, The Given Note, in which the musician hears music in the wind and brings it back to society with him: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann i Loch Garman ‘For he had gone alone into the island, “Is é Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann an t-ardán is mó “Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is the greatest And brought back the whole thing. le haghaidh na n-ealaíon traidisiúnta Gaelach showcase any where for traditional Irish arts. The house throbbed like his full violin.’ áit ar bith ar domhan. I gcaitheamh aon For two weeks every August the very best of seachtain amháin gach Lúnasa tagann scoth na traditional talent from all over Ireland and the gceoltóirí, na rinceoirí agus na n-amhránaithe le World comes together to meet, to compete, The Fleadhanna in Enniscorthy in 1999 and 2000, which helped usher in the new chéile ó gach cearn den domhan chun bualadh but, most importantly, to celebrate all that is Millennium, sowed a seed which Wexford is ready to reap, eager to contribute lena chéile, chun dul in iomaíocht lena chéile best in Irish music, song and dance.” agus, an rud is tábhachtaí ar fad, chun ceol, to that indefatigable spirit we saw in Ennis. For us Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is rince agus amhránaíocht den chéad scoth a an opportunity to bring together this crucible of music and song with the charm cheiliúradh.” and character of a town shaped by so many cultures, beautifully encapsulated by

Fleadhanna Ceoil shall be held to propagate, consolidate and perpetuate our Irish traditional music, both vocal Brooklyn author Colm Tóibín: ‘The dwindling light adds a rare wash of melancholy and instrumental, dance as well as an teanga Gaeilge, by presenting it in a manner worthy of its dignity, and in over Wexford which can become exquisite on an afternoon when the sky is blue accordance with the aims and objectives of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. but beginning to darken, and you walk from the Main Street down one of the side streets to the quays.’

Craobh Loch Garman, in response to a reawakening throughout the county of ‘an cultúr dúchasach’, and in An bunaidhm atá ag Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann ná caomhnú, cothú partnership with Wexford Co. Council, is bidding to host Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2019. agus cur chun cinn ceoil, rince agus teanga dúchasaí na tíre. Is próiseas leanúnach é; cuireann an seanchas comhroinnte leis an gcreatlach shaibhir ilchineálach chasta atá fite go dlúth ag na ceoltóirí, na seanchaithe agus na The Wexford Fleadh Bid Committee is seeking the honour of hosting the Fleadh in the county for the first time filí agus a tháinig anuas chugainn o ghlúin go glúin thar na blianta. since 2000. Our committee comprises individuals with both a genuine love for, and understanding of, the spirit and essence of the Fleadh, with many having a background in the organisation of public events on a vast scale. Comhaltas has at its heart the preservation, nurturing and promotion of Irish music, dance and language. This continues a process handed down In Wexford - the Model County - no stone has been left unturned in our desire to present a Fleadh to emulate through the generations of adding to a “rich, varied and complex fabric” the achievements of Ennis in 2017, when over 450,000 people experienced nine days of traditional Irish music of shared lore which has been woven through the centuries by musicians, excellence. storytellers and poets.

5 6 “As a child in Wexford, I would walk the streets in the autumn, entranced by the opera singers rehearsing in halls across the town. Their voices lured me to be a singer. Wexford is a singer’s town. It’s in our blood. There is no joy to me like a gathering of singers and musicians. There is however, no other genre in the world that matches the vitality of pipes, whistles, fiddles, voices and craic. It holds me like no other sound. Living in the USA, I hold that sound even closer to me and I shine a light on it so the rest of the world can hear it. Being able to hold the light on it in Wexford would be something special. The town has music in its veins and to share that with the world is something I’d be proud to do. Bain Ceol As an Saol. Loch Garman Abú!”

Michael Londra, singer and theatrical producer

Wexford: Jewel of the Ancient East

Today, a blend of the modern and the old, still cherished by a forward thinking local The popular image of Wexford is close to the actuality: hurling, holidays, music, authority, has helped shaped this distinctive character of Wexford town, forged ‘per rich history, strawberries, Saving Private Ryan and sun, lots of sun. Not alone does aquam et ignem’ (through water and fire). Wexford boast endless stretches of unspoiled and sandy beaches – Steven Spielberg filmed the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan at Curracloe – but according to And it is this uniqueness within the colourful embroidery of our country’s history Met Éireann, the county experiences more hours of sunshine than anywhere else in which explains how, according to Bord Fáilte statistics, Wexford has achieved twice Ireland. Wexford, the capital town, is located at the mouth of the River Slaney, and the national average in growth of tourism numbers, and revenue: to appreciate its location as the jewel in the crown of Ireland’s Ancient East, is to acknowledge how its harbour was once a gateway into the country for successive 1. 450,000 passenger arrivals at Rosslare Europort: several sailings a day to the waves of invaders, most notably the Vikings – who gave Wexford its name – and the Welsh ports of Fishguard and Pembroke, several sailings a week to the French Normans, whose architectural legacy is visible throughout town and county: towers, ports of Cherbourg and Roscoff. abbeys and castles. 2. The South East holds a 9% market share of the overseas tourism market. 3. Wexford accounts for over 40% of the total number of visits to the South East Their motivation was to make Wexford, already bounded by mountains, rivers and the (including Carlow, Tipperary South, and Kilkenny). sea, impregnable to invasion. The town’s strategic maritime importance since 800 AD 4. 680,000 domestic tourists visit Wexford. only diminished a century ago with the natural silting of the harbour, but by then an 5. Investment by tourists in the Wexford economy: €190 million. incomparable history – Vikings, Normans, Cromwell, 1798 - had left an indelible mark 6. Waterford Airport is less than an hour from Wexford. on the county and the psyche of its people, which explains the cultural and historical diversity of Wexford. The economic future looks bright: the South East Regional Action Plan estimates that applying the national targets to the South East region, as set out in the National What our young visitors to Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2019 will discover is a modern Tourism Strategy ‘People, Place and Policy – Growing Tourism to 2025’, indicates a town, with one of the longest pedestrianized main streets in the country, bookended potential for an extra 300,000 overseas visitors here by 2025, and the potential for an by a Viking and a Norman heritage. And from this busy hub, which is parallel to the additional €90 million in foreign earnings into the region. The hosting of Fleadh 2019 sea, colourful laneways, too many to count, slope off to the waterfront, where it is would support this objective and therefore, support the achievement of a regional possible to experience both a sunrise and a sunset over water. and national objective.

