Dungarvan Observer 3 May 1930
Entertainment at Lismore
For the purpose of providing pensions for the
Jubilee Nurses in Ireland in aid of the Queen’s Institute for District Nursing,
a grand variety entertainment was held in the New Hall, Lismore, under the kind
patronage of their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. The Duchess of
Devonshire and Lady Blanche Cobhold and her daughter Pamela, Lady Rachel
Stuart, Lord and Lady Bentick, were present from Lismore Castle, and the hall
was full on the occasion, and the entertainment proved a most successful one from
every standpoint. The programme consisted of a play in four acts entitled: ‘The
Princess and the Monster’, presented by the Camogie Choral and Dramatic
Society, a fairy phantasy by a troupe of children and a display by the Lismore
Gymnastic Club. Various items were introduced into the play and fairy scenes.
Irish step dancing and the Irish pipes, banjo duets and songs. At the interval
her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire addressing the audience availed of the
opportunity of thanking Dr D Healy, M.O., for the use of the hall…She also
thanked the following: - Mrs Kate O’Connell (organizer), Mr James Goulding, Mr
& Mrs Guest, