In the absence of a home produced play at the Scartaglin Heritage Centre this season, the resident Sliabh Luachra Drama Group reached out and found exactly what it wanted. “We’re bringing Seamus O Rourke a Leitrim man with his self-penned play Padraig Potts Guide to Walking,” said group founder member, actress and spokesperson, Nora Walsh.…
A huge attendance from this and neighbouring parishes provided Monsignor Dan O’Riordan, director, Jerome Stack, the Castleisland Parish Choir and the actors with the kind of endorsement their well rehearsed efforts deserved. The Passion and Death of Christ was staged around the altar area of the Church of Saints Stephen and John with an 8pm…
It’s an enduringly sad and sorrowful story of the betrayal of a good man. It’s one that darkened the whole of Holy Week ever since the first, or certainly most celebrated, crucifixion over 2,000 years ago. Its dramatic story line and turns and twists in the telling is what grips us and draws us back…
The real story of drama in Scart over the past couple of weeks was the pressure to put on extra nights as the local group’s adaptation of Sharon’s Grave drew housefuls from all quarters. Not for the first time did the work of the late John B.Keane and an able drama group pack a hall…
This year’s stage production from the Scartaglin based Sliabh Luachra Drama Group is Sharon’s Grave by John B. Keane. The play will open at the village heritage centre this weekend and run over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 3rd. 4th. and 5th. and on the following weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10th. 11th. and…
Cordal GAA would like to sincerely thank our generous sponsors for making it possible to provide new gear to the Cordal/Scart U-14s and U-16 teams. This is a great reward for the players in recognition of their hard work and achievements throughout the year. The list of sponsors includes, Main joint sponsors: Den Joe’s Family Restaurant…
Popular Demand is an wonderful driver of local events and it has struck theatre life in Scartaglin for the second or third time in as many years. “The Far Off Hills’ by Lennox Robinson has been a great success for us. The reaction of people has been fantastic. They are really enjoying it as it…
The Knocknagoshel based Spike Players will take their play Jack Furey to the stage at the Heritage Centre in Scartaglin on this Wednesday night, November 11th at 9pm. “This is the last opportunity local audiences will have to see the Pádraig Dennehy produced play before they take it on the festival circuit,” said Nora Walsh…
After their unprecedented 11-night run with ‘Wake in the West’ last year, the Sliabh Luachra Drama Group is back with its 2015 offering. This year’s production is the 1925 penned play, Professor Tim by Co. Antrim born dramatist George Shiels (1881 – 1949) “We have never done a play by Shiels before so we’re excited to…
Even after an eleven-night, sell-out run through the end of January and early February of this year, the play Wake in the West is still in huge demand in Scartaglin. The locally based Sliabh Luachra Drama Group will re-run what was its 15th annual production over the the coming weekend. Opening on Friday night, the…
