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Mobile music sessions set to entertain across the county
While this summer sees many music festivals return to the stage on grand estates and fields across the country, a smaller stage is making its journey around Kerry.
COVID Care Concerts will take place in 13 nursing homes around the county including Killarney over five days beginning this Sunday.
Festival in a Van is a mobile live arts event that brings live performance to communities throughout Ireland.
Musician Bryan O'Leary will play in Turreencahill Community Centre this Friday.
COVID Care Concerts will take place in 13 nursing homes around the county including Killarney over five days beginning this Sunday.
Festival in a Van is a mobile live arts event that brings live performance to communities throughout Ireland.
Musician Bryan O'Leary will play in Turreencahill Community Centre this Friday.
Festival in a Van is a mobile live arts event that brings live performance to communities throughout Ireland.
On Friday, Festival in a Van will tour Kenmare, visiting schools and care homes with Joe Thoma and his band. It will finish the day with a trad session as a public finale in Parnell Place Kenmare at 4pm.
Also on Friday in Gneeveguilla, Turreencahill Community Centre will feature musicians Bryan O’Leary, Matt Griffin, Annmarie O’Riordan and Eoin O'Driscoll. There are limited tickets available, please contact Tureencahill Community Centre on 085 877 1949.
Then it's on to Killarney on Saturday, visiting the Killarney Men's Shed, Care Home and Direct Provision Centre with Aoife Granville and Deirdre Granville. These intimate performances will provide entertainment and give that festival experience to audiences in a familiar setting.
The Festival in a Van will also support shared Ukrainian and Irish Music Sessions in Killarney and Tralee, programmed and produced in partnership with Music Generation Kerry on Sunday.
The Local Live Performance Programming Scheme 3 has helped to support performances by local Kerry musicians, artists, and performers. It has also welcomed back audiences and offered relief through performance and entertainment.
COVID Care Concerts have also returned to the county due to support received through the scheme. They are outdoor concerts organised by the Mobile Music Machine and will perform in 13 nursing homes around Listowel, Tralee and Killarney over five days beginning this Sunday.
Not all festivals welcome thousands and not all concerts have pop stars, but music and performance always provide the audience with a unique experience. These special series of performances hope to do just that.
Events funded through the Local Live Performance Programming Scheme 3 will be happening throughout Kerry up to the end of June. A full schedule of events is available on www.kerrycoco.ie/arts/events-festivals/.
Gneeveguilla apprentice wins national stonemasonry title
Darragh O’Sullivan from Gneeveguilla won the overall prize in the Architectural Stonemasonry category at the WorldSkills Ireland competition held recently at the RDS in Dublin.
An apprentice stonecutter and stonemason with the Office of Public Works (OPW) based in Mallow, O’Sullivan secured gold for his technical accuracy and craftsmanship during the three-day event.
The state agency relies on traditional trade skills to manage, conserve, and restore national monuments, public buildings, and heritage sites across the country.
O’Sullivan’s success reflects the training provided by his OPW mentors and team, highlighting the importance of apprentice development in preserving traditional heritage crafts for future generations.
Picture Caption: CRAFT CHAMPION: Tom Little (Kerry ETB), Terri Sweeney Meade (OPW), category winner Darragh O’Sullivan (OPW), and Donal Keys (WorldSkills Ireland) at the RDS in Dublin.
Jessica Cronin donates hair for children’s charity
Ten-year-old Killarney resident Jessica Cronin is set to cut and donate 12 inches of her hair to support young cancer patients, alongside a fundraising campaign for LauraLynn Children’s Hospice.
The hair donation will go directly to the Little Princess Trust, a charity providing real hair wigs free of charge to children and young people who have lost their own hair through medical treatment.
Alongside her hair donation, Jessica is collecting financial contributions for LauraLynn through the Locks of Love campaign.
“I want to help somebody that doesn’t have something that I have, hair,” Jessica said.
Her family expressed their pride in her decision to support both organisations.
“We are all so proud of her,” her mother, Grace O’Shea-Cronin, said. “Any donation, no matter how small, would be greatly appreciated.”
Donations to support Jessica’s fundraiser can be made online at
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