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Remembering Lionel

Remembering Lionel

We in Sligo Drama Circle were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Lionel Gallagher this week. Lionel was a long-standing member of Sligo Drama Circle and was active in many roles within the group for more than 50 years. But it was on the stage where he belonged and where he excelled. Lionel […]

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SDC on Radio with Men’s Shed

SDC on Radio with Men’s Shed

Members of Sligo Drama Circle featured on a programme on Ocean FM’s outside broadcast this morning, Friday December 8th, to celebrate the work of Sligo Men’s Shed. We have previously written on this website about Sligo Men’s Shed, but today was about creating an awareness of the Men’s Shed and the work that they do […]

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Sive Auditions

Sive Auditions

Sligo Drama Circle will be performing the well-known John B. Keane play “Sive” in the Spring of 2025. It will be staged in the Hawks Well Theatre from April 2nd to 5th. Set in 1950s Ireland, the play revolves around the arranged marriage of the young Sive to an elderly man in a deal worth […]

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Productions

The Age Old Message

The Age Old Message

After the success of last year’s audio play “A Christmas Carol” as well as the “12 Poems of Christmas“, we decided to do something seasonal again this year for Christmas. This time, it is a recording of a seasonal tale by Pat Ingoldsby, entitled “The Age Old Message” Recited by a chorus of voices, the […]

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Sive 2025

Sive 2025

After the huge success of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” in the Hawk’s Well Theatre in November 2024, Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce that our Spring 2025 production, also in the Hawk’s Well Theatre, will be John B. Keane’s acclaimed debut play, “SIVE”. We last performed this play in 2010, so […]

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The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

We are delighted to announce that our autumn 2024 production in the Hawk’s Well Theatre will be Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People! We last performed this play in 1975, so it is high time that we dusted off the cobwebs and brought this highly entertaining costume drama […]

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History

Remembering Lionel

Remembering Lionel

We in Sligo Drama Circle were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Lionel Gallagher this week. Lionel was a long-standing member of Sligo Drama Circle and was active in many roles within the group for more than 50 years. But it was on the stage where he belonged and where he excelled. Lionel […]

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Memories of Fiddler

Memories of Fiddler

On this day 46 years ago (January 14th), we were performing the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” in the Town Hall. The production ran for 11 nights in 1979, beginning on Sunday January 14th at 8pm in the Town Hall. The Booking Office was in the Yeats Memorial Building and tickets cost £1.30 for adults […]

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Joe Meehan – An Appreciation

Joe Meehan – An Appreciation

We in Sligo Drama Circle were saddened to hear of the passing of Joe Meehan last Friday. Joe was a long-standing member of Sligo Drama Circle and was active in many roles within the group over many decades. Joe’s involvement with Sligo Drama Circle probably dates back to the 1960s and from then on, Joe […]

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Sligo Unknown Players

Brendan Cauldwell Dies Aged 83

Brendan Cauldwell Dies Aged 83

The death has taken place of Irish actor Brendan Cauldwell at the age of 83. Mr Cauldwell had played the role of Pascal Mulvey in the RTÉ soap Fair City since 1996. Born in Fairview in Dublin and educated in O’Connell’s CBS, he worked in the insurance industry in Sligo before becoming a full time […]

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Famed Actor Began Career in Sligo Shows

Famed Actor Began Career in Sligo Shows

The recent death of Fair City actor, Brendan Cauldwell, evoked many memories of the halcyon days of amateur drama in Sligo, where, as a young man, the famous actor first took to the stage. Working in the insurance business in Sligo, Brendan became a popular member of the Sligo Unkown Players, appearing in many of […]

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World of Drama Mourns Death of Pauline Flanagan

World of Drama Mourns Death of Pauline Flanagan

The death occurred at the weekend in the United States of well-known Sligo-born actress Pauline Flanagan, a star of both stage and screen. Seventy eight years old Mrs. Flanagan, who came from High Street where her parents, P.J. and Elizabeth, ran a thriving wholesale and retail business. The following is an extract from an interview […]

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Reflections

Memories of Belfast

Memories of Belfast

In May 1967, I was back at the Opera House, on stage this time in Synge’s “The Playboy of the Western World”, at the Ulster Drama Final. The Drama Circle travelled to Belfast on Friday afternoon, unloading our stage set that night, which had been designed by Br. Columban for the stage in the Town […]

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Siobhán Honours Dad as Group Comes Full Circle

