FÉILE ORIEL MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURN

Our picture by Rory Geary shows Una McGlinchey from Co Tyrone, the overall senior winner of the 2023 Fiddler of Oriel title, being presented with her prize by Fintan Vallely and Mike Treanor of sponsors Mullan Lighting following adjudication in the Four Seasons Hotel. The Fiddler of Oriel competitions formed the finale for the revived Féile Oriel traditional music festival held last weekend over venues across North Monaghan in a series of concerts, performances, competitions, educational events and sessions which brought hundreds of pe ople from across Ireland and abroad to the local area in what is bein g described as a major boost for the locale’s hospitality sector. Full coverage of the event is carried on pages 14 and 15 of this week’s issue.