Glenamaddy Players finish second at All-Ireland finals

Drama group win three individual awards

GLENAMADDY Players took home second place at the All-Ireland Confined Drama Finals in Ballyshannon County Donegal last weekend.

The group’s play, The Cripple of Inismaan by Martin McDonagh, was beaten into second place by Kilmuckridge Drama Group and their play The Playboy of the Western World, with Newtownstewart in third.

There was also success for the group in the individual awards section, with the group nominated in seven categories and winning three.

Mary Scahill-Flynn was named Best Supporting Actress; Declan Walsh and David Burke won the award for Best Lighting; and Cian Boyle won a scholarship to the DLI Summer School at the University of Limerick.

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