YOUNG MUMMERS WIN AT NEW INN

Date Published: 05-Jan-2013

There was a huge crowd in New Inn last night for the staging of the Junior section of the 35th Annual Mummers Festival . The overall winners were - The Kilnadeema Mummers and the runners - up wereThe Rahan Mummers from Co. Offaly. The Best Musician Award went to - Ciaran O'Dea of Corofin and the Best Dancers were -The Kilnadeema Set Dancers. The Best Flute Player at the Festival was -Aoife Kavanagh of Rahan and The Best Singer Award went to -Laura Kelly also from Rahan , Co.Offaly . The Best Storyteller was Mark Holohan of Kilnadeema , and the Most Outstanding Young Entertainer Award went to Matthew Burke of the Merry Mummers from Claregalway.

The Best Individual Awards went to - Christopher Feeney- Ceol Chonaill , Enda Kilgariff - Claran , Matthew Burke - Claregalway , Caitlyn Minnock - Rahan ,Paul Holohan - Kilnadeema and Ciaran McDonagh - Corofin.

The Festival continues tonight with the staging of the Senior Competition , commencing at 7.30 p.m