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Stage is set for Celtic Steps return
By Michelle Crean
The anticipation is palpable - for not only for cast and crew - but also the audience as one local show is set to finally return to the stage this weekend.
The stage is all set at Killarney Racecourse as this Sunday night Celtic Steps The Show makes comeback at 8pm ahead of a busy season.
The popular show, which has been a notable absence on the Killarney entertainment scene for the past two years due to nationwide restrictions, will return to enthral guests with a sensational production of Ireland’s best loved songs and stories, traditional music and dance, featuring the country’s most celebrated musicians and world champion Irish dancers.
“We are absolutely thrilled to be finally making a comeback to the stage and to our home of the Killarney Racecourse this weekend," David Rea of Celtic Steps said.
"It has been a tough two years of setbacks and uncertainties, but the time feels right and we are hopeful for the season ahead."
Co-producer of Celtic Steps, Sean Murphy, added that they have been getting huge support in anticipation of the show's return.
“The feedback and support that we have been getting so far from tour operators and agents as well as businesses locally is that guests are genuinely excited to come back to Killarney and experience all that the town has to offer and we are certainly ready to entertain them."
Meanwhile, the cast and crew of the show have been delighting fans across social media with a series of videos of their behind-the-scenes preparations to coincide with the countdown to the big opening night this Sunday.
Celtic Steps The Show will run six nights a week, Sunday to Friday, at the Killarney Racecourse, from April 3 and five nights a week from Sunday to Thursday at the Brandon Conference Centre in Tralee from May 3.
All tickets are now available online at www.celticsteps.ie.
Killarney breaks national May temperature record
Killarney became one of the hottest spots in the country this week as Ireland’s nationalmaximum air temperature record for the month of May was officially broken.
According to data issued by Met Éireann on Tuesday, the weather station at Muckross House recorded a blistering 29.1°C on Tuesday afternoon.
The extraordinary reading comfortably surpassed the previous county May record of 28.4°C, which had stood for nearly three decades after being set in Liscahane Ardfert, on May 31 1997.
The historic warmth came as Northwest Europe was trapped under an intense high-pressure system, frequently referred to as a heat dome.
The unseasonable weather pattern began pushing temperatures toward record levels on Monday when provisional records were initially breached across several nationwide monitoring stations.
Among Met Éireann’s 25 primary synoptic stations, Shannon Airport in County Clare also surpassed the 1997 milestone by reaching 28.6°C.
The Climate and Automatic Monitoring Program (CAMP) network captured the peak of the heatwave, with three independent stations eclipsing the old record on Tuesday and Wednesday, led by the historic high at Muckross House.
Pauline Healy-Reen and her sister Frances at the Gap of Dunloe on Tuesday,
Cars & Coffee for Jack & Jill Foundation
Ballymac Vintage Club will host a Cars & Coffee morning on Bank Holiday Monday, June 1, at Glenduff Manor (V92 YH32).
The event runs from 10:30am to midday, with all proceeds raised on the day going directly to the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation.
An optional short local road run will take place immediately after the meetup, with participants returning to Glenduff Manor afterward. All vintage, classic, and modern interest vehicles are welcome to attend.
Ballymac Vintage Club members launching the upcoming Cars & Coffee morning at Glenduff Manor. Left to right: Tom Glover, Kian O’Connor, George Glover, Joan Glover, Brian Glover, Paul Ahern, Mary Lynch, Ivan Groves, Michael Horan, Trish Horan, and Philip Blennerhassett.
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