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The much awaited Ukulele workshop weekend is almost upon us. Our tutor for the weekend will be Andrew Desmond of Shandon Ukulele Club, a club he started in 2014 and which now numbers over 30 ukulele playing members.  He is an enthusiastic player & teacher of ukulele and believes everyone can and should learn this fun & joyful musical instrument.  Andrew will present a complete course for beginners which will cover the full group of basic chords, chord changes

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Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun of painting outdoors over the summer. Jessica Baron lead the painting group. We had three lovely afternoons painting in a relaxed atmosphere of O’Brien Street Park and the environs of The Old Court 😎 and one in the Trades Union Hall 💦☔️ We hope to have another outing in the autumn weather permitting.

As Mid-Summerfest draws to a close the Kanturk Arts Festival Committee would like to thank all the artists who took part in “Art in O’Brien Street Park” & everyone who dropped by to admire and even take home a piece of art, for bringing a continental feeling to Kanturk for a few hours. We loved the atmosphere it created and hopefully, we will do it all again next year.  Thanks to those who

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