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Culture Night 2010 Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 August 2010

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A reading of an extract from 'Johnnie's Britches', a comic play by P.G. O'Dea

A reading of a short story from 'Tell Me Sweet Little Lies' by Dr. Joe Ducke

The official unveiling of a portrait of the late Joe Ducke, created by Ruth Ryan, daughter of  P.G. O'Dea

Friday 24th September @ 7pm

Admission Free

Enquiries phone 086 333 8457


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'Sex, Lies & the KKK' Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 August 2010

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Comedy with Abie Philbin Bowman

In association with Athlone Literary Festival

Friday 24th September @ 9.30pm

Tickets €12/€10 Concession

Enquiries phone 086 333 8457

 


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Mick Moloney Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Mick Moloney was born November 15, 1944, in Limerick. He began playing tenor banjo at 16 years of age. As a teenager he listened to American folk singers, especially the music of the Weavers and Burl Ives. He remembers that there was not a lot of traditional instrumental music being played where [...]

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Bodhran players scapegoated over shortage Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Wild goats are becoming scarce in the Irish countryside and some are blaming bodhran players. It’s becoming more difficult each year to find a male mountain goat to preside over the annual Puck Fair in Killorglin, Co Kerry, according to chief goat-catcher Frank Joy. This year, Frank and his team failed to find a goat on [...]

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Singer Anne Byrne Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Anne Byrne had the classic ’show biz’ start to her singing career, appearing on stage at the age of three with her mother and father in amateur pantomime and musical shows. Her mother’s family, the Bradys, hail from Dun Laoghaire in Co. Dublin and were all extremely musical. Her uncle, the famous Willie Brady,  who in [...]

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