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The group have built a strong rapport, are starting to build a fine repertoire of popular songs and are looking forward to putting on a concert in Ballymahon Library for Bealtaine a national festival which celebrates creativity in older people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We also plan to have a Xmas concert in the local Nursing home Thomond Lodge. Key to the success of the group is an experienced Director and we have been very fortunate to secure the services of Local choir director Angela Reynolds who has done a great job building up the confidence of the group, encouraging us to experience the many health and well being benefits of singing and performing. Having access to the wonderful facilities of Ballymahon Community Library and the support of the very helpful library staff has also been critical to the enjoyment and appreciation of the value of this initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":32785,"template":"","class_list":["post-32784","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>Ballymahon Songbirds - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ballymahon Songbirds is a group of women mainly 55+ many of whom attend Ballymahon Family Resource Centre to access various supports and services.\" \/>\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\/ballymahon-songbirds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ballymahon Songbirds - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ballymahon Songbirds is a group of women mainly 55+ many of whom attend Ballymahon Family Resource Centre to access various supports and services. 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