Clodagh Gaynor and Laura Harty at the opening night of the Mercy Mounthawk students’ performance of ‘The Plough And The Stars’ at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
SIAMSA Tíre was packed last night as students from Mercy Mounthawk performed the first show in their three night run of ‘The Plough And The Stars’.
Their fellow students, as well as teenagers from other schools around the county, watched on as the actors delivered top performances to justify all the hard work they’ve put in over the past few months.
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“They’ve been at rehearsals since the beginning of the school term,” said Mercy Mounthawk Principal, John O’Roarke, before the show.
“We’re very proud of the dedication and effort they’ve been putting in to get the play together. It’s a fantastic experience for them to go on such a stage and a tremendous opportunity for them to do a play that, while somewhat out of its age, at the same time is very pertinent in terms of the upcoming 1916 commemoration,” added the Principal.
The Sean O’Casey classic depicts the harsh realities of life in the Dublin tenements before and during the Easter Rising.
The performances continue tonight and Saturday night, but there are only a few tickets left so check the box office on 066-7123055 for details.
Scroll down for photos of students attending on the night…
Megan Kennedy, Tara O’Halloran, Aoife Sheehy, Maryann Sullivan, Kristiana Tomyuk, Michaela Barrett, and Abigail Mahony at the opening night of the Mercy Mounthawk students’ performance of ‘The Plough And The Stars’ at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Sean O’Riordan, Padraig Woods, Eoin Walsh and Darragh O’Keeffe at the opening night of the Mercy Mounthawk students’ performance of ‘The Plough And The Stars’ at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Meabh Burke, Eva Lee, Meg Hurley, Emma Harrington and Christine O’Sullivan at the opening night of the Mercy Mounthawk students’ performance of ‘The Plough And The Stars’ at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Louis Byrne, Luke O’Carroll and Harry Emerson at the opening night of the Mercy Mounthawk students’ performance of ‘The Plough And The Stars’ at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Aoife O’Carroll and Atlanta Kennedy at the opening night of the Mercy Mounthawk students’ performance of ‘The Plough And The Stars’ at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Amanda Twomey, Gemma O’Connor, Ellen Dempsey and Elisha Buckley at the opening night of the Mercy Mounthawk students’ performance of ‘The Plough And The Stars’ at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Michael Edgar, Harry Price and Gavin Kennedy at the opening night of the Mercy Mounthawk students’ performance of ‘The Plough And The Stars’ at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Megan Winslow and Michelle Swintek from the US, but who are student-teaching in Kenmare, at the opening night of the Mercy Mounthawk students’ performance of ‘The Plough And The Stars’ at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Mary O’Connell, Thomas Dwyer, Ali Guilfoyle and Alex Kelly at the opening night of the Mercy Mounthawk students’ performance of ‘The Plough And The Stars’ at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Shelley McKenna, Jer Keohane and Wiktoria Wolkanowska at the opening night of the Mercy Mounthawk students’ performance of ‘The Plough And The Stars’ at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean
