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Vinnie visits his home town to join Ronan McDonagh, and Anna Louise Costello, for a Musical Evening to be held in the Church of the Holy Family, Kiltimagh to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the Church.

Ronan McDonagh is a Musician and Composer of Church Music and will be joined by his Choir, Fuaimlaoi. Formed in 2006 the group comprises of talented and committed singers and instrumentalists who strive to promote and develop liturgical music that is rooted in the Irish tradition. In recent years Ronan has become widely known as a composer of liturgical music. Many of his compositions have been published in Ireland by Veritas and Carmelite Publications, while GIA (Gregorian Institute of America) has published some of his choral works in the United States.

Anna Louise Costello is a versatile, Irish Soprano and holds Distinctions in an MA Vocal Performance (Royal Academy of Music, London) and a BMus (DIT Conservatory of Music, Dublin). A finalist in NI Opera's Festival of Voice 2012, She has worked with Kathryn Harries (National Opera Studio) and David Gowland (Royal Opera House).

The Evening, entitled God's House Our Home will take place on Saturday, October 12th at 8.30pm and will trace the history of the Church in music, song and drama. The three special guests, all of whom were born in the parish, have been invited to perform and local groups will also contribute to the occasion which promises to be a night to remember.

VINNIE WITH CLANNAD [Loch Na Cailli]