The closing event of the Croi na hEireann Festival 2023 was hosted on the TUS Athlone Campus last Friday morning which also coincided with an onsite Daffodil Day fundraising initiative for the Irish Cancer Society.
“The School of Aesthetic Development – Freedom which is Ukrainian focused, performed an excellent puppet and dance show which was followed by the fantastic Na Badoiri, a local traditional music group, who excelled with their performance. Those present thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment, in particular, the 90 schoolchildren from both Ardnagrath and Cornamaddy National Schools who were in attendance. It was just lovely to see the schoolchildren engaging through laughter and dance with both the puppet show and Na Badoiri,
“I would like to sincerely thank Dr Johanna Archbold and her team in TUS for hosting this fun event and for welcoming us with great warmth and hospitality. In fact, separate to this occasion, TUS also kindly hosted a highly skilled FAI Under 11 Futsal for us last week.
“As a festival committee we are just delighted to have made these links with this fantastic University and we look forward to building on these for future festivals,” Cllr Frankie Keena, treasurer of the Festival Group, stated.
