Duagh’s vintage day out for Liam
The life of a well-loved man from Dromerin Bridge near Listowel was celebrated at last weekend’s Duagh Vintage Club Liam Dillon Memorial Vintage and Family Day. Owen Cunningham, a silage contractor from Newcastle West, was one of the organisers of the event and he told Kerry’s Eye why it was first held last year.
“Liam lived in England but would come home every summer to help out with the silage,” he says. “He was mad for the silage and for machinery and was a fierce character. Myself and a couple of other lads were very upset when he was diagnosed with cancer in November 2023 and died in March 2024, at the age of 44. We wanted to do something to remember him and decided on a vintage silage display.”
What started as a vintage silage display grew into a much bigger exhibition of vintage machinery and a day out for all the family. “Last year’s event was a huge success,” said Owen. “People came from far and wide to help us raise money for the Kerry Hospice Foundation, which looked after Liam at the end of his life.”
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Song and storytelling at Sean McCarthy Fest
The Seán McCarthy Memorial Festival brought hundreds of people together in North Kerry last weekend to celebrate music, song and stories. The festival, which has been held in honour of the Finuge-born balladeer Seán McCarthy since 1994, was a huge success.
“We had a busy weekend and full houses for all events,” said Jimmy Deenihan, one of the festival organisers.
The opening event on Friday was a concert with ballad singer/songwriter Elle Marie O’Dwyer, from Cork. “This was a sellout show sponsored by the Horan family in memory of their late daughter Clare, a Finuge native who always tried to come home for the Seán McCarthy Festival Weekend,” said Jimmy.
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