7 8 ALL ROADS (AND RAIL)…..LEAD TO WEXFORD

Did you know that you can drive from the North side of Dublin on the M50 to Wexford bridge - detouring onto the N11 at Gorey - without encountering a single set of traffic lights? Further afield, the extension of the M11 Enniscorthy bypass will reduce that journey even further, while the dual carriageway bypass of New Ross opens up the county to the South and the West in 2019. To place this in perspective, in total kilometres, Wexford has more primary and regional roads than any of its neighbouring counties, including Wicklow. As the international port of Rosslare is situated at the end of the N25, the county’s road network is excellent, and has to be as all roads literally lead to Wexford.

Rosslare Europort – with an impressive vista of St. George’s Channel and the golden slivers of sand near the resort of Rosslare, exalted in the 2005 Man Booker Prize winning novel, The Sea, by John Banville – is 15 to 20 minutes from Wexford town, one hour and 20 minutes from Waterford city, one hour and 45 minutes from Kilkenny city, two hours and 15 minutes from Dublin, three hours from Cork.

The port, being the closest point from the southern part of Ireland to the UK and the European Mainland, is a hub of all the major RORO Passenger and Freight services operating the southern Irish Sea and Continental routes, and will make Fleadh 2019 very accessible for visitors from Britain. With our friends in Wales, we will ensure that their Fleadh experience begins with a warm welcome in Fishguard and Pembroke before their short crossing.

9 10 1. Route 740: Wexford to Dublin City and Airport. With up to 36 daily services, The train journey from Rosslare to Dublin, including an unforgettable ‘amble’ along a range of great value tickets and free wifi on board. Passengers can get on Wexford harbour, is one of the oldest and most celebrated in Ireland, taking in stunning or off at Wexford, Oylgate, Enniscorthy, Ferns, Camolin, Gorey, Arklow, snapshots of the Ancient East, such as the Slaney and Avoca valleys, but don’t rely Cherrywood (Loughlinstown flyover for Luas Green Line), UCD, Dublin City, on our word alone. and Dublin Airport. 2. Route 340: Wexford to New Ross and Waterford. With up to 16 daily services Michael Portillo included the Wexford line in BBC2’s Great British Railway Journeys this route also connects with Route 740 so all the major towns within Co. Goes to Ireland, as did Michael Palin in Great Railway Journeys. ‘The coastal jaunt from Wexford are connected to each other, Waterford and Dublin. Dublin to Rosslare is arguably the most scenic of all Irish rail journeys,’ wrote Pol O 3. Route 376: Wexford to Bunclody and Carlow. This route offers up to half a Conghaile, who writes for National Geographic Traveller. dozen daily services making commuting between the counties very manageable and affordable. Oylegate, Enniscorthy, Bunclody, Ballon and Between Dublin Connolly and Rosslare Harbour, visitors to Fleadh Loch Garman Carlow IT are all serviced on this route. can hop on a train at any one of 12 stops along the East coast, three times a day. 4. Wexford Bus Connect Route WX1: A bus every 30 minutes between Clonard, Meanwhile, Bus Éireann services the Wexford to Dublin route three times daily, from Wexford centre and Drinagh, close to car parks which would be available for which connections can be taken to the West and to the North, and offers direct Fleadh Cheóil na hÉireann. services to , Cork and Waterford. 5. Wexford Bus Connect Services: Service between Wexford and the villages of Rosslare Strand, Kilmore Quay and Castlebridge, accommodation hotspots Wexford Bus is a privately owned public transport service provider which operates in the vicinity of Fleadh Cheoil Na hEireann. from the heart of Wexford town and is recognised as a most efficient provider on many routes, near and far, (even linking with the Luas), including:

11 12 13 14 Wexford’s Cultural Year: Anything Goes! The County’s thriving Comhaltas branches, organise music sessions, concerts and céilithe throughout the year. Comhaltas Seisiúin take place over the Summer months It has been said that Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, with 420 branches in 15 countries in Boolavogue, Courtown, Bree, Kilmuckridge and Hook Head. Wexford town will be spread across four continents, expresses the personality of a community over time, added to that list in 2018. And just as in other counties around the island, one of the the components of a cherished heritage grounded in stability, rather than being a most enjoyable weekends of the Wexford Comhaltas calendar is the annual County slave to market-driven change. Fleadh Cheoil.

