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President Catherine Connolly opens Belfast fleadh, celebrating ‘universality’ of music

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‘Culture need not divide us,’ says DUP Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly

More than 200 events and 180 traditional music competitions are taking place

Stormont’s First and deputy First Ministers also address hundreds at Belfast City Hall to open the world’s largest celebration of Irish music

It is the first time the annual music festival has been held in Belfast and only the second time it has been held in Northern Ireland.

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Stormont’s First and deputy First Ministers also addressed the hundreds at Belfast City Hall to open the world’s largest celebration of Irish music.