There were shocks a-plenty for the home side when Kathleen Barrington announced the results of the Amateur Drama Festival (confined) at Lislea on Saturday night.
Recreation
Review: On the Waterfront: Lislea
Kathleen Barrington, adjudicator at Lislea Drama Festival had lavish words of praise for various aspects of the home team’s performance last evening.
Lislea Drama Festival begins
We will be in Lislea on Saturday and Sunday nights for the opening of their 30th Anniversary Lislea Drama Festival.
Quigley February Concert
You have to give great credit to the Quigley family for their ongoing efforts to present to the great Newry public the best of music in as varied a selection of settings as feasible and across all communities.
Bessbrook Heritage Group
The photograph below includes our correspondent William James McCutcheon and a number of local enthusiasts on a walk to find and explore the famous Lissummon Tunnel.
Lislea’s 30th Anniversary
Lislea is a beautiful townland just outside of Camlough in South Armagh that has spawned one of the most talented and successful amateur Drama teams in the whole of Ireland.
Bill Bryson: At Home
I have finally completed Bill Bryson’s At Home, another of my Christmas present books. 500 pages packed tight with fascinating detail of personal and family life through the ages, it is a ‘must-read’.
Newpoint Ulster Champs 2011
We are delighted to have occasion to once again congratulate Newpoint Players of Newry on winning the Ulster One-Act Play Championship.
The Brennans
The best traditional sessions are now in Rostrevor (weren’t they always?) and we had a great time last night in the Corner House in the company of Alfie and Mary Corr, Liam Farrell and Matthew and Claire McGrath. There were a few singers from the floor, as always. Quiet night.