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2009 Festival Programme

From Nov. 2008

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See Education Programme 2009 (with the generous support of Cork County Council Library and Arts Service)

2009

From Friday March 6th

  • Students' Art Circuit - exhibits of students' art in various businesses in Kanturk

Friday March 13th

Saturday March 14th

  • 3.00 PM Open Seminar - ‘Place, Kanturk, Art’: Introduced and Chaired by Professor Willie Smyth, UCC, in the Trade Union Hall, Strand St.

  • 8.00 PM Jackie Daly Tribute Concert: with guests Matt Cranitch, Con 'Fada' Ó Drisceoil and Paul de Grae, and a guest appearance by students from Coláiste Treasa (Edel Quinn Community Hall; entrance by €15 ticket, available from Vinny's Newsagent, Main St. or 086 3432745)


  • Exhibitions (all exhibitions running until March 27th)
    • 'Place' (Work by Marie Foley, James Clancy and Vincent Crotty - O'Callaghan's Toyota). Opening March 13th 8.00 PM. Open 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM Sat. 14th and Sun. 15th; 12.00 AM - 2.30 PM on March 17th; normal garage times otherwise.
    • 'My Place' (prize-winners from Schools' Art Competition - Sólás Art Gallery)
    • 'Kanturk - a Portrait' (a photography exhibition by Tom Daly - Sólás Art Gallery)
    • 'Images from Kanturk' (exhibition by local artists - Kanturk Library). Opening Sat. March 14th; 12.00 AM - 2.30 PM on March 17th; normal Library times otherwise.)
    • Blood Sweat and Gears (the North Cork Connection) (an exhibition by Chris Hurley, Kanturk Credit Union). Opening 3.00 PM Friday March 13th, and during normal Credit Union hours.
    • Students' Art Circuit - exhibits of students' art in various businesses in Kanturk

Sunday March 15th

  • 10.00 AM Duhallow Choral Society - a special music celebration of Mass for St. Patrick's Weekend: Conductor Sharon Reidy and accompanist Ian Sexton.

  • 3.00 PM Poetry Reading: Bernard O’Donoghue, and including reading by young poets from the schools (Kanturk Library - with the generous sponsorship of Cork County Council Library and Arts Service)
  • Arts Exhibitions (O'Callaghan TOYOTA; Library; Sólás Art Gallery)

Monday, March 16th

  • Arts Exhibitions (O'Callaghan TOYOTA; Sólás Art Gallery; Credit Union)
  • 9.00 PM An Evening of Storytelling with Fr. Jackie Corkery (Bob's Bar, Kanturk; entrance by €10 ticket, available from Vinny's Newsagent, Main St. or 086 3432745

Tuesday, March 17th

  • 'Éag an Tuirc' - a Street Theatre performance in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade by the Foroige / Youth Club, depicting the slaying in Kanturk of the last wild boar in Ireland

  • Exhibitions (O'Callaghan TOYOTA; Library; Sólás Art Gallery)

Thursday, March 19th

  • Duhallow Music Circle: Kanturk Library, 3.00 PM (newcomers especially welcome)