All-Ireland Scór na nÓg Final - NO Luck for Castlewellan at Athlone

 

Representing, their Club, their County and Province, Castlewellan’s young musicians put on a marvellous performance at the All-Ireland Scór na nÓg finals in Athlone on Saturday last, but luck was against them and they had to settle for second place in what was a thrilling musical competition.
Orla McCrickard, Emer Walsh and Niall McCrickard were wonderful ambassadors for their County, and put it up to the eventual winners from Boherbue in Cork who were defending the title they won last year, and though finishing in second spot, every Down and Ulster supporter in the audience was proud of them.

Boherbue, representing Munster, were first on and started off at full blast playing the ‘New House Jig’, followed by the ‘Dublin Reel’, and it wasn’t until Castlewellan came on with ‘Tripping Down the Lane’ and ‘The Laurel Tree’ and that we thought that a serious challenge was going to be made to the eventual winners.

Of the eight competitions in Scór, two went to Ulster. Niamh McGlinchey from Derry was the deserving winner of the Solo Singing competition and Glenswilly from Donegal won the Novelty Act.