Successful Mike Denver fundraising concert in Lorrha

Pictured are members of the SCEAL committee and Parish Council with Mike at the event.

placeholder image — Pictured are members of the SCEAL committee and Parish Council with Mike at the event.

Event raised much needed funds for a long-awaited project at St Ruadhán's Hall in Lorrha

THE SCEAL group in Lorrha is hugely grateful to everybody who supported Sunday's successful fundraiser concert with music from Mike Denver and band.

The committee hopes you all enjoyed the show in Rathcabbin, and they want to say thanks to everybody who travelled from near and far.

Thanks to the Parish Council for hosting the event at Rathcabbin Church, as well as all ticket sellers in neighbouring parishes, villages and towns and raffle prize donors too. This was a massive team effort and hugely enjoyable.

The event was set up to help raise much needed funds with construction underway on a long-awaited project at St Ruadhán's Hall in Lorrha, which will be the only shop in the villages of Lorrha, Rathcabbin and Redwood.

A 'Buy a Brick' campaign is also being run to allow people to donate €100 towards the cost of building the new shop and cafe. A large sum of State funding has also been secured through the Town and Village Renewal Scheme.

SCEAL (Social Community Enterprise for the Advancement of Lorrha/Rathcabbin) was established in 2016 in response to the closure of the last shop in the village, and as well as evolving to manage a seven-day per week community shop, it also promotes the rich cultural and historical background of the parish.