Mick O Callaghan and friends on Culture night
Mick will be joined by Margaret Sherif a local widely published writer. 'Margaret retired three years ago as Co-ordinator of the Gorey School Completion Programme' in GCS. She has been published in Women's magazines, Irelands Own, Sunday Independent and on Sunday Miscellany.
Seamus Kavanagh is author of the widely acclaimed poetry book “Reflections in Rhyme ‘published by Carol Boland of Boland Press Hollyfort. He is also a regular contributor to “Comhnasc’ the retired teachers’ national magazine with a circulation of 11000.
Mick O Callaghan, author of the book “The boy who kicked the nun’ , writes a weekly blog on www.aramblersblog.com, features regularly in Comhnasc, the 11000 circulation magazine of Retired Teachers Association. He is also a writer for love Gorey.ie news and events and has written many articles for the Wicklow retired teachers group.
Our band for the musical section of the night will be Jazz Token, who are based in Baltinglass, have been playing together for six years now. They play jazz standards and instrumentals from the swing era to the nineteen sixties with a more modern flavour – from Cole Porter and Duke Ellington to Horace Silver and Sonny Rollins! Listen to some famous songs and to some of the stories behind them, or even dance to the beat of a classic jazz combo.
Frank Gallagher – vocals & guitar
Rory Adams – vocals & piano
Máirt Hanley – bass
Christy Stapleton – drums
Our hosts for the night will be Aidan Murphy and Liz Fitzgerald .to whom we are most grateful for their generosity for putting their premises at our disposal and for their sponsorship. It all kicks off at 6.30 pm in Murphys Restaurant Main Street, Gorey on Friday September 20th 2024
SIGNED COPIES OF THE BOY WHO KICKED THE NUN are ON SALE IN EASONS GOREY, EASONS WEXFORD,EASONS ENNISCORTHY,RED BOOKS WEXFORD, COFFEE POD GOREY TOWN PARK,JOHN DOYLE,MAIN STREET GOREY,THE BRIDGE BOOKSHOP, WICKLOW ,WOULFES IN LISTOWEL,FROM MYSELF OR ON LINE AT www.theirishbookshop.com
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL FOR A GREAT NIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.
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