Heritage is the marrow in our bones in Wexford, reflected in the sheer number of Craobh Loch Garman, the county’s newest branch, has just experienced a jam-packed festivals which take place the length and breadth of the county, far too many to list year of events which included a Winter Céilí, the Heritage Park Sessions, a ‘Best of here, but they include the established, Wexford Fringe Festival and Enniscorthy’s Comhaltas Concert’, a fabulous Culture Night extravaganza in Wexford town centre, Strawberry Fair, for example, and the new such as JestFest in Wexford town and the a Fringe Festival concert with members of Kíla and too many other sessions to list Irish America Fest in New Ross. Of course, our festivals are neither confined to our here. We end the year with An Irish Christmas | Nollaig na nGael at St Iberius Church larger towns or to a specific medium. on Dec 22. In 2018 the branch is looking forward to another busy year starting with ‘Strictly Céilí’, The Documentary Film Festival is held in Kilmore Quay; Hooked On The Sea has the a fund-raiser for Friends of Wexford General Hospital organised in partnership with magnificent backdrop of the Hook Peninsula; Kitefest finds its wings and the Sand- Wexford Chamber. Sculpting Festival its materials in Duncannon; while ‘general shenanigans’ is the order of the day at Bunclody’s Eileen Aroon Festival. Ansin ar Lá Fhéile Phádraig cuirfimid fáilte mór roimh Raidio na Gaeltachta agus Céilí House. The station will broadcast an extended show from the National Opera House, When it comes to music, the county has a calendar full of great events: Music for Wexford featuring great local talent along with invited guests such as Muireann nic Wexford, Wexford town (annual programme); Wexford Traditional Singers Club Amhlaoibh and Gerry O’Beirne. Weekend (Feb); AIMS Choral Festival, New Ross (May); Phil Murphy Weekend, Carrig On Bannow (July); Leo Carthy Weekend, Ladies Island, South East Country Music Festival at Killag and Enniscorthy Rockin’ Food Festival (all Aug); Blackstairs Blues Festival in Enniscorthy and New Ross Piano Festival (Sept); Spiegeltent Festival and Wexford Festival Opera (Oct).

15 16 The contract for the merchandising for Fleadh Cheoil 2019 will be awarded to the successful tenderers, resulting in a significant financial contribution towards the event.

Our Merchandising Committee will work closely with the successful applicant to develop innovative ideas for the 2019 Fleadh and a central venue has been identified for a large marquee to accommodate merchandise sales. A Management Company of Casual Traders for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann will yield additional contributions to the Fleadh, while the expansive Wexford Quays (which hosts a music festival every October) and other areas throughout the town will be made available to traders.

Our Volunteers Sub-committee is currently working on developing a theme for the Volunteer Programme and it is expected this initiative will result in a partnership with a leading sponsor. Volunteering numbers in Wexford town (Wexford has a young population with 41% under the age Finance | Airgeadeas of 25) and surrounding districts have increased significantly in recent years due to the popularity of the National Opera House and the annual staging of the Wexford Festival Opera.

The Fleadh Bid Committee has secured firm commitments from corporate sponsors towards the Our sub-committees are conscious of minimising costs at all times, while maintaining the highest running costs of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. As our total corporate sponsorship target is €350,000, standards of quality across all sectors. All significant costs will be put to tender on foot of a detailed the committee is delighted to have early commitments subject to a successful bid. specification compiled by our advisors.

Our fund raising committee has been active over the past months in contacting businesses in Wexford Wexford County Council is hopeful of funding in the region of €30,000 for the Green Fleadh regarding their support for Fleadh 2019. The feedback, indeed the level of advance commitments, Awareness Campaign, resulting both in the most environmentally-friendly Fleadh yet and significant from well-established businesses has been enormously positive. savings in our overall budget for waste management. The Fleadh Operations Committee will prepare the Waste Management Tender document for waste companies operating in the region. Wexford County Council will advance €90,000 representing the full financial fee to Comhaltas Head Office. The Fleadh Bid Committee will pay the full €90,000 fee due as follows: €55,000 payment Wexford has a strong mix of thriving domestic and multi-national companies. We believe that with our submission December 2017, the remaining €35,000 payment by June 2018 should our bid this blend of local and international enterprises along with an excellent spread of small, vibrant be successful. businesses will be reflected in a strong demands for advertising in our Fleadh clár.

Fáilte Ireland is setting its financial contribution for 2019 at €80,000 and the Vintners Association Our phased payment structure with our corporate sponsors will ensure that we have the requisite and hoteliers are likely to grant in the region of €50,000 per annum. funds on a monthly basis to meet all our liabilities: our two treasurers will continually update our Significant levels of financial support have been committed by other key sponsors. We are delighted to projected accounts and cash flows. have the support of Wexford Chamber. With members in such sectors as finance, tourism, education, manufacturing and retail, the Chamber is well positioned to serve as a valuable link in developing links Finally, we are very confident that with our excellent and committed team working to deliver Fleadh with key businesses. Cheoil na hEireann 2019, we can raise the necessary funds to deliver a Fleadh worthy of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, one of which County Wexford can be proud. Craobh Loch Garman has earmarked fund-raising events over the coming months which will both generate considerable revenue and create greater local awareness of Fleadh 2019.

17 18 Accommodation | Lóistín

With more than 400,000 people expected to visit Wexford over nine days in August 2019, the Wexford Fleadh Committee is already working on the challenge of providing sufficient quality, affordable accommodation.

We have compiled an extensive register of available accommodation in the South East region for publication on the Fleadh Cheoil website, including house and room rentals, Bed & Breakfast, hotel, hostel, camping and caravan sites, and other accommodation sectors.

Our hotel stock is mainly located in and around Wexford town and further afield in Rosslare, Enniscorthy, Gorey, Bunclody and New Ross. Figures show that 80% of visitors use hotels, guesthouses or B&Bs. Wexford Town has a substantial accommodation stock of 1322 beds, as specified below:

Talbot Hotel: Approx. 200 beds (across 107 rooms) Talbot Suites at Stonebridge: 290 beds (across 69 apartments) Clayton Whites: 280 beds (across 157 rooms, xax capacity of 402 guests) Whitford Hotel: 55 beds (across 36 rooms) Maldron Hotel: 160 beds (across 108 rooms) Farmer’s Kitchen: 42 beds (across 21 rooms) Riverbank Hotel: 45 beds (across 23 rooms) Ferrycarrig Hotel: 250 beds (across 102 rooms)

Total beds: Approx 1322 beds in 623 Rooms

(Also available are the Ashdown Park Hotel and The Amber Springs Hotel in Gorey, Brandon House in New Ross and the Riverside Park Hotel in Enniscorthy.)

19 20 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Wexford 2019 will be organised under the relevant event planning process. Accordingly, an Event Licence Application will be made to Wexford County Council. A detailed submission on camping and caravanning requirements forms part of this application which identifies five locations, including details of camping capacity, parking capacity and other relevant information. Wexford also has a number of permanent caravan parks and camping parks in the vicinity of the town and the county.

It is estimated 3,000 people will be accommodated through campervan sites and campsites. A camping committee will be established and each campsite will be managed specifically by a dedicated campsite manager. Requirements for caravan The table shows our current accommodation capacity in our region. This includes the capacity of our neighbouring and camping are divided into two main groups:- counties within driving distance of Wexford.

1. Scoil Éigse Motorhome and Campsite requirements mainly for whole week Hotels Guest B&B’s Self Caravan Hostel Total accommodation. houses catering & Camping 2. Main Motorhome and Tent Campsite requirements mainly for weekend usage.

Health & Safety: Wexford 3978 127 450 345 2012 6912 There are a number of Health & Safety issues to be addressed to provide safe and secure campsites.

Carlow 1296 44 94 191 1625 Security: Private professional security personnel will be employed to ensure appropriate Kilkenny 2658 270 357 111 29 504 3929 management of various campsites. All security staff will be PSA registered.

Tipperary 2119 63 373 315 908 3778 Welfare Facilities: Adequate number of toilets and washbasins will be provided in accordance with relevant guidelines detailed in the Code of Practice for Safety at Waterford 3651 92 396 474 34 2978 7625 Outdoor Pop Concerts and other musical events.

Wicklow 3425 118 274 167 188 1740 5912 Food and Refreshments: Food may be provided at campsites in the form of casual trading or from in-situ facilities, where such facilities exist. Total 29,781

Lighting: Portable lighting will be located at key locations which will be activated during all the hours of darkness as appropriate, to provide basic lighting to ensure Air B&B models can also be accommodated and thereby increase the accommodation stock and capacity available. As safe access and egress. can be seen below, this would more than cover the capacity required in hosting the Fleadh Cheoil 2019. Caravans and campsites may be placed in five areas within close proximity, including Wexford Racecourse, Páirc Waste Management: Users of campsites will be provided with recycling facilities to Charman, Whitford House Hotel, Crosstown, Clonard GAA Pitch and Sports Grounds Park prevent build-up of litter. Campsites will checked regularly by Fleadh personnel to ensure no build-up of debris or refuse. 21 22 23 Venues 24 Competition Venues Ionad na gComórtas

A total of 25 competition venues are required for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We are fully aware of the attendance figures and have pinpointed venues to cater for these numbers as per information received from recent Fleadhanna.

The events listed will be submitted as part of the event management licence. 22 of the venues are in close proximity to the town centre, radiating from St. Peter’s College, the venue for the Fleadh office.

We have identified 14 other venues (Appendix 2) which may be used for other events, including competition. All venues listed have been cleared for competition and dancing occupation.

25 26 Media | Na Meáin Chumarsáide

As modern media is in a permanent state of flux, from digital to print, it is incumbent on the organisers of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann to acknowledge that many Fleadh-goers source information using online media, because it is instantly accessible and they can share it in a second. Where in the recent past, traditional media alone may have been sufficient to disseminate news, it isn’t any more. As well as having the local print media and the local radio station as media partners, so essential for garnering information for local people in the weeks and months counting down to the Fleadh, we recognise that the vast majority of our young visitors will access their information via social media.

We will design a full social media campaign across all key platforms including; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, FB Live, Vine, snapchat and feed it into any website. To this end, we will develop a team who will be allocated to each platform with individual schedules/ plans to create and develop viral PR opportunities. The effect is intended to integrate the personal experience with the overall mood of the Fleadh, which is celebratory. If people have concerns or problems, the tendency today is to express them via social media and, if valid, our team can address them immediately.

The web site - www.fleadhcheoil.ie is the main portal for information on the Fleadh each year and we will develop on innovations introduced by Ennis to ensure its potential is fully exploited. Our media partners include – locally – South East Radio and The Wexford People and – nationally - RTE, TG4, Raidio na Gaeltachta and national print media outlets. Fleadh TV, produced by Gifted Empire, is TG4’s official live series from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. Over recent years it has proven to be a run-away success with its nightly live three-hour broadcasts over Fleadh weekend.

27 28 The 2000-seat capacity Festival Dome at St Peter’s College will host a selection of super-stars of the trad world through the week of the festival. The highlight, as always, will be the Senior Céilí Band competition on the final Sunday. To close the festivities we will do as Ennis did in putting on a star-studded show on the following Monday evening.

Other large-scale concerts and the Fleadh Céilí will take place in the centrally situated Clayton Whites Hotel. Wexford Arts Centre and the Jerome Hynes Theatre at Wexford Opera House will be used for performances requiring a more intimate setting, such as theatre, story-telling sessions, alt. trad concerts, lectures, dance, etc.

Lunchtime recital series will be hosted at St. Iberius Church on the Main Street, featuring some of the big names in traditional music. St. Iberius Church is celebrated throughout Ireland for its acoustics, and is home to Music for Wexford’s year-round concert series.

Music, Dance & Other Events | Imeachtaí There will be a seven-day Ceol an Taobh Thoir Theas stage on Wexford Quays. With 55 different Ceoil, Rince & Mar Sin time slots available this will feature some of the finest up-and-coming musicians in the southeast.

From the earliest days of planning for the Fleadh 2019, an element of diversity has been integral to our proposed The Fleadh TV Stage will, subject to road closure, be situated on 1798 Street. This is adjacent to the comprehensive Musical Events programme. We want to present a vocal and musical mix which represents the town centre. best and the purist practitioners of the tradition. In putting together our programme we will ensure that visitor

and performer alike can immerse themselves in the quintessential Fleadh experience, as seen through the prism And there’s more: of Wexford. • A number of CD launches, with performances, will take place during the Fleadh. To this end, the committee in Wexford has looked to previous Fleadhanna for guidance. There is a bedrock of • There will be book launches including one on the history of the experience across many artistic fields at our disposal, and we are confident that the unique blend of an exciting Uilleann Pipes by Dr. Liam Gaul. and diverse programme, musical discovery, friendship and most of all Wexford hospitality, will come to the fore. • Re-issue of Ballad Collections, for many years out of print. The main concerts will take place at the National Opera House and the Festival Dome. • Digitisation of recordings of traditional music from the 1960s. • Lecture on the 1948 ballad collection ‘Songs of the Wexford Coast’ by If you are not acquainted with the National Opera House, here is a brief introduction: the state of the art building Fr. Joseph Rawsom. was opened in 2008 as a permanent home for Wexford Festival Opera, and as an all year round multi-disciplinary • A series of lectures will cover such topics as ‘The Wexford Carols’ performant/art theatre. The acoustics in the opera house are so exceptional that RTE Lyric FM brought the three (written in 1604),‘The Fair of Garman’ (established c.500 BC) and Wexford operatic productions in October 2017 to an estimated 20 million listeners via the European Broadcasting ‘Patrick Kennedy Folklorist’ (1801-1873). Union. In recognition of its outstanding facilities, the venue was designated Ireland’s National Opera House in • Art & craft exhibitions 2014 by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys. • Pop-up theatre which Cavan introduced to the Fleadh fringe programme. On the traditional music front, the Opera House hosted the annual Gradam Ceoil TG4 music awards in 2010 and, • Conradh na Gaeilge ‘Cruinniú, Caint & Caife’ sessions. in 2016, Macalla 1916. • Club Oiche to run throughout the festical for the Millenial and Post- Millenial cohorts.

29 30 On Reflection

(Niall Wall, Chairman of Enniscorthy Fleadh Executive Committee 2000)

Being surrounded by traditional Irish music, song and dance never fails to bring to mind, for me, the lines from Nikolai Zabolotsky’s poem “A Walk” -

‘A Weightless bird circles In the deserted sky, It’s throat labouring Over an ancient song.’

Our music is older than humankind. It comes from the Gods and our ancestors learnt it not from sheets or manuscripts but from the birds in the trees, the wind whistling Scoil Éigse 2019 through lonely glens; the beat of rain and with the pace of mountain streams in turn rushing headlong to the sea or swirling lazily over deep river pools.

Scoil Éigse is the official annual summer school of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, offering It comes down to us cherished by each generation, not classified and purged of attendees, from near and far, a better and deeper understanding of Irish music and emotion but as a living sense to which we belong more than it belongs to us. culture. The school provides workshops, lectures and sessions in the week prior to Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann and continues each day during the Fleadh. We do not play our music; it pours from us as part of our collective consciousness, both past and present.

Tuition is given in traditional music, song, and dance each day while, each evening, there are informal céilithe and sessions at Club Éigse. Through a sometimes turbulent past and difficult history traditional Irish music, song and dance have sought refuge in the hearts of the poor and dispossessed. Now, in

Scoil Éigse Loch Garman will be based at the new Loreto Secondary School, Killeens. more prosperous and confident times, yet for other reasons and in other ways no less Performances and recitals will take place in the school hall where a large well-equipped difficult, the music will repay that trust and, as with previous generations, will fortify, canteen is available on-site. The Talbot Hotel, close to Main Street, will serve as the enrich and sustain us. venue for Club Éigse over Fleadh week. Naturally occurring, our music does not threaten; it is positive, gentle and benign. Yet

A shuttle bus service will provide a regular link between the school and town centre it is powerful in that it can arouse, move and touch the very soul. In lands far away as well as connecting with the official campsites. people have listened to this beautiful music, and thus touched, have become some part Irish without having been to Ireland or even having met an Irish native.

We will do everything in our power to ensure the students attending Scoil Éigse, along with their tutors, thoroughly enjoy their stay in Wexford. The music is our birthright, our heritage. Let us not try to over-regulate it, or over- classify it or even over-venerate it. Let us not try to control or limit it. Let us celebrate and enjoy this wonderful music, song and dance and on this very special weekend, live it.

31 32 The Green Fleadh | An Fhleadh Ghlas

Good environmental practice is at the top of out agenda. With this in mind we will have in place a plan to ensure there is engagement with best environmental management principles across every part of Fleadh 2019. This will cover all aspects of the event and involve everyone working at, or visiting, Wexford for the Fleadh including venue managers, accommodation providers, local businesses, vendors and suppliers. The greening of Fleadh 2019 will, we believe, foster a culture of environmental awareness that will last beyond the event. The net result will be to promote waste prevention, resource efficiency and behavioural change. This will lead to a more sustainable and inviting Wexford for visitors and locals alike. To meet this objective, we are delighted expertise and support from:

Environment Section, Wexford County Council Clean Technology Centre through EPA LAPN Programme Waste Management Companies.

As part of the Environmental Education and Awareness role within Wexford Co. Co., a Green Fleadh Sub-committee is working on initiatives to ensure the Fleadh meets the criteria set out under the Local Authority Prevention Network ‘Green Your Festival’ initiative.

Waste Management Advisory documents and specifications in relation to waste management are being advised by Environment Section of Wexford County Council. The tender process, however, will be under the control of and will be managed by Fleadh Executive Committee in conjunction with the Events Licence application.

33 34 Food Waste Management • Volunteers at campsite/caravan sites at close of Fleadh to help There is a requirement for Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann Wexford 2019 to have a food segregate waste and take away valuable items such as tents left waste management plan to include premises and casual traders distributing food. behind for re-use. Work is underway to establish the following to be submitted to Wexford County Council by mid-July 2018:- Greening Initiatives • Location of premises and casual trading sites where food is being • A Business Green Aware (energy, water and waste) prevention distributed programme is being developed. • Names, addresses, waste facility permit/waste licence number and • The development of camping and caravan parks green awareness animal by-product approval number of proposed recovery operators programme is also being explored. to be used for the treatment of food waste generated. • Casual traders are being conditioned to use compostable drinks and food ware. The Green Fleadh Sub-committee can provide Litter Management support to the Casual Traders in this regard. Litter management during the event will primarily involve Wexford Tidy Towns and the Volunteer Sub-committee. During the week of the Fleadh it will be available to In order for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Wexford 2019 to be classified as a green event, support team leaders and volunteers and will provide litter pickers with gloves and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Local Authority Prevention Network bags. These will be funded through national grant schemes available to Environment steps for greening of festivals will be followed. The BeGreen programmes provide Section of Wexford County Council. Volunteer roles will include: homes, business and other sectors of society with ways in which they can participate in making Ireland a more sustainable country while saving on expenditure. • Litter pickers (picking litter and bringing to waste management/ recycling stations for segregation to food waste; recyclables, non- Recycling Instruments recyclable waste aluminium cans (at selected sites); glass (at selected The Green Fleadh Sub-committee is exploring the possibility of establishing a musical sites). instrument re-use depot. People will be encouraged to bring instruments that are no • Waste management/recycling stations manned by volunteers to longer in use to this point for redistribution to pre-identified music groups/schools ensure waste is segregated properly, particularly in busy spots. This etc that are in need of instruments. will be promoted as an environmental education and awareness role.

35 36 Merchandising | Marsantú

As the Fleadh has grown so has the importance of quality event-branded merchandise. We aim to provide a full official merchandising service for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2019. This will ensure revenue in this area is maximised, the merchandising fully reflects the ethos of the Fleadh and that it is managed on a fully professional basis to the highest standard. In order to fulfil this objective, the Chair of the Sub-Committee will engage in detailed engagement with the merchandise operations of past fleadhanna. We agreed that the best approach is to tender out the operation of the merchandise to a single operator, and the detailed management of the process is then undertaken by one single provider.

1. Logo and Branding We will ensure that logo use on merchandising is consistent and appropriate with the guidelines issued. Sponsor logos may be permitted on official merchandise.

2. Fleadh Volunteer Clothing The Merchandise committee will also assist in the sourcing of branded volunteer clothing, as required by the volunteer sub-committee. The supply of volunteer clothing shall be tendered as a second lot to the main merchandise supply and, similar to the main merchandise, one single supplier is being sought through a tender process.

37 38 2019 Wexford Bid Committee

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Wexford: Wexford County Council:

Paddy Berry John Carley Matt Murphy Eileen Morrissey Pat Collins Liz Burns Padraig Larkin Paul LeEstrange Cllr Ger Carthy Angie Laffan Senan O’Reilly Sean Kavanagh Madeleine Quirke Noel O’Driscoll Brian Byrne Peter O’Connor Bernie Ní Bhriain David Minogue

The committee is an assembly of committed members, proven in their various fields and having the experience and expertise to manage and operate the diverse elements involved in the running of such large public events. Many members were involved in the Enniscorthy Fleadheanna of 1999 and 2000.

39 40 Wexford Chamber of Commerce Design / Local food trail

Wexford Chamber of Commerce was established in 1835 and 200 years later, it Design and craft in Wexford is an ever-growing indigenous industry. The Craft holds steadfast to the core principle of supporting the local business community. Trail enables locals and visitors to ‘meet the makers’, by offering an insight into 19 Headquartered in a state of the art building on Hill Street, Wexford Chamber aims to different craft makers on a driving route right across the county, featuring galleries, promote the economic and social development of Wexford, with a view to making the craft workshops and exhibition spaces. Visitors can meet the makers in many of the community a better place to live, work and do business, through a series of activities workshops and gain a greater insight into the skills involved in their own craft. Milliners, that acknowledge and promote the town as a thriving enterprise hub. potters, weavers, wood turners, sculptors and jewellers all feature across the trail, offering visitors an opportunity to view a broad variety of traditional crafting skills. In addition to organising 70 events per annum, including the Wexford Festival Fringe programme, it is the receptive and responsive nature of Wexford Chamber that is The production of great local and artisan foods in agricultural-rich Wexford has always most appealing to its growing member base. The Chamber has fostered a culture been a big part of business here, but over the last number of years this has grown and reputation of open and honest engagement with business members, as well as exponentially. Opportunities in the agri-food sector are abundant and it has become building solid relationships with key stakeholders in the county, region and at national one of the prime growth sectors in recent years. County Wexford’s unspoilt green level. Wexford Chamber is recognised as one of the most proactive, progressive and countryside along with our long-standing tradition in agriculture and food production successful Chambers in the Country. by a mix of both processing and artisan food producers, guarantees the production of top quality Wexford food which today is distributed nationally and globally. In fact a local store, Greenacres, which sources its produce locally, won the National Store of the Year award 2017 from Retail Excellence Ireland.

41 42 Oidhreacht Ceolmhar Loch Garman

No less than any other county in Ireland the love of traditional music runs long and “Very often, in the company of the older folk, you will hear deep in Wexford. We have always had musical heroes to match those on the sports the remark that ‘the good old days were the best.’ Those field. These torch-bearers performed a vital role in carrying the music they learned were the days when men toiled hard for little reward, from one generation and passing it on to the next. when hardships and anxiety frowned on their everyday lives, and when the main form of entertainment was In the 1940s and 1950s farmers all over Ireland would down tools and gather around the wireless to listen to the playing of Wexford accordion and fiddle duo, Tom Harpur their own culture. There was scarcely a house between and Pete Bates. Harpur founded the Mayglass Céilí Band, a group that became a Mayglass and Kilmore which did not have some talented household name throughout the country and famously tied for first place with the musician, singer or dancer.” all-powerful Kilfenora Band at the 1954 Fleadh in Cavan.

The Masters of our Music, by Kevin Whitty “But until the day I pass away I always shall recall, The smiling fiddler from Mayglass whose music charmed us all.” (Lament for Tom Harpur by Kevin Whitty)

Button accordion-player George Ross, winner of the All-Ireland title in Ennis in 1956, was regarded as the best player of his time. He went on to become leader of the Mayglass Céilí Band.

Art Sinnott was a popular ballad singer and fiddler in the 1930s and the decades following. His singing of ‘Boolavogue’, to the air we all know today, is the reason the song has become such a favourite.

The late Leo Carthy was a champion lilter and whistler, his masterpiece being ‘The Mason’s Apron’. He was a long-time mainstay of the legendary Carne Mummers. Leo represented south Wexford as a County Councillor for 49 years and was a founding member of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Wexford and a life-long member. An annual festival in Ladies Island bearing his name, and run by his son Cllr Ger Carthy, honours his legacy.

If there is one musical instrument which epitomises Wexford’s strong musical heritage, it is the uilleann pipes. Composer and musician Lawrence Grogan (1701-1729) of Johnstown Castle was a piper “of high standing possessed of that rare talent of fluency in musical composition”. He was one of the first to use the newly adapted (more compact and versatile) uilleann pipes.

43 44 Magistrate and uilleann piper Robert Brownrigg of Norrismount, Co Wexford was Then there was Jack Devereux (1910-91) who graduated from tin whistle to concert a well known figure at social occasions in the middle decades of the eighteenth flute to uilleann pipes, the latter purchased from guess who? Leo Rowsome! Jack century. His son Henry preferred the highland pipes. was a stalwart of the Mayglass Céilí Band in the 1930s and ‘40s. He was also leader of the famous Carol Singers of Kilmore and, following in the footsteps of his forebears, In the nineteenth century, the so-called ‘Gentleman Piper’ Dudley Colclough, a keeper of a long and sacred tradition. He was a leading authority on the old Wexford member of the landlord class, albeit one with a conscience when it came to the dialect, Yola. treatment of his tenants, was a much-loved piper on the local circuit. Liam Gaul is a hugely knowledgeable and very well-respected historian in Wexford. For over six generations, going back to the early decades of the 1800s, the A teenage champion accordion player, he was drafted into the Mayglass Céilí Band Rowsome family, originally from Ballintore, Ferns, has been associated with in 1957 as player and arranger. There he came under the influence of the great Nick the uilleann pipes, both in terms of their production and their ability to repair Kinsella, ‘The Fiddler of Booley’. everything from the bellows to the reeds. Gay McKeon of Na Píobairí Uilleann is the proud possessor of a set of Leo Rowsome pipes. All generations of the family Wexford has a healthy number of traditional singing clubs and story-houses meeting could also boast of fine players of the pipes. Kevin Rowsome, grandson of Leo, is in restored barns and backrooms all across the county. There are surely some among considered one of the finest players of the pipes currently performing. them who tip the hat or raise a glass to the memory of folklorist, collector and ballad singer Liz Jefferies. Throughout her life she was a much sought-after singer in her John Cash was born in Kilmore in 1832. He was a tinsmith, a horse dealer and one native Kilmore. A big fan of the Fleadh Cheoil from its inception she won multiple of the foremost pipers of his time. The Doran Family of travelling pipers were All-Irelands in the 1960s. descendants of ‘Cash the Piper’ as he was known. Johnny Doran (1908-50), his life tragically cut short, played at fairs, races, hurling and football games. Johnny’s As regards the aforementioned singing clubs, Wexford can boast of some talented brother Felix traversed the country in a horse-drawn caravan. “His playing of ‘The singers who can always be found in the thick of the action – Paddy and Phil Berry, Foxtrot’ was considered a masterpiece of piping.” When Felix settled down in John Ennis, Niall Wall, Mary Brogan and John Furlong to name but a few. Manchester he took with him the title “Last of the Travelling Pipers”.

45 46 The Last Word | An Focal Deireanach

Beidh sé ina onóir mhór dúinn agus fáilteoimid roimh Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, an imeacht pobail is mó ar oileán iomlán na hÉireann. Déanfaimid ár seacht ndícheall chun a chinntiú go mbeidh an t-imeacht deá-eagraithe, speisialta agus cairdiúil agus go gcuimseoidh sé aidhmeanna, éiteas agus luachanna Chomhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.

The honour of hosting Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, the largest community event on the island of Ireland, is one that we welcome. We will leave no stone unturned in making sure that we put on a well-organised, friendly and memorable event, one that incorporates the aims, ethos and values of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.

County Wexford and its Comhaltas members have both the knowledge and experience to host Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2019, having hosted it in Gorey in 1962, Enniscorthy in 1967, 1999 and the Millennium Year 2000.

Loch Garman Comhaltas with its very experienced bid team is vastly experienced and expertly prepared to host the Fleadh. It knows it can rely on the fulsome support and co-operation of the local authorities, emergency services, statutory bodies, the business community, sporting bodies and Comhaltas branches throughout the county. Fleadh 2019 will be managed by Comhaltas personnel and its experienced core of volunteers, assuring the traditions, culture and ethos of the Fleadh are observed and enhanced to promote our culture.

The partnership between Comhaltas, communities, businesses, local authorities and statutory bodies is ongoing and fruitful. With all working together the event licence application will be prepared for submission at the appropriate time. The 25 venues, the infrastructure, the excellent working relationships with public and other bodies and the firm commitments for 2019, place us in a very strong position to host Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Wexford Town in 2019. We herewith submit our application and trust a favourable outcome in the affirmative.

47 48 APPENDIX 1 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Wexford Fleadh Committee, Wexford County Council and Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann

APPENDIX 2 Venue Wexford town Questionnaire and Venue

APPENDIX 3 Wexford County Council Events Management Guide APPENDIX 1 https://www.wexfordcoco.ie/events-management

APPENDIX 4 Letters supporting Bid for Wexford

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55 56 COMHALTAS CEOLTOIRI EIREANN FLEADH CHEOIL NA HEIREANN 2019 QUESTIONNAIRE FOR APPLICANTS VENUE: WEXFORD TOWN

1. What size committee do you envisage? 40 2. How many helpers would you have during the Fleadh? 900-1000 3. Would you have sufficient venue of adequate size? YES (Please give name of venue, capacity, approximate cost)

NAME OF VENUE CAPACITY COST Comment Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage & premises inspection required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage & premises inspection required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage & premises inspection required to ascertain capacity numbers. usage venue for the Proposals Certificate. Safety Fire Based on and premises inspection are required to ascertain appropriate capacity numbers. usage venue for the Proposals Certificate. Safety Fire Based on and premises inspection are required to ascertain appropriate capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are required to ascertain capacity numbers. numbers. capacity ascertain to usage venue Proposals for the numbers. capacity ascertain to usage venue Proposals for the H&S Event Section to propose capacity numbers H&S Event Section to propose capacity numbers H&S Event Section to propose capacity numbers H&S Event Section to propose capacity numbers

H&S Event Section to propose capacity numbers

St. Joseph’s Community Centre 728 ND

Dome 2000 ND

Clonard Church 650 ND

Presentation School Sports Hall 617 ND

Presentation School G.P. Hall 646 ND

Loretto School PE Hall 580 ND

Dun Mhuire 550 ND

Clonard Community Centre 350 ND Basis No FSC No FSC No F105/96 No FSC No F252/2006 & F095/2006 F252/2006 & F095/2006 Licence Dance Licence Dance Music & Singing Licence F157/98 F157/98 F177/02 F177/02 & F068/09 & F053/11

No FSC No CBS Primary School GP Hall 360 ND 650 750 150 550 200 200 414 149 312 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 1728 CBS Primary School 360 ND

St. Josephs Community Centre 312 ND Outdoor Event Outdoor Event Outdoor Event Outdoor Event Outdoor Event

Mercy School, St. Johns Road 300 ND Capacity

Loretto School GP Hall 260 ND

St. Ibars Room, St. Peters College 300 ND

Gael Scoil 200 ND

St. Peter’s College 200 ND

4. Have all the venues been cleared with the Fire Officer and do they comply with all Health & Safety Requirements? YES

Could you guarantee an advance levy of €90,000? YES

Could €55,000 be paid to the Ard Chomhairle by 1st December 2018 & the balance of €35,000 by 30th June 2019? YES

Private & Public Venues Venue Redmond Square Selskaer Square The Bullring The Quay Clonard Church* Bowe Street Church Bride Street Church Iberius Church County Council Library National Opera House - O'Reilly Theatre* House - O'Reilly Opera National HouseTheatre* - Jerome Hynes Opera National Dun Mhuire Arts Centre - Hall Dun Mhuire Arts Centre - Balcony Street - The Hall WCC County Band Stand St Peters Square Room - Theatre Arts Centre Area* - Retail Park Heritage The - Restaurant* Park Heritage The St Josephs Hall - New Hall* St Josephs Hall - Existing Hall*

*ND Not Determined A A A A B B B B 5 6 7 8 1 2 4 3 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 11 WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL WEXFORD Venue No. 57 58 59

Hotels

A Whites Hotel - McClure Suit 1 510 Dance Licence B Whites Hotel - McClure Suit 2 310 Dance Licence A Talbot Hotel - Slaney Ballroom 660 Dance Licence 17 B Talbot Hotel - Ballast Bank Bar 300 Dance Licence Ferrycarraig Hotel 400 Dance Licence 18 The Maldron Hotel - Bistro / Restaurant Area 200 Dance Licence Riverbank House Hotel - First Floor Function Room 600 Dance Licence 19 20 Schools 21 Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are CBS Primary Green Street - GP Room* 360 F069/04 & F066/13 required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are A Presentation Secondary School - Sportshall* 617 F110/99 required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are B Presentation Secondary School - GP hall* 646 F056/12 required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are 22 A Loreto Secondary School Spawell Road - GP Hall* 260 F117/2007 & F025/11 required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are 23 B Loreto Secondary School Spawell Road - PE Hall* 558 F117/2007 & F025/11 required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are Mercy NS Johns Road - Assembly Hall* 60 F084/01 & F174/01 required to ascertain capacity numbers. 24 Sports Venues 25 Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are North End Soccer Club* 90 F128/03 required to ascertain capacity numbers. Proposals for the venue usage and premises inspection are Wexford Park TBD No FSC required to ascertain capacity numbers.

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