Marist Church to host musical treat this Sunday

The Marist Church in Dundalk will be the setting for an afternoon concert of choral and orchestral music on Sunday next at 5pm.

Dundalk’s Clermont Chorale and the Fr McNally Chamber Orchestra will be joined by Dublin choir Cantairí Avondale in a performance which will include the Schubert Mass in G, the Capriol Suite by Warlock, Bruckner’s Ave Maria, the Pizzicato Polka by Strauss and many other well-loved choral and orchestral pieces.

Tickets for the event are available from Brendan Marmion’s on Clanbrassil Street (€12 and €10 concession), from any choir or orchestra member or at the door.

Local dog earns thousands of YouTube hits for version of Ave Maria

A local dog has earned thousands of YouTube hits after being recorded singing along to Ave Maria while looking at the Hangover 3 movie.

Gerry and Caroline Dillon from Dundalk were watching Alan’s unique rendition of the hymn when their golden pooch Holly’s ear pricked up.

Instead of giving a short bark when it heard the song, the labrador decided to mimic the sound.

The crafty canine found the source of the sound before walking to the TV and beginning a long howl of its own.

Gerry told The Irish Daily Mirror they had never heard Holly howl like it before.

Check it out above.