Gina to make it a year to remember

Castlemagner GAA are ending a successful year on the playing field after winning the Duhallow Junior Football title for the first time in 62 years with a fundraiser in The Charleville Park Hotel on Friday 29 December.

Following from a hugely successful Strictly Come Dancing held at the Charleville venue in March, the club is bringing a hugely popular band to the North Cork venue.

Gina and The Champions are playing at The Charleville Park Hotel to round off a tour of Ireland where they have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of their formation.

Back in 1973, Cork won the All Ireland Senior Football title, the recently formed band with Mary Hurley aka (Gina) as lead singer were looking for a name and Gina and The Champions was the suggestion. The rest as they say is history. What followed for the band was decades of touring the highways and by-ways up and down the country, both in Ireland and England.

Supporting The Champions on 29 December are a group of talented young traditional musicians from the Duhallow area. The Crossfields Ceili Band, won the Under 15 Fleadh Ceoil in Mullingar last August under the stewardship of Alan Finn and they are relishing the prospect of taking to the stage.

It promises to be a night to remember at The Charleville Park Hotel rounding off a year to remember for Castlemagner GAA. Tickets are €25 each and can be purchased online at www.castlemagnergaa.com or at The Charleville Park Hotel or by contacting Joe 086-6054755, Mick 086-8553416, Tomas 086-0615032, Timmy 087-6784198 or Paul 086-6069700.