title The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019 intro 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. imgc3991 James and Haryanna get some flooring in imgp2498 The boys run around on the beach at Blackrock imgp2505 At the end of the rainbow, with a faint double imgp2514 The rainbow's end lands in the sea imgp2518 Harry practices Bodhrán on the sea front imgp2520 The colourful Bayview Inn imgp2521 Nico and Lua join the boys on the beach imgp2523 The gang on the wall imgp2524 Blackrock Bay imgp2525 On the wall imgp2528 Harry roams around imgp2529 Blackrock imgp2530 A cluster of pink shells, in a sea of grey pebbles imgp2536 The band assembles imgp2539 A rusting old boat down at Drogheda Port imgp2541 The bridge over the River Boyne imgp2545 The appropriately-named Shop Street in Drogheda imgp2546 A boy plays banjo on Peter Street imgp2547 The boys sit on a step, grumpily imgp2549 A girl plays penny whistle imgp2550 The gang stride down Peter Street imgp2551 Drogheda town centre imgp2552 More penny whistle imgp2553 Musicians on West Street imgp2555 The band sets up outside Hickey's Pharmacy imgp2556 Fred on flute, whilst Harry looks the other way imgp2559 West Street, Drogheda imgp2562 An old dude gives it the thumbs up imgp2564 Harry's got his grump on imgp2567 The kids get photographed imgp2568 Girls in pink and white skirts claim the seats imgp2569 The musician's seats are occupied imgp2575 A fiddler and Uillean pipes player get some tips imgp2580 A serious-looking girl plays accordion imgp2584 Neon sign in the pizza place we stop in for lunch imgp2585 Waiting for lunch to happen imgp2586 Some more serious-looking children imgp2591 The gang are still waiting for lunch imgp2592 The band re-assemble outside an electrical shop imgp2596 Fred's playing flute outside Kevin McAllister imgp2600 A large trad band is playing just up the street imgp2610 Beer pumps out on the pavement imgp2611 The big band draws a crowd imgp2615 Some singing occurs imgp2616 A couple of girls swap musical tips imgp2626 Some dude gets their car hauled off imgp2630 A bloke on an accordion imgp2631 Guitar and fiddle imgp2632 Isobel pokes around in Flying Tiger imgp2635 A bloke with a home-made bass imgp2640 Harry briefly tries out his fly-eye shades imgp2641 Likely lads on typewriters offer on-demand poetry imgp2642 A couple of banjo players imgp2648 Back on Shop Street, there's another band imgp2652 Big crowds on Shop Street imgp2653 A very lurid Irish dancing costume imgp2657 Some girls in traditional dress pose for a photo imgp2659 The excellently-named Wogan Interiors