What’s On

A selection of events around Ireland May 5th-11th

Selfie: Pat Shortt brings Mossey Burke to Draíocht, in Blanchardstown
Selfie: Pat Shortt brings Mossey Burke to Draíocht, in Blanchardstown

CORK

Triskel Christchurch, Tobin Street, Cork City. The Kevin Brady Trio featuring Bill Carrothers (US) & guest Norma Winstone (UK). Official album launch of Ensam. Thursday 5th, 8pm. Call 021-4272022, triskelchristchurch@triskelartscentre.ie. triskelartscentre.ie.

Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh. Cian Nugent, May 7th, 8.30pm (doors 8pm). Tickets €15, available online or through the office on 021-4813790, info@siriusartscentre.ie.

DONEGAL

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House of Books, Ballybofey, Donegal. Monthly bookfair will start again on Saturday May 7th. Rare, out of print books, local interest. Bookbinding service. From 10.30am, free, 085-1123240, lhoey2000@yahoo.com. .

DUBLIN

Draíocht, Blanchardstown.

Pat Shortt -

Selfie

. Shortt is back with a new show, a throwback to the days of D’Unbelievables, in which he brings us on a journey with his new character Mossey Burke. Thursday 5th, 8pm,

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28, 01-8852622. marketing@draiocht.ie. draiocht.ie.

Clontarf St John the Baptist Church of Ireland.

Clontarf Seafield Singers concert at 8pm. Bryan Hoey will be compère and guest tenor. Tickets at the door. Friday, 6th, 8pm,

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€15, 01-6072011, mary.curley@yahoo.ie. seafieldsingers.com.

Annesley House, North Strand.

3 great acts in cosy venue with Mongoose, CUA, Les Keye. Friday, 6th, 8.30pm,

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10, 086-2068236, thehousepresents@hotmail.co.uk. http://thehousepresents.wix.com/thehousepresents.

From former church on St Andrew’s Street beside Molly Malone statue.

Film Location Walking Tour. Visit sites and sets from famous films and finish on the recreated streets from TV shows such as

Ripper Street

and

Penny Dreadful

. Friday 1400 both days,

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14, 01-8329406, book online, info@walkingtours.ie, walkingtours.ie.

Kilternan, Dublin 18. Kilternan Country Market (opp. Golden Ball). Fresh home-made produce, 087-1368393. Saturday, 7th, 10 am, 087-6416286. mickgorse@gmail.com, kilternancountrymarket.com.

National Gallery of Ireland, Clare Street. Talk, Leonardo da Vinci: Ten Drawings from the Royal Collection by Martin Clayton, Head of Prints and Drawings, Royal Collection Trust, Windsor Castle. Sunday, 8th 3pm, free, 01-6615133, info@ngi.ie. nationalgallery.ie.

National Concert Hall. The Culwick Choral Society premiere Roxanna Panufnik's Westminster Mass and pair it with the ever-popular Mozart Requiem. Conductor Bernie Sherlock with soloists Claudia Boyle, Anne Marie Gibbons, Owen Gilhooly and Gavan Ring. Sunday, 8th, 8pm, €13-€30, booking via nch.ie (concessions available). 086-6099946. secretary@culwick.org. culwick.org.

LIMERICK

South Court Hotel. Free screening of Forgotten Plague documentary about ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Part of ME/CFS awareness month. Thursday, 5th, 11:30am, free, no booking required, 01-2350965. Info@irishmecfs.org. irishmecfs.org.

MAYO

Custom House Studios, Westport Quay. Exhibition based on the life of Major John McBride, featuring photographs Out On A Western Plain by award-winning photographer Michael McLaughlin. Thursday, 5th, 6pm, 7.30pm, free. 098-28735. customhouse@eircom.net. customhousestudios.ie.

TIPPERARY

The Source Arts Centre.

Anderson – Solo

. To coincide with the release of his new single

The Existential Vacuum

, Anderson announces a solo tour of some of the country’s most intimate venues. Saturday, 7th, 9pm,

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10, 0504-90204. boxoffice@sourcearts.ie, thesourceartscentre.ie.

WATERFORD

Greyfriars Municipal Art Gallery, Waterford City.

Photographer and historian Tarquin Blake will be at the Waterford Writers’ Weekend with tales of ghouls, ghosts and other spectral beings of haunted Ireland. Saturday, 7th, 4pm,

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5, 0761-102983. waterfordwritersweekend@waterfordcouncil.ie, collinspress.ie/waterford-writers-weekend.html.