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It has been a busy year musically for Killala-based singer/songwriter, Dennis McCalmont. Last summer Dennis co-wrote and composed a number of songs for the sensational Terry Reilly/Tommy Marren musical production On A Wing And A Prayer, the story of Knock Airport. The production was a huge success selling out shows at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar, and raising much needed funding for the Mayo/Roscommon Hospice. Earlier this year, Dennis' song 'Carousel' was short-listed in the final of the Irish Daily Mail Fighting Chance competition for unsigned artists.

From last April until now seems like the blink of an eye, but in that time a major brand new musical has been honed, cast, marketed and brought to the stage in the west of Ireland. Yes, the much-heralded dramatic musical in two acts, On a Wing and Prayer launched boldly into the public sphere for three nights last night Thursday, November 25 and will run until tomorrow Saturday November 27, at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar. And all in aid of a great cause, the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation, and specifically for the Foundation’s Palliative Care Service.

If you want to be spooked this Halloween, why not join Ballina’s inaugural Samhain Abhainn festival ghoulish walk, on Saturday evening, October 30.

One of the principal roles in the musical On a Wing and a Prayer will herald a welcome return to the stage by Leitrim-born Cynthia Clampett who will play Dame Judy Coyne. Mrs Coyne and her husband, Judge Liam Coyne, were instrumental in reviving interest in Knock Shrine, and she founded the handmaids and stewards, provided facilities for the sick, and had a broad vision for the development of the Shrine. She was also responsible for commissioning the statues at the apparition gable in Knock. She died in 2002.

An exciting new musical production entitled On A Wing And A Prayer is now taking auditions for a new show in November.

Guided walks of Ballina will take place on July 22, August 12, and August 19 all at 7pm.

The story of how a west of Ireland priest convinced the Irish government to build an airport in the middle of a disadvantaged, depopulated region in east Mayo when the country was in dire financial straits is to be retold later this year when On A Wing and a Prayer - The Musical takes to the stage for its premiere at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar.

Terry Reilly, author of Dear Old Ballina and newly released A Rambling Tour Through Dear Old Ballina, will commence his Ballina Historical Walk Tours on Thursday July 16 at 7pm.