- Awards - Meitheal Summer School

- Meitheal 2011 Awards -

1. Best Group Award

This award for best 5-member group at Meitheal offered an opportunity to do a 10-minute performance at the National Concert Hall on 24th August '11 and a performance fee of €500.

'11 Winner : Tinneas Cinn

Roísín Broderick
Conor Broderick
Jason McGuinness
Martin Mulligan
Aisling Finnegan

See there performance here

2. A solo performance at the National Concert Hall (Plus €100)

'11 Winner : Darragh Curtin (Fiddle)

See his performance here

3. A place on the Comhaltas Tour of Ireland '11

'11 Winner : Jason McGuinness (Fiddle)

4. A Concert Gig & Accommodation at the Nyah Festival

'11 Winner : Rebecca McCarthy-Kent (Fiddle)

Schedule : Nyah Festival - March '12

'11 Winner : Danny Collins (Piano Accordion)

Schedule : Nyah Festival - March '12

5. A Concert Gig & Accommodation at Corofin Festival

'11 Winner : Clara Mannion (Concertina)

Schedule : Corofin Festival - Feb/Mar '12

6. A Gig & Accommodation at Sligo Feis Ceoil

'11 Winner : Gearoid Curtin (Banjo)

7. A Gig & Accommodation at Ennis Trad Festival

'11 Winner : Sean Kearney (Button Accordion)

Schedule : Ennis Trad Festival - Nov '11

'11 Winner : Martin Mulligan (Fiddle)

Schedule : Ennis Trad Festival - Nov '11

8. 2-week Scholarship to Blas '11

'11 Winner : Joseph Keane (Button Accordion)

9. A week's participation in the BA Irish Music and Dance

'11 Winner : Deirdre Millane (Piano)

10. Gael Linn winners of two Gaeltacht half-scholarships (Value €425)

'11 Winner : Aisling Hunt & Sadhbh O Brien

11. Full scholarship to Meitheal '12 (Value €650)

For the best tune composition at '11 Meitheal

'11 Winner : Amy Murphy (Concertina). See the Composition Competition page

12. Half-scholarship to Meitheal '12 (Value €325)

'11 Winner : Clare-Anne Kearns (Button Accordion). See the Composition Competition page

13. Half-scholarship to Meitheal '12 (Value €325)

'11 Winner : Donal Linehan (Button Accordion). See the Composition Competition page