A look at Louth

A Look at Louth, in association with Drogheda Arts Festival 2018, is a programme of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive and features a host of stories made in and about Louth from 1897 to more recent times.

From the earliest flickering images of Drogheda taken from a moving train by the frères Lumières in 1897; Dundalk cinema advertisements from the 1930s; Bridge of the Ford, a documentary about Drogheda commissioned by the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1948; a host of short films made by Gael Linn in the 1950s and ‘60s showing news stories all around the county - ICA HQ; pirate radio ships; beauty contests, dog shows, and mystery cinema fires; and a particularly exciting All Ireland Football Final from 1957.

The day promises to be a classic and the film screens in the Droichead Arts Centre on Tuesday May 1 at 2pm. €3 | over 55’s free elements of the game and using inspiration from the current THFC First Team.

The camp costs €110 for the two days and further details from the droghedaboys.com website.

The hugely popular FAI Soccer Sisters camp comes to Marley’s Lane on the 5th and 6th April. For girls aged 6-14 the camp will run from 10am to 2pm each day and will be

led by FAI coaches. The camp costs €30 and includes a full kit. Bookings can be made at www.soccersisters.ie MacLaine, Dolly Parton, and Julia Roberts.

Hilarious and touching, this six-woman play is set in a beauty parlour in Louisiana. Through four scenes spanning three years the staff and customers engage in small-town gossip, but we also get to see the delicacy and the strength that inspired the title.

Directed by Barbara Carr, it runs from 17th Apr - 21st Apr in the Droichead at 8pm. Tickets are €12.