Íoslódáil (PDF) - Comhaltas Archive

The Internet has enormously improved our communications capability over the two-year period since
the main Comhaltas site went live. Much of our day-to-day communications are now carried out using
the e-mail facility, which not only offers speed and cost advantages but also overcomes the problems
encountered with the different time zones within which Comhaltas units operate. The web-site enables
us to publicise our main activities including fleadhanna cheoil events, the Summer Seisiun shows,
Concert Tours, and much much more.
An ever increasing number of branches and other Comhaltas units now have their own web-sites linked
into the main Comhaltas site and some of these are listed below.
Ireland
Car r i~dhoun (Carri~aline. County Cork). Croabh Naithi (Dublin). Craobh Chualann (Monkstown. County Dubl in)
Lou~hbe~ cd (Antrim). Comhaltas an Chrea~ain (Derry), Castleconnelll Ahane/Herbertstown (Limerick). Port~lenone
(Antrim). Fred Finn (County Sli~o) . Kilnadeema (County Galway). Sean Treacy (Dubl in). Fleadh Nua (Ennis. County Clare).
Cois na nAbhna Archive (Ennis. County Clare). Fleadh Cheoil na hE ireann (Listowel. County Kerry)
Britain
Province of Britain. Culra. Bolton. Preston. Coventry. Jackfield (Telford), Leeds. Camb r id~e . Tara (Manchester). Johnny
Doherty (Scotland). St Alban's
North America
North East Re~ion. Jim Seery/Paul Curry (Connecticut). Du~an (New York). Hanafin-Cooley (Boston). Martin Wynne
(Buffalo). Tom Finucane. Rochester. New York. Mid Atlantic Re~ion . O'NeilllMalcom (Northern Vir~in i a)
Pittsbur~h. Mid West Re~ion . Cooley - Kee~an (San Francisco), Crotty-Doran (Detroit). St Louis Irish Arts (Missouri).
Canada West Re~ion. Cal~ary. Cladda~h (Saskatoon. Saskatchewan. Canada). Vancouver (Washin~ton) . Winnipe~
(Manitoba), Canada East Re~ion . Harp of Tara (K i ns~ton . Ontario), Lan~an Gorman (Toronto). Newfoundland.
Ottawa (Ontario). Timmins (Ontario). Deleware Valley. Southern US Re~ion
Rest of World
Tokyo (Japan) Northern Queensland (Australia). Turin (Italy). Sardinia (Italy). Moscow (Russia)
All of the above web-sites can be accessed from the main Comhaltas site at http://www.comhaltas.com. Many others
are at present actively involved in the process of settin~ up a dedicated branch site and the day is fast approach i n~
when most. if not all. Comhaltas units will have a website presence.
Branches who may be contemplatin~ the settin~ up of a web-site are stron~ly recommended to check some of the existin~
sites in the first instance as many of these serve as excellent models for an effective presence on the Internet. Facets
which should be borne in mi nd when settin~ up a site include the followin~ :
• Simplicity (one or two pa~es to publicise Branch activities includin~ session venues and dates. music classes. etc.
will suffice in most cases)
• A 'contacts' pa~e with details of Branch officers includin~ telephone numbers/e-mail addresses
Avoidance of over-elaborate ~raphics which cause inordinate delays in accessin~ pa~es