Only 3 of the 5 events remaining on our final week of “Mnásome events”, remain open to the public at Cashel Library. Two other events being held are now fully booked out.
Monday 25th March at 12:00 noon: – “Silk Painting” with Damien McCarron – NowFully Booked
Tuesday 26th March at 3:00pm: – “Genealogy” with Ms Mary Guinan Darmody. Your library service holds many FREE resources which can greatly assist in genealogical research, and Mary opens up these wonders.
Tuesday 26th March, Movie Evening at 6:00pm: – The film‘Shirley Valentine’ is an Academy Award winning Rom Com (romantic comedy), featuring a middle-aged Shirley Valentine rediscovering herself and rekindling her childhood dreams and youthful love of life. (Suitable for persons over 18 years).
Wednesday 27th March at 2.30pm: – “Sustainable Jewellery Making”with Gillian Tobin – Now Fully Booked
Thursday 28th March at 3pm:“Circle Dancing”, with Tracey Tobin – a gentle healing way to bring body, mind and spirit together. Let your mind learn from your body.
Booking is essential in advance of your attendance for all three events, so please do contact Tel: No. 062-63825. You canlocate the Cashel Library building, situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (G487+RX)
An estimated 2,500 viewers attended at the Thurles St Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday afternoon last, March 17th; encouraged out by the bright spring sunshine and the slight increase in the local temperature.
Possibly the largest crowd ever in the history of such parades; people from the Republic of the Philippines, Ukraine, England, São Paulo in Brazil, China, Poland, Italy and Stockholm in Sweden, joined the large number of local residents, who turned out for this most enjoyable of events.
The huge crowds (See also Video Part 1 HERE) that packed Thurles streets, from Friar Street west, through the town centre and unto Barry’s Bridge, were extremely impressed by the colours of floats; the marching groups representing numerous clubs and societies; the bands and other individuals; all taking part.
A huge “Thank You” to the work undertaken by Mr John Kenehan and his committee, and to the many people ‘in yellow jackets’, who successfully ensured the health and safety of the public in attendance.
Under a clear sunny sky, the Thurles St Patrick’s Day Parade began sharply from Abbey Road Thurles at 2.30pm in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, travelling via Friar Street unto Liberty Square as is usual. The parade featured two marching bands; namely the Sean Treacy Pipe Band and the C J Kickham Brass Band.
This year the St Patrick’s Day Parade “Guest of Honour”, in keeping with this year’s theme, “Youth: Our Hopes For the Future’, featured Thurles Christian Brothers Secondary School pupil Master Luke Blackwell, latter a winner in the 2024 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.
Prior to the start of the parade live music was performed beginning at 1:00pm, with face painting and other side attractions keeping those attending occupied.
The Arch Bar [a favourite abode of the fictional Mikey Ryan], in Liberty Square, hosted a 12-hour Irish Traditional Music Session on the day, to raise funds for the ‘Ciarán’s Cancer Treatment Fund’, latter a seriously ill 4 year old boy, currently undergoing medical treatment for his present condition.
For the first time, RTE television captured video footage of the event; of which a sample of same footage can be VIEWED HERE(Scroll down the page to headline – ‘Limerick, Ennis, Thurles‘).
Holycross Open Drama Festival, attracted a full house last night, with its opening performance of “Dancing at Lughnasa” by Brian Friel, performed by Holycross/Ballycahill Drama Group.
Section of the audience who turned out for “Dancing at Lughnasa,” in St. Michael’s Community Centre Theatre, in Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, last night. Pic. G. Willoughby.
Shows to take to the stage for the rest of this weekinclude:
Sunday March 17th, (Confined)”On Raftery’s Hill” by Marina Carr. (Wayside Players).
Monday March 18th, (Open)”The Ferryman” by Jez Butterworth. (Ballyduff DG).
Tuesday March 19th, (Open)”Antigone” by Sophocles and adapted by Don Taylor. (Bride-view DG).
Wednesday March 20th, (Confined)”Same Old Moon“ by Geraldine Aron. (Slieve Aughty DG).
Thursday March 21st, (Confined)”Drama at Inish“ by Lennox Robinson. (Rearcross DG).
Friday March 22nd, (Open)“The Lonesome West” by Martin McDonagh. (Kilmeen DG)
Saturday March 23rd, (Confined) “Now and Then” by Sean Graham and adapted by John Corless (Harvest Moon DG).
(The Festival is held under the auspices of the Amateur Drama Council of Ireland ADCI).
Season tickets are €70 and concessions are €12. For further information please contact Mobile Tel. No. 0862575159
Mná Month continues in Cashel Library, but do remember booking is essential for all those attending, so do please telephone Cashel Library at 062 63825, to avoid disappointment.
Current Photographic Display:
(Note: Display continues only until March 17th2024). Cashel library celebrates the incredible talent of local photographer Ger Long. From the captivating scenes of nature to the heart-warming moments of childhood, every photograph in this exhibition titled “Liminal”, (between past and present), tells a unique and inspiring story.
Wednesday 13th March @ 7pm: Visit by AuthorEimear Ryan.
A chance to meet and greet acclaimed author Eimear Ryan, who will discuss her book “The Grass Ceiling: On Being a Woman in Sport”; she burrows deep into the confluence of gender and sport.
Friday 15th March @11am: St Patrick & the Patriarchy; lecture by Branch Librarian Ms Maura Barrett.
St Patrick is synonymous with Christianity’s arrival in Ireland, heralding a new religious ideology, patriarchal and monotheistic, replacing the older order of the divine feminine.
NOTE: All events are provided FREE of charge at Cashel Library. Again, Booking Essential please to Tel. No.: 062 63825. [ You canlocate the Cashel Library building, situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (G487+RX) ].
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