Siobhán Honours Dad as Group Comes Full Circle

Siobhán Dooney will be remembering her dear father Paddy as she takes part in the Sligo Drama Circle’s 50th anniversary celebrations, which begin in the Hawk’s Well today, Tuesday. Paddy Dooney was a founder member of the Circle, and acted in its first production, Thy Dear Father, which ran at Sligo Town Hall from November […]

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Completing The Circle On Walter’s Acting Career

Completing The Circle On Walter’s Acting Career

As the Sligo Drama Circle celebrates its 50th anniversary next week, all talk will once again revert back to the group’s first performance in 1956. Directed by Walter McDonagh, the cast of “Thy Dear Father” tread the boards half a century ago in the Town Hall and according to Walter was the talk of the […]

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Youth Theatre

Inside Out

Inside Out

Have you ever looked out the window at the rain falling and felt glad to be inside, warm and comfortable…where the boundaries are known? But then again, maybe its different and you feel slightly trapped, stuck on the inside and out there life is happening? Were the walls built to keep you safe or keep […]

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You Are Here (But Who Are You?)

You Are Here (But Who Are You?)

Sligo Drama Circle Young People’s Theatre present their new play, YOU ARE HERE (BUT WHO ARE YOU?) at the Factory Performance Space on Thursday 14th , Friday 15th, Saturday 16th December at 8.00pm. The performance lasts about one hour and tickets can be got from the Factory (Box Office: 071 917 0431) at €8.00 each […]

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Inside Out

Inside Out

Have you ever looked out the window at the rain falling and felt glad to be inside, warm and comfortable …….. where the boundaries are known? But then again, maybe it’s different and you feel slightly trapped, stuck on the inside and out there life is happening? Were the walls built to keep you safe […]

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Recent Posts

Remembering Lionel

Filed in Appreciations, News by on January 17, 2025 0 Comments
Remembering Lionel

We in Sligo Drama Circle were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Lionel Gallagher this week. Lionel was a long-standing member of Sligo Drama Circle and was active in many roles within the group for more than 50 years. But it was on the stage where he belonged and where he excelled. Lionel […]

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Memories of Fiddler

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Memories of Fiddler

On this day 46 years ago (January 14th), we were performing the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” in the Town Hall. The production ran for 11 nights in 1979, beginning on Sunday January 14th at 8pm in the Town Hall. The Booking Office was in the Yeats Memorial Building and tickets cost £1.30 for adults […]

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The Age Old Message

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The Age Old Message

After the success of last year’s audio play “A Christmas Carol” as well as the “12 Poems of Christmas“, we decided to do something seasonal again this year for Christmas. This time, it is a recording of a seasonal tale by Pat Ingoldsby, entitled “The Age Old Message” Recited by a chorus of voices, the […]

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SDC on Radio with Men’s Shed

Filed in News by on December 6, 2024 0 Comments
SDC on Radio with Men’s Shed

Members of Sligo Drama Circle featured on a programme on Ocean FM’s outside broadcast this morning, Friday December 8th, to celebrate the work of Sligo Men’s Shed. We have previously written on this website about Sligo Men’s Shed, but today was about creating an awareness of the Men’s Shed and the work that they do […]

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Sive Auditions

Filed in News by on November 26, 2024 0 Comments
Sive Auditions

Sligo Drama Circle will be performing the well-known John B. Keane play “Sive” in the Spring of 2025. It will be staged in the Hawks Well Theatre from April 2nd to 5th. Set in 1950s Ireland, the play revolves around the arranged marriage of the young Sive to an elderly man in a deal worth […]

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Sive 2025

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Sive 2025

After the huge success of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” in the Hawk’s Well Theatre in November 2024, Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce that our Spring 2025 production, also in the Hawk’s Well Theatre, will be John B. Keane’s acclaimed debut play, “SIVE”. We last performed this play in 2010, so […]

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Joe Meehan Tribute Exhibition

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Joe Meehan Tribute Exhibition

As part of our production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” in the Hawk’s Well Theatre this November, we will be hosting an exhibition in association with the Hawk’s Well Theatre celebrating the contribution of the late Joe Meehan to both Sligo Drama Circle and the Hawk’s Well Theatre. Like many others of his generation, […]

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Sligo Men’s Shed Work With SDC

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Sligo Men’s Shed Work With SDC

Thirteen years ago a group of Sligomen met to discuss starting a Men’s Shed in the town. Those first meetings were held in the Family Life Centre on the Mall, but it soon became clear that if the idea was to develop, a permanent premises would be needed. Enter Fr. Tom Hever, who told the […]

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