The hills of Drimoleague were alive with the sound of music on Thursday 11th May with the voices of close to 300 pupils from primary schools in West Cork performing as part of the
National Children’s Choir, West Cork, here in Drimoleague. This is the fourth time that the Drimoleague community hosted this celebration of song in the local church, the last time being in 2019.
Children from eight West Cork primary schools performed a selection of songs from classical to popular including Take a Chance, Cantar, With or Without You, Oh Shenandoah, Cúnnla, Mary Had a Little Blues, Laudate Dominum to name but a few. The children were accompanied by a twenty-four piece orchestra, led and organised by Carol Daly, principal of the Cork School of Music and were conducted by Anne Crowley, teacher at St. Patrick’s N.S. in Skibbereen.
Drimoleague N.S were accompanied by Scoil an Chroí Ró Naofa Castletownbere, Lisheen N.S., Goleen, N.S, St. Patrick’s Boys’ N.S Skibbereen, St. Joseph’s Girls’ N.S. Skibbereen, Unionhall N.S. and Our Lady of Mercy N.S. Bantry. We are very proud to have hosted this fantastic event and owe a huge amount of gratitude to the parents and the wider community who helped us in the organisation of the concert.
Drimoleague National School 