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KNOWN to all as Killarney’s Liberace, Jack Patrick Healy has been in showbusiness for 16 years.

He started playing music professionally with his father Gerard at the tender age of seven and at 12 fell in love with musical theatre when he joined the Tara Little Stage School. “From then I wanted to be a star of Broadway musicals or West End shows,” he told Killarney Advertiser.

He will be known to many from his performances as resident singer and pianist in the Liquid Lounge in the Killarney Grand Hotel. “This has given me the chance to perform hundreds of musicals a night,” he said.

Jack Patrick’s dream was to step into the spotlight as a solo act in the United States by the age of 22. “I have just turned 23 and heading to perform in Chicago on November 6 for a week of performances – so I am just one year off my goal,” he said.

It is as Killarney’s Liberace that Jack has found his niche. “There are many Elvis impersonators, millions of Adele and Celine Dion tributes, but absolutely no ‘Liberace’ artists from Killarney to Las Vegas,” he said.

“All of my costumes and props have been flown out to the Windy City a month ago.” You can check out on Jack Patrick Healy’s new promotional video, directed and produced by Lucas Machowski, at www.facebook.com/jackpatrickhealyofficial