Fergal Duffy is  shooting a short film called Atrophy, in Dundalk for 4
days starting on the 11th February. This is a RTE/Galway Film Centre
funded short.

Contact  email address is fearghal@zodiac.ie and phone is 087 9828664.
Fearghal Duffy

CASTING – CHARACTERS

1:         Martin – Construction foreman – 40s

2:         Friendly Woman (40s)

3:         Post office desk lady (20s)

4:         Neil (30s, heavy set)

5:         Garda (40s)

6:         Squatting businessman

7:         Barman (50s)

8:         Jim (60s)

9:         Traffic Warden (30s)

Feb
2-3^rd

Theatre Workshop presents
“Tarry Flynn”

8.00 pm

€15.00
€12.00 concession

5^th

Amanda Lane Productions present
“The Glee Experience”

2.00 pm
and
6.00 pm

€15.00
Group discounts – one free at every ten bought

10^th

Good Works Opera presents
“Opera Night”

7.30 pm

€20.00

16^th– 18^th

Cúchulainn Players present
“Skullduggery”

8.00 pm

€15.00

28^th

Mercury Players present
“Proof”

8.00 pm

€8.00

 Dead or Alive….?

Following on from last year’s Malice In Blunderland, Director Tony Barry and the Cúchulainn Players again provide a light-hearted commentary on the state of affairs in contemporary Ireland with their production of Skullduggery which will be staged in the Táin Theatre, Town Hall, Dundalk from Thursday February 16th to Saturday February 18^th.

It features the ‘residents’ of Kilmactranny Passage Grave who are all dead……or are they..?

Casting a jaundiced eye on those who today perpetuate the greed of the last decade or so, the ‘residents’ themselves have come to grips with what they have done during their lives above ground, acknowledge their mistakes and then prepare to move on to the next level of their existence.

A motley crew from across the ages, they rattle around underground to foot-tapping music and hilarious dance and dialogue routines providing for audiences a great antidote to the austerity blues.

A lively mix of Cúchulainn Players veterans, talented newcomers, terrific newly-composed music from Tony’s sons Éamonn, Ruairí and Fionán, and award-winning dancers from Funky Feet ( all under the watchful eyes and ears of choreographer Stacey Murnaghan and Chorus Mistress Liz McConnon ) will ensure a sparkling night’s entertainment.

Don’t miss this opportunity to get a welcome dose of therapeutic medicine.

Dr Reamonn O Donnchadha, psychotherapist, university lecturer and author, will explore with participants aspects of psychology, the Self, and personal change. The facilitator is a Jungian therapist and author of The Confident Child, and Be Confident.  He will weave the psychology of C G Jung and the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh into a meaningful fabric of personal meaning.

For information and booking please phone the Patrick Kavanagh Centre on  00353(0) 42 93 78560

E-mail: infoatpkc@eircom.net

www.patrickkavanaghcountry.com   Admission fee: €50 (Prior booking is essential).

‘A True Note on a Slack String’

The Iontas Theatre proudly presents Tarry Flynn by the acclaimed director and writer Conall Morrison.

A new production of this award-winning adaptation of Patrick Kavanagh’s novel, ‘Tarry Flynn’, will be presented at An Tain

This production of ‘Tarry Flynn’ is extraordinarily ambitious in scale and content. Scenes merge into each other, characters transform themselves into animals and the whole seething tumult of a riotous imagination is on display. The play is a moving evocation of rural Irish life at a time when life and the land went hand in hand

Poet/Farmer Tarry reads Byron, and dreams of romance with Mary Reilly. When we first meet him, Tarry is 27 but has never so much as kissed a girl. When female attention does come his way, he is ill-at-ease, struggling to reconcile his fevered longings with the guilt and inhibition of his upbringing.With his nose in a book, his head in the clouds, his hand on a spade and his heart yearning for love, he is not on the same page as his fellow farmers. Follow his adventures in this lively and engaging production on stage at An Tain.

Directed by Aidan McQuillan and produced by the Iontas Theatre Initiative everything about the production is larger than life –– all  cast members are dedicated to capturing the cadences of Kavanagh’s enduring portrayal of a rural community and the landscape they inhabit.

A show not to be missed…..

Thursday 2^nd and Friday 3^rd February Tickets Priced €15/€12

Book early to avoid disappointment

Customs and Traditions of the Festival Days in the Irish folklore calendar, beginning with St. Brigid’s Day (1 Feb).

Bairbre Ní Fhloinn Lecturer in Irish Folklore. U.C.D.

Wed 25 Jan 2012 8pm

Governor’s House, Millmount, Drogheda

February 1st is St. Brigid’s Day (Lá ‘Le Bríde) and in Irish tradition is the first major festival day of the year; a day on which ancient customs and rituals, probably going back to the old Celtic Quarter DayImbolc (pron. “Ivvolg”), are still practiced in many parts of the country. Leading folklorist Bairbre Ní Fhloinn, lectures on this and on the other festival days throughout the year in the Irish calendar which were marked by special rituals or customs, and tells us of their origins and associations and their international connections.

Bairbre Ní Fhloinn lectures in Irish Folklore in University College Dublin. Her research interests include occupational lore, folk belief and associated narratives, and aspects of the work and history of the National Folkore Collection, including Travellers and their traditions. She has also been active in the field of vernacular architecture and had a particular involvement with the Heritage Council’s Mayglass Project in Co. Wexford. She has contibuted to many radio and television programmes over the years, and has also studied folklore abroad, in Helsinki and in Sardinia.

Have a go at making your own St. Brigid’s Cross on the night!

Old Drogheda Society bookstall on the night.

www.millmount.net 041 9833097

Ba é Seán Ó Riada a d’athmhúscail spéis i gceol traidisiúnta na hÉireann agus ceiliúrfaidh Louth Contemporary Music Society (LCMS) ceol an Riadaigh nuair a sheinnfear cóiriú nua dá aifreann i nDún Dealgan ar an 10 Márta 2012.

Ba é Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, cumadóir a bhfuil cáil idirnáisiúnta air, a rinne an cóiriú nua.  As Tashkent na hÚisbéacastáine dó, agus bhí sé ina chumadóir cónaithe in Ollscoil Harvard agus i gColáiste Dartmouth ar na mallaibh. Tá coimisiúin faighte ag Yanov-Yanovsky ó cheoltóirí cáiliúla, lena n-áirítear an dordveidhleadóir Yo-Yo Ma agus an Chicago Symphony Orchestra, an Kronos Quartet agus an Hilliard Ensemble. Seinneadh ceol Yanov-Yanovsky den chéad uair in Éirinn ag Ceolchoirm an Bhóthair Shíoda de chuid an LCMS ag Féile Ealaíon Dhroichead Átha sa bhliain 2011.  Cóiriú do 16 ghuth, fidil, cruit agus bodhrán atá cumtha ag Yanov-Yanovsky.  Is iad na hamhránaithe gairmiúla is fearr in Éirinn a chanfaidh an t-aifreann. Tiocfaidh siad le chéile mar na EQ Singers, in éineacht le Zoe Conway ar an bhfidil, Laoise Kelly ar an gcruit agus Mel Mercier ar an mbodhrán. Eamonn Dougan, Comhstiúrthóir an ensemble The Sixteen, ensemble a bhfuil cáil idirnáisiúnta air, a stiúrfaidh an cór agus na ceoltóirí.  In Eaglais na hÉireann San Nioclás (An Séipéal Glas), Dún Dealgan, Co. Lú a bheidh an taibhiú Dé Sathairn, an 10 Márta 2012 ar a hocht tráthnóna.

Canfaidh Iarla Ó Lionáird rogha iomann beannaithe roimh thaibhiú an chóir. Is ceart Iarla Ó Lionáird a bheith páirteach san ócáid seo ós i gCúil Aodha, Co. Chorcaí a chaith sé a óige agus ba mhinic a chomharsa, Seán Ó Riada, i dteach Uí Lionáird. Ball de chór Uí Riada ab ea Iarla óna óige go dtí go raibh sé ina fhichidí luatha.

Lena chois sin, tabharfaidh Tomás Ó Canainn, údar ‘Seán Ó Riada – His Life and Work’ caint ar an Riadach, ar a cheol agus ar na haifrinn, sa Spás, Halla an Bhaile, Sráid Crowe, Dún Dealgan ar an Satharn, an 10 Márta 2012, ar a cúig tráthnóna. Ní bheidh aon táille isteach ach moltar ticéad a chur in áirithe.

Beidh ceardlann chórúil á reáchtáil ag Eamonn Dougan, Comhstiúrthóir The Sixteen, d’amhránaithe amaitéaracha maidin an 10 Márta 2012. Taiscéalfaidh na hamhránaithe rogha píosaí agus ina theannta sin oibreoidh siad ar théamh an ghutha, ar theicnící anála, ar thiúnadh agus ar chumasc guthanna. Gheofar sonraí eile ar an gceardlann ach ríomhphost a chur chuig choralworkshop@me.com.

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LIOSTÁLACHA:

Eaglais na hÉireann San Nioclás (An Séipéal Glas), Dún Dealgan, Co. Lú?Dé Sathairn 10 Márta 2012 | 8.00 pm | €15?Ticéid – 0818 205 205 | www.centralticketbureau.com

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