Adrienne and the Linen Hall

THE late 80s was a great time for entertainment in Drogheda and no better spot than the Linen Hall.

I was reading about one memorable event. The Gardai in the local station got the surprise of their lives when a certain Drogheda female dashed into the station frantically looking to borrow handcuffs and a Garda hat!

However, they agreed to hand over the items and drive the girl to where she had come from ... after hearing her story. The girl in question was Adrienne Walsh and she was taking part in the Mr. and Miss Linen Hall Competition.

And because she couldn’t sing or dance — at least that’s what she said, she was sent to the Garda station to bring back the aforementioned items within ten minutes.

But it was no problem to Adrienne who hails from Ballsgrove. So charming was she, they even drove her to the pub!

Needless to say Adrienne won the title. ‘ Town is a teeming metropolis. You sense it in flashes and splashes of colour as you move through its grey alleys and streets and malls: the college campus where young women and men study hard, party hard and maybe tonight die hard as Big D mixes up a magic powder laced with something lethal; the old jail where convicts were once hanged, where you can attend therapy on the dingwing or plan to bail out in the heat of a riot; the local library where poetic love stories begin. It’s all here. Come and walk the walks and lanes and sidestreets with us. It may look kinda familiar – but it’s scary and weird and only love can keep this town together anymore.’

It’s directed by Barbara Carr and associate writer is Declan Gorman.

It runs on two dates, Tuesday January 23 at 8pm and Wednesday January 24 at 2pm and 8pm. Tickets from the Droichead.