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Dominic McSweeney Recalls Wonderful Memories of Star Ballroom Tonight at 10pm on Cork Music Station’s Weekly Programme “Radio Treasures”
Dominic McSweeney with his wife Teresa and Cousin Claire Galvin pictured recently at the Clarence Hotel, Dublin where we recorded a very special interview with Dominic in which he recalled many wonderful memories of the“Star” Ballroom. We shall feature this on “Radio Treasures” at 10pm tonight on www.corkmusicstation.com . The overall programme begins at 9.30pm and ends at 11.00pm. We shall also feature a special feature on National Anthems at the beginning of the programme and will follow Dominic’s interview with the Showband Music which feature at “The Star”. Hopefully our internet connection will run smoothly. If you happen to lose the signal – just refresh the page! Click on the images to enlarge. (S.R.)
We had travelled to Dublin especially for Claire Galvin’s Premiere of her very highly regarded Drama Production “Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Window Pane” which was one of the highly prestigious productions in this year’s Dublin Fringe Theatre Festival. Here we meet with some of the many Friends who attended the excellent
production.
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(added 4th Nov):
there’s a great conversation on facebook after this Dominic McSweeney interview in reply to Seán’s article, by those that remember going to the Star Ballroom, including musicians, a road manager for the Miami Showband.
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Denis Mac the builder who with his wife Cis was the original owner of the Star Ballroom and the Cinema in Millstreet Town
Used to say that these were not his greatest claims to renown
But that in word or deed he never put anyone down
And that he employed all kinds of people black, white and brown
Denis Mac was a witty and a well traveled man for to give him his due
And to those who told him that his claim was untrue
I stand by my word is what he used to say
And he was a man who with words had a way
Of Denis Mac so many stories were told
When i was a boy he was growing old
One of Millstreet’s greatest characters when i was young
As a great Gaelic Footballer his praises were sung
As a young man he migrated to the U S A and later on in life
He grew old in Millstreet Town with Cis Murphy his Millstreet wife
Two endearing old characters of the Town’s West End
In their long lives so many they were known to befriend
As witty a fellow as one could wish for to meet
Duhallow’s first equal opportunity employer Denis Mac of Millstreet
He used to say to employ all kinds of people is my greatest claim to renown
Paddy ‘Black’ Twomey, Joe White and Daniel and Jackie Brown.
Denis Mac the builder who with his wife Cis was the original owner of the Star Ballroom and the Cinema in Millstreet Town
Used to say that these were not his greatest claims to renown
But that in word or deed he never put anyone down
And that he employed all kinds of people black, white and brown
Denis Mac was a witty and a well traveled man for to give him his due
And to those who told him that his claim was untrue
I stand by my word is what he used to say
And he was a man who with words had a way
Of Denis Mac so many stories were told
When i was a boy he was growing old
One of Millstreet’s greatest characters when i was young
As a great Gaelic Footballer his praises were sung
As a young man he migrated to the U S A and later on in life
He grew old in Millstreet Town with Cis Murphy his Millstreet wife
Two endearing old characters of the Town’s West End
In their long lives so many they were known to befriend
As witty a fellow as one could wish for to meet
Duhallow’s first equal opportunity employer Denis Mac of Millstreet
He used to say to employ all kinds of people is my greatest claim to renown
Paddy ‘Black’ Twomey, Joe White and Daniel and Jackie Brown.
“Duhallow’s First Equal Opportunity Employer” is by Francis Duggan
http://francisrhymer.blogspot.ie/2015/11/duhallows-first-equal-opportunity.html
(mdc)