Arts & Culture

AN Ennis native who spent over 30 years in a busy banking career has unleashed his free spirit through his natural flair for art.Jerry Cahir, who is 69, grew up in Ennis and he was educated in the Christian Brothers and in St Flannan’s College. After school, he joined the Cadets and after a brief spell based in the Curragh Camp, he went to work with the Munster and Leinster Bank, the forerunner of AIB, in 1961. He worked with the bank in various towns throughout the region over the years eventually becoming manager of AIB in Swinford and later in Roscrea, where he saw out his banking career. Fifteen years ago, Jerry suffered a very serious heart attack. He had a quadruple bypass and subsequently had eight stents inserted. This forced him to retire from his banking career and presented him with opportunities to find other activities to occupy himself. That’s when he found art, or as he says …

John Rainsford speaks with Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin about the opening of the new €21 million purpose-built Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick by Taoiseach Brian Cowen, on Friday, September 24

CLARE Youth Service will present Sippin’ and Strummin’, a monthly open-mic night, this coming Friday in the The Chillzone at the Resource Centre in Rineanna View, Shannon.

A NUMBER of Clare dancing schools will be represented on TG4’s An Jig Gig in the coming weeks.

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