The Love-Hungry Farmer coming to Dundalk for one night only

Des Keogh in the Love-Hungry Farmer

Des Keogh, one of Ireland’s foremost actors and entertainers, will bring his hugely successful show The Love-Hungry Farmer to Dundalk on Friday May 9tg for one performance only at An Táin Theatre in the Town Hall.

Based on John B Keane’s best-selling book: Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer, and adapted for the stage by Des himself, the show has been one of the most popular shows in Ireland and abroad in the last decade and continues to find new audiences.

It tells the story of John Bosco McLane, a bachelor of indeterminate age and according to his own assessment: ‘past his best’ and evidently still a virgin. McLane’s amorous adventures range from the hilarious to the pitiful.

John B. Keane is the legendary author of such classics as Sive, The Field and Big Maggie

The Love-Hungry Farmer began its life in the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York before being performed in Ireland to huge acclaim. Des Keogh received a Best Actor nomination when he performed the show at the Edinburgh Festival. He subsequently played it at the Adelaide Festival.  In 2013 the show played two sell-out seasons at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.

Des, who celebrated 50 years as a professional actor in 2013, has a formidable CV. He has been a constant presence on both the Abbey Theatre and Gate Theatre stages in Dublin.  He presented the hugely popular Music For Middlebrows on RTÉ Radio 1 for many years.

Des has had a long theatrical relationship with the actress Rosaleen Linehan. Their two-person comedy shows have been some of the biggest box-office attractions in Ireland.

Tickets, priced €18 or €15 for concessions are available from the An Táin Theatre box office at the Town Hall or by calling 042-9392919 or 086 8416876.

Local actor to appear in John B Keane’s Moll in The Gaiety Theatre this summer

Pat McDonnell

Local actor Pat McDonnell is set to appear in a production of John B Keane’s Moll in The Gaiety Theatre in May.

The Dromiskin native, who went to school in Coláiste Rís in Dundalk, will play the part of Fr Loran when the show gets underway on May 27^th.

Moll will also star Frank Kelly (Father Jack in Father Ted) as His Lordship The Bishop, Des Keogh (The Love Hungry Farmer) as Very Rev Canon Pratt, Mary McEvoy (Glenroe) as Bridgie Andover, Clare Barrett (Fair City) as Moll and Damian Kearney (Stones In His Pockets) as Father Brest CC.

The play is set in rural Kerry, with tickets on sale now from €22.50 including booking fee from the Gaiety Theatre box office.

Pat has previously featured in a wide range of TV shows including Naked Camera, The Savage Eye and Moone Boy but is perhaps best remembered for his role in Father Ted as Eoin McLove in 1998.