St Kevin\u2019s Marching Band, based in Ferns, Co. Wexford, took home first place in the Junior Miscellaneous (U18) category, marking their third Leinster title in a row. Their continued success reflects the band\u2019s steady development and commitment over recent years. With a growing reputation, they now look ahead to the All-Ireland competition later this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
K & S Take Junior Accordion Title<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, the K & S Accordion Band, based in Meath, won the Junior Accordion section \u2014 their first Leinster win in this category since 2022. The band had competed in the senior section for the last two years winning the Senior All Ireland in 2023 and coming second in 2024. This year they have opted to go back to the junior section with a younger band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking Ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n All three bands \u2014 St Kevin\u2019s and K & S \u2014 will now go on to compete at the All-Ireland Fleadh, where they\u2019ll face bands from Ulster who will be competing in two weeks time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Leinster bands will join last years All Ireland winners here is the full list of bands qualified so far:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senior Accordion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n St Catherine\u2019s Killybegs Donegal<\/p>\n\n\n\n Junior Accordion<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n K & S Accordion Band Meath <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Senior Flute <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maghery Fife and Drum Band Donegal <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Senior Miscellaneous <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n St Rochs Marching Band Glasgow Scotland <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Junior Miscellaneous <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n St Kevin\u2019s Marching Band Ferns Wexford<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pipe Band <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Clonoe Independent Pipe Band Tyrone <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three Leinster marching bands have plenty to celebrate following strong performances at the 2025 Leinster Fleadh, with St Kevin\u2019s and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leinster-fleadh"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/marchingbandsireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_3162-1-1024x768.jpg\")
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