Alice launches book on the McShain family
A Wexford woman who left Ireland on a scholarship from Irish-American contractor John McShain launched her new book at Killarney House –which was once owned by the ‘Man who built Washington’.
Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan TD attended at the request of Alice McLoughlin, who has just launched her new book ‘More Precious than Gold: My Enduring connection with John McShain— the Man Who Built Washington’.
Alice, who came to Killarney last week, said: “I chose the title because I think it expresses what the McShains valued. His daughter Polly gave up all her millions of inheritance to become a nun. John McShain himself wanted to construct beautiful buildings, which would last.
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Concert benefits vital Health Link Bus
People came out in large numbers to support a concert by Mary O’Sullivan and the Killarney Community Choir recently –enjoying the performance of song and poetry.
The concert was in aid of the Kerry Cancer Support Group’s Health Link Bus that takes patients to and from hospital appointments in Cork and Limerick hospitals –the charity say that74% of people diagnosed with cancer in Kerry avail of the vital service.
Founded in 2007, last year the service brought 4,500 people to eight different locations for appointments while it receives no national funding from government.
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