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In the picture for Culture Night
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SPIRITS were high across Killarney and Kerry as public venues, communities and arts spaces offered up a great selection of free events late into the night.
Killarney Cultural Centre and Killarney House hosted music, as well as youth choral, song, dance and theatre events, while a full house enjoyed Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny in concert at Muckross Traditional Farms. The visual arts featured also at a showcase of selected Kerry artists at Government Buildings on New Road, Killarney; this exhibition runs until October 17. Meanwhile in Fossa Community Centre song, dance and céilí entertained well into the evening, while
Killarney native Gemma Sugrue hosted a choral event with young singers at Killarney House & Gardens. Culture Night Kerry was funded by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Creative Ireland programme in partnership with Kerry County Council.
Above: Kerry Film Festival presented the first Irish short film to be nominated for an Academy Award ‘Return to Glennascaul’ at Cinema Killarney. Maeve McGrath, Kerry Film Festival, with Frances Neeson, left and Breda Lyne, Killarney.
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