Music

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

It’s said that music is a universal language and in a world where music can bridge cultural divides, few experiences are as moving as a collaboration between Newpark Community Orchestra and Ukrainian Musicians Association in the RDS library back in late February.

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The Blades are Back in Town

The Blades are Back in Town

Back in November, the CYWMS hall was replicated into a lively, energetic, teenage disco to commemorate local band, The Blades when they played the CY in 1977. This night was to reflect on the band’s journey from 1977-1981 with a proper old school night in celebration of their first gig

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Trad night at Sandymount CC

Trad night at Sandymount CC

Ceol Cois Trá, the first of a series of traditional music concerts, was held in Sandymount Community Centre back in late November to a packed audience. A mix of seasoned music lovers, newcomers, and young kids were all in attendance, eager to enjoy this lively gathering,

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Elvis In Marian College!

Elvis In Marian College!

Marian College musical society will present its annual musical ‘All Shook Up’ on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th December at 7.30 each night. Not to be missed! After the success of last year’s ‘The Addams family’, and 2022’s ‘Grease’

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Ceol Cois Trá: Trad Music Concert at Sandymount Community Centre – Sat 30th Nov

Ceol Cois Trá: Trad Music Concert at Sandymount Community Centre – Sat 30th Nov

Join us for a magical evening of traditional Irish music and newly composed music with Cormac Breatnach on whistles and Martin Dunlea on guitar. The first of a series of traditional music concerts in the Sandymount Community Centre, this event will take place on Saturday 30th

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The Blades – In the Beginning

The Blades – In the Beginning

In 1977 The Blades played their first ever gig as a then six-piece band at the teenage disco run by the residents association. The line up that night was the late and sadly missed Laurence Cleary, his brother Paul Cleary, Pat Larkin, Johnny Burke, Joe Donnelly and Liam Fagan.

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Where the streets have a name . . .

Where the streets have a name . . .

From Educating Rita (1983) to Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast (2021), Ringsend has played a key part in Ireland’s silver screen triumphs, with multiple well-known productions having used the D4 suburb as a shooting location over the last several decades. So it’s only fitting that a plaque

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Discover the delight of a Candlelit Concert

Discover the delight of a Candlelit Concert

If you are looking for an unforgettable, captivating, multi-sensory live musical experience then why not get yourself a ticket for a Candlelit Concert. St Andrew’s Church in Westland Row was transformed into an enchanting, magical setting amid hundreds

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Exciting times ahead at Sandymount Community Centre 

Exciting times ahead at Sandymount Community Centre 

The Sandymount Community Centre (SCC) is buzzing with a wide range of activities these days – there is something there for everyone in our community and all are welcome! Please do drop in! Formerly known as the Iris Charles Centre

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Music for Valentine’s

Music for Valentine’s

What can be more synonymous with Valentine’s day than music? Come February 14 all the usual string-laden, cliche-ridden chart toppers will pour out of every radio station. But what really makes a great love song? It’s whatever stirs your soul and speaks to you personally;

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