Longford Culture Night celebrates music and storytelling in Ardagh
The newly formed Brí Leíth Players performed in Ardagh Heritage Centre as part of Culture Night 2026 clebrations
Culture Night Longford funded by An tOireachtas, saw a welcome opening of the doors of Ardagh Heritage Centre for a Seísíun Cheoíl on Friday.
The newly formed Brí Leíth Players, a group of local musicians, together with friends and family performed some tunes and there was also plenty of storytelling and poetry.
The organisers would like to thank Eilis Comerford, Eileen Bohan, Amanda Sweeney and Samantha McHale for performing and for gathering the other musicians, the Flood family and Áine and Éilis McLoughlin and Declan Kenny and Joe Hunt for sharing their memories, stories and poetry.
The warmth and appreciation coming from the audience was apparent with a full-house, meaning standing room only.
Francesca Pawelczyk from the Centre Development Committee observed that they were so pleased to welcome the local community to the shared space and look forward to plenty more similar evenings. Over refreshments at the end of the evening, all attendees were encouraged to drop ideas into the suggestion box, follow the QR code or go online to complete the survey here.
Demand for a Historical group and more of the Seísíun Cheoíl were top of the list, so watch this space or follow Ardagh Heritage Centre on social media to keep up with what's going on. All ideas and suggestions are welcome, email [email protected].