Brittas News Blog

There was a fabulous night of Traditional Irish Music music held on Sunday 24th September 2017. It started at 8pm in the Community Centre and finished close to 11pm, so that shows how much fun was had!

Music was performed on the night by:

• Saint Martin's National School musicians
• Blessington Comhaltas Group
• Members of Blessington Men's Shed

It was a free event (although as always, there way a 'donations box' at the door, so thank you again for any donations) with a packed hall. The Marquee was available to use and connected to the hall as it was already erected for use with another event, so it was great to have as all the musicians used it as a sort of back-stage area.

The evening kicked off with musicians from St. Martin's National School with Bernie Getherine at the helm. They were fabulous and played a number of Irish ballads. A lot of their friends from school also came to watch them. At the end of their performance, they were given a standing ovation by the audience! So well done to them.

The second section of the evening's performances was provided by the Blessington Comhaltas Group. Also an excellent set of musical numbers played by skilled musicians.

The third part of the night is when some members of Blessington Men's Shed did some group and solo performances, along with some of our local talented community members! In fact if you were there to witness it, you would have seen our very own Tommy Burnett singing a lovely ballad but using a shovel and a euro coin as an instrument!!!! It's hard to explain!

It was a great night of talent, so thanks to all who performed and those who came to watch and give their support.