The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

After a couple of days in Monkstown, we head up to "Blackrock North", and hang around on the beach a bit. From there, it's a short trip down to Drogheda, which is hosting its annual Fleadh music festival. Fred's got hist flute and new Irish piccolo, Harry's sort-of on Bodhrán, Nicholas is on xylophone and Lua is on penny whistle (as long as it's "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"), and the band actually makes around €10 from their on-street busking.

next album: The Giant's Causeway, Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland - 14th August 2019
previous album: Busking in Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland - 12th August 2019

James and Haryanna get some flooring in, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

James and Haryanna get some flooring in

The boys run around on the beach at Blackrock , The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The boys run around on the beach at Blackrock

At the end of the rainbow, with a faint double, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

At the end of the rainbow, with a faint double

The rainbow's end lands in the sea, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The rainbow's end lands in the sea

Harry practices Bodhrán on the sea front, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Harry practices Bodhrán on the sea front

The colourful Bayview Inn, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The colourful Bayview Inn

Nico and Lua join the boys on the beach, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Nico and Lua join the boys on the beach

The gang on the wall, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The gang on the wall

Blackrock Bay, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Blackrock Bay

On the wall, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

On the wall

Harry roams around, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Harry roams around

Blackrock, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Blackrock

A cluster of pink shells, in a sea of grey pebbles, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A cluster of pink shells, in a sea of grey pebbles

The band assembles, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The band assembles

A rusting old boat down at Drogheda Port, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A rusting old boat down at Drogheda Port

The bridge over the River Boyne, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The bridge over the River Boyne

The appropriately-named Shop Street in Drogheda, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The appropriately-named Shop Street in Drogheda

A boy plays banjo on Peter Street, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A boy plays banjo on Peter Street

The boys sit on a step, grumpily, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The boys sit on a step, grumpily

A girl plays penny whistle, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A girl plays penny whistle

The gang stride down Peter Street, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The gang stride down Peter Street

Drogheda town centre, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Drogheda town centre

More penny whistle, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

More penny whistle

Musicians on West Street, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Musicians on West Street

The band sets up outside Hickey's Pharmacy, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The band sets up outside Hickey's Pharmacy

Fred on flute, whilst Harry looks the other way, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Fred on flute, whilst Harry looks the other way

West Street, Drogheda, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

West Street, Drogheda

An old dude gives it the thumbs up, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

An old dude gives it the thumbs up

Harry's got his grump on, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Harry's got his grump on

The kids get photographed, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The kids get photographed

Girls in pink and white skirts claim the seats, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Girls in pink and white skirts claim the seats

The musician's seats are occupied , The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The musician's seats are occupied

A fiddler and Uillean pipes player get some tips, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A fiddler and Uillean pipes player get some tips

A serious-looking girl plays accordion, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A serious-looking girl plays accordion

Neon sign in the pizza place we stop in for lunch, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Neon sign in the pizza place we stop in for lunch

Waiting for lunch to happen, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Waiting for lunch to happen

Some more serious-looking children, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Some more serious-looking children

The gang are still waiting for lunch, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The gang are still waiting for lunch

The band re-assemble outside an electrical shop, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The band re-assemble outside an electrical shop

Fred's playing flute outside Kevin McAllister, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Fred's playing flute outside Kevin McAllister

A large trad band is playing just up the street, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A large trad band is playing just up the street

Beer pumps out on the pavement, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Beer pumps out on the pavement

The big band draws a crowd, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The big band draws a crowd

Some singing occurs, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Some singing occurs

A couple of girls swap musical tips, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A couple of girls swap musical tips

Some dude gets their car hauled off, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Some dude gets their car hauled off

A bloke on an accordion, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A bloke on an accordion

Guitar and fiddle, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Guitar and fiddle

Isobel pokes around in Flying Tiger, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Isobel pokes around in Flying Tiger

A bloke with a home-made bass, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A bloke with a home-made bass

Harry briefly tries out his fly-eye shades, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Harry briefly tries out his fly-eye shades

Likely lads on typewriters offer on-demand poetry, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Likely lads on typewriters offer on-demand poetry

A couple of banjo players, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A couple of banjo players

Back on Shop Street, there's another band, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Back on Shop Street, there's another band

Big crowds on Shop Street, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Big crowds on Shop Street

A very lurid Irish dancing costume, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

A very lurid Irish dancing costume

Some girls in traditional dress pose for a photo, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

Some girls in traditional dress pose for a photo

The excellently-named Wogan Interiors, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019

The excellently-named Wogan Interiors

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James and Haryanna get some flooring in

James and Haryanna get some flooring in

The boys run around on the beach at Blackrock

At the end of the rainbow, with a faint double

The rainbow's end lands in the sea

Harry practices Bodhrán on the sea front

The colourful Bayview Inn

Nico and Lua join the boys on the beach

The gang on the wall

Blackrock Bay

On the wall

Harry roams around

Blackrock

A cluster of pink shells, in a sea of grey pebbles

The band assembles

A rusting old boat down at Drogheda Port

The bridge over the River Boyne

The appropriately-named Shop Street in Drogheda

A boy plays banjo on Peter Street

The boys sit on a step, grumpily

A girl plays penny whistle

The gang stride down Peter Street

Drogheda town centre

More penny whistle

Musicians on West Street

The band sets up outside Hickey's Pharmacy

Fred on flute, whilst Harry looks the other way

West Street, Drogheda

An old dude gives it the thumbs up

Harry's got his grump on

The kids get photographed

Girls in pink and white skirts claim the seats

The musician's seats are occupied

A fiddler and Uillean pipes player get some tips

A serious-looking girl plays accordion

Neon sign in the pizza place we stop in for lunch

Waiting for lunch to happen

Some more serious-looking children

The gang are still waiting for lunch

The band re-assemble outside an electrical shop

Fred's playing flute outside Kevin McAllister

A large trad band is playing just up the street

Beer pumps out on the pavement

The big band draws a crowd

Some singing occurs

A couple of girls swap musical tips

Some dude gets their car hauled off

A bloke on an accordion

Guitar and fiddle

Isobel pokes around in Flying Tiger

A bloke with a home-made bass

Harry briefly tries out his fly-eye shades

Likely lads on typewriters offer on-demand poetry

A couple of banjo players

Back on Shop Street, there's another band

Big crowds on Shop Street

A very lurid Irish dancing costume

Some girls in traditional dress pose for a photo

The excellently-named Wogan Interiors