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Meeting with author Tom Grainger (on right) at the Wallis Arms  Hotel today.   Tom’s excellent book “A War Baby – Rags to Riches” (See Tom’s splendid website  www.tomgraingerbooks.com ) is now in its second edition and will soon be available at “Wordsworth” Bookshop, The Square, Millstreet.   Tom has many wonderful connections continue reading…

A reminder that the “Hot Country” music programme is transmitted on the Showcase Channel (Sky 201).     Hugh O’Brien,  Co-ordinator of this wonderfully popular Country and Western broadcast which includes  lots of  Irish inputs , indicates that the weekly one hour programme may be seen on Sundays (8-9pm), Mondays (8-9pm), Tuesdays (2-3pm) and Saturdays (2-3pm).  (Seán Radley for www.millstreet.ie)

Geoff O'Sullivan (Cullen) addressing an international audience at Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork on Saturday, 7th August 2010. Geoff along with Paddy McCarthy (of Cork and New York) was the very special Guest of Honour of the Co. Cork B.P. & P. Association of New York at the highly prestigious 125th Anniversary Banquet. We shall share more pictures of the superb event later in the week. We have also recorded the occasion for LTV2 Millstreet.

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Joining renowned poet, Bernard O'Donoghue (Oxford) at the annual Cullen Vintage Day - from left, wife Heather and sister Eileen (Manchester). Bernard, a native of Cullen, will be presenting his musical choices at the next Millstreet Gramophone Circle on Friday, 20th August 2010 at 8.15p.m. in the Canon O'Donovan Centre, Millstreet.

A very successful Vintage and Threshing Event organised by Cullen & District Special Needs Association was held in Cullen on Sunday, 25th July to coincide with the Feast of St. Laitiaran.   One of the biggest attendances in recent years – and the number of participants also increased.  We recorded for our website and for LTV2.  We share just one of many pictures (more to follow in coming days) from this annual most enjoyable happening. (Seán)

LTV2 recently recorded an interview with Art Supple of Youghal who continues to be such a supreme legend in the world of Showbands. The interview will be broadcast when LTV2 season recommences in the Autumn. Special thanks to videographer Denis O’Leary (Macroom) who kindly provided technical facilities for the interview.

Art Supple being interviewed by LTV2's Seán Radley

Red Rose Cafe performed by Dan Creedon in Carrig Mill Pub Carriganima, which appeared in progarmme 166 LTV2 Millstreet

A reminder that the final opportunity to view this week’s hour long “My Kind of Music” programme on Sky 171 which was recently recorded in the Wallis Arms Hotel (Part One of that Concert) is on this evening (Sunday) at 8.00 p.m.  (Seán Radley for www.millstreet.ie )

“Hot Country” which has been transmitted on Rural TV (Sky 279) up to recently will be back on air again from June 7th, this time on the Showcase Channel (Sky 201).   According to co-ordinator, Hugh O’Brien, the weekly one hour programme may be seen on Sundays (8-9pm), Mondays (8-9pm), Tuesdays (2-3pm) and Saturdays (2-3pm).  (Seán Radley for www.millstreet.ie)

Below is the brochure we received about the rescheduling: continue reading…

Irish Set Dancing from the CarrigMill Pub Carriganima

LTV 2 Millstreet Footage from Programme 166 where Sean Radley and Sean Murphy met up with Donal Lynch at Star Trax Studio in Knocknagree to take a look at the damage caused by the huge fire up at the Studio recently.

LTV 2 are running a Fundraising dance to help get the studio back up and running on Friday 11 June in the Wallis Arms Hotel in Millstreet with 5 Local bands/artists taking part on the night. Tickets for this dance are €10, and for more details contact 085-1144252. Your support will be greatly appreciated for this event.

On a very busy weekend we recorded quite a few events to share on our website. We had the visit to Millstreet on Saturday by participants from the Rally of the Lakes (with an excellent and much praised service centre at Green Glens). On Monday we had the very successful Cloghoula N.S. Sports Day. But we begin our sharing with an annual event at Shrone near Rathmore in the sacred setting known as “The City”. Seán Murphy, Brendan Murphy and I arranged to record and to transmit (almost live) the celebration of Mass which took place at 2.00 p.m. on Sunday and by 5.03 p.m. Seán Murphy had the completed recording ready for Dan Joe Kelleher in Carriganima for broadcast to thousands of appreciative viewers. Mass was celebrated by Fr. Larry Kelly who ministers in Rathmore. The historic oil truck we noted in Rathmore village on our way home. Later in the week we shall have pics. of the Rally and Cloghoula Sports.
See all the photos below (by Seán Radley for www.millstreet.ie and LTV2 Millstreet)
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LTV2 Millstreet: Highlghts from Programme 163 Millstreet:Featuring music from Mick McDonald who finished runner up in the recent Ceol Tire contest and also from Scottish singer Johnny Bremner

LTV 2 Crew at the final recording before the summer break in the studio recording programme # 166 which is to be aired tonight (Thursday 29th April) at 10pm with a repeat on next Sunday at 8pm.

Left to right are Brendan Murphy, William Fitzgerald, Bernard Crowley, Sean Murphy, studio guest Seamus Curtin from Kilcorney, Eily Buckley, Kathleen Kelleher, Jerry O’Riordan, John F Kelleher, Mary Ankatel, and of course Seán Radley is behind the camera!

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Highlights from Programme 163 from LTV2 Millstreet

Seán Radley Interview with Crystal Swing at the Charleville Park Hotel on March 21st 2010.

The initial interview at the album launch from 2009 with Crystal Swing which Seán refers to in the above video is included below: continue reading…

LTV2 studio bloopers from the archives (2005) and some country music from Sean O’Brien.
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Programme 161 showing highlights of the St Patricks Day Parade in Millstreet.

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Highlights of the Rathmore Pantomine Snow White and the Seven Big Dwarfs from LTV2 Programme 159 (March 11th)

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