Wild Goose Lodge trailer unveiled at Ploughing Championships

The trailer for the Co Louth-based movie Wild Goose Lodge was unveiled at the National Ploughing Championships earlier this week.

The film is based on the true story of an incident in Reaghstown almost 200 years ago. Back in 1816 a group of armed men assembled in a church at midnight and swore a blood oath to avenge the deaths of three of their fellow Ribbonmen.

An arson and murder attack on Wild Goose Lodge that October led to eight occupants being killed, including an infant aged just five months. Eighteen men were executed for the crime, many of them innocent.

Based on a play by Paul Macardle, the film includes a number of locals as extras with Dundalk-based schoolteacher Paul McGee, of St Joseph’s NS in Muirhevnamor, prominent in the trailer.

Starring John Connors (Patrick from Love/Hate), Finbar Furey (singer from The Fureys), Joe Rooney (Fr Damo in Father Ted) and Dave Duffy (Leo Dowling in Fair City), the film is due for release next year.

Check out the trailer above.

Dolmen Theatre Group bringing Lend Me A Tenor to An Táin Theatre next month

Tickets for Lend Me A Tenor are available now from the An Táin Theatre box office at the Town Hall in Crowe Street

The Dolmen Theatre Group will be brining Ken Ludwig’s hilarious comedy ‘Lend Me A Tenor’ to An Táin Theatre from Wednesday April 2nd to Saturday April 5th.

Some of Dundalk’s audiences will have very fond memories of the last time the group presented this play 21 ago in 1993. Director Paul McGee includes three of the original cast in this production, Gerry O’Hara, Gabrielle Tuomey and Paul himself, although they play different roles this time around.

The cast is completed by Karyn McCooey, Paudie Breen, Tony Markey and Karen Shields.

Booking is available through the box office in the Town Hall or on 042 9392919.

Teenage disco in Deja Vu this Friday

 

A teenage disco will take place in Deja Vu nightclub this Friday at 8pm.

A battle of the DJs will take place on the night with the event open to all those aged 13-17.

Deja Vu is the former Studio 8 nightclub at The Fairways Hotel, which reopened at the weekend under the management of Paul McGee.