All Ireland Drama Festival 1979

Filed in History by Sligo Drama Circle on October 18, 2013 • 0 Comments

Sligo Drama Circle is happy to host the 1979 All-Ireland Festival Finals (Confined). The stage in Sligo has a long tradition dating back to 1750 (at least) when a theatre “near the quays” is recorded. Late the location changed to “near the Linen-Hall” (near the present Imperial Hotel) and we are told that “His Majesty’s servants from the Theatre Royal, Crow Street, Dublin” visited Sligo each season and in some instances remained several months. The Town Hall (now the City Hall) – near the quay – is an appropriate venue for the Festival. It is considered by many that it was in this building that the modern Drama Festival was initiated by Feis Shligigh which has just celebrated its Golden jubilee this Easter.

from All-Ireland Drama Festival Programme, Sligo, May 1979

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