Co Monaghan Nursing Home residents will participate in a special national music performance to mark Nursing Homes Week 2023.
The Music Speaks broadcast will take place on Monday 21st of August which will encompass performances from over 100 nursing home residents from over 30 nursing homes.
Featuring from Co Monaghan will be Pat McKeough, playing an accordion solo, from Castleross Nursing Home, Kathleen Farrell, who will be singing Come Back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff and Molly Malone who is also from Castleross Nursing Home and Peter McNee, who will be singing A Nobleman Wedding. Peter is a resident at Mullinahinch Nursing Home.
Nursing homes in Co Monaghan and across the country will be hosting music-themed celebrations Monday 21st to Sunday 27th August to mark Nursing Homes Week.
The Music Speaks performance will be broadcast to over 400 nursing homes with 25,000 residents across the country, It features renditions of classics such as Danny Boy, Molly Malone, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Can't Help Falling in Love, and You Are My Sunshine which will be intertwined with performances by residents of different instruments, including piano, accordion, bodhrán.
The Music Speaks performance is a highlight of the broader online Music Speaks festival which will mark the national celebration of nursing home
care.
