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Kerry.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Working closely with the knowledge of the local community, home help staff, public health nurse &amp; active age groups in each area a list of people is drawn up that will be visited on a specific day that the mummers are out. The mummers perform for 20 mins on the doorstep of each home. The musicians are always local to the area and so are usually familiar with the area and person they are calling to. The locations are:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Ballinskelligs \u2013 May 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Portmagee \u2013 May 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>West Dingle \u2013 June 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Killorglin \u2013 December 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Kilcummin \u2013 December 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Castleisland \u2013 December 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Listowel \u2013 December 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Dingle Town \u2013 December 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17092,"template":"","class_list":["post-17091","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Modern Day Mummers - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"During the lockdowns in Ireland in 2020 and 2021 the traditions of mummers, biddies and wrans was revisited and brought to the homes of elderly or vulnerable people across Leitrim.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/modern-day-mummers-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Modern Day Mummers - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"During the lockdowns in Ireland in 2020 and 2021 the traditions of mummers, biddies and wrans was revisited and brought to the homes of elderly or vulnerable people across Leitrim. 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