The Celtic Story

 Letterkenny Music and Drama Group’s  last  production was The Celtic Story.  It was staged in An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny from Tuesday 12th until Sunday 17th March 2002. The Celtic Story is a play with a lot of music and dance and relates the story of the founding of the football club, Glasgow Celtic from its inception in 1888 until the present day. This was a very popular production considering the strong ties between Donegal, Scotland and Celtic.

The cast for the production was 

Elaine Gillespie  Aunt Annie, Martha, Fan 
Rachel Ní Chnoic Frances Burns, Dorothy, Queen Victoria, Fan 
Clodagh Connolly Kathleen Burns, Siobhan, Mother, Fan
Tina Drein  Deirdre Balfour, Fiancé, Mary, Fan   
Sinead Gillespie      Sinead Gillespie     
Shaun Browne   Pat Burns, John Glass, Dr Russell, Fan 
Frank Mc Ginley Thomas O’Byrne, Brother Walfrid  
Iarla Mc Gowan       Frank Burns, Boy, Young Thomas, Michael 
Paddy Mc Teague Alistair Balfour, Minister,  Foreman, Willie Maley, Fan     
Eoghan Mc Bride Gerry Burns, Arthur Murphy, Fan   
John O Donnell Mr Mc Laughlin, Newsvendor, Fan, Des 
Tommy Cassidy    John Mc Fadden, Joseph Shaughnessy, Fan 
Tommy Sweeney  Dr Conway, Waiter

    The Production Team were

 

Producer / Director     Pluincéad Ó Fearraigh
Musical Director  Mark Bradley
Choreographer      Phil Dalton
Costume Mistress   Liz Crumlish
Stage Manager David Scanlon
Stage Crew      

Rosa Glackin, Maria Fingleton, John Burke, 

Tommy Daly, Ciara Hyland 
Lighting       

Dan Ruddy, John Ruddy, Kevin O Connor
Sound Engineer           Michael Kielty
Set Design  Pluincéad Ó Fearraigh
Set Builder   James Kenny 
Props      David Scanlon
Make-up        

Ursula Molloy,  Tessie Mulrennan, Frances Walsh
Continuity       

Anne Marie Mailey, Mena Breslin

                                                      The Band

Mark Bradley Trumpet, Whistles, Keyboards
Michael Bradley  Piano
Michael Mc Ginty Electric and Acoustic Bass
Aidan Dunphy  Percussion
Michael Canavan  Clarinet, Saxophone
Declan Nee Guitar

                

Below are some photos of  The Celtic Story 

Cast of Celtic Story Cast of Celtic Story
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Liam Daly, of Daly's Shop Lifford was the lucky winner of the jersey, signed by the current Celtic team, which was  raffled over the  six  nights of the show. Here we see him being presented with the jersey by Pluincéad Ó Fearraigh, producer of Celtic Story and Tommy Sweeney, a member of the cast.. Presenting Celtic Jersey

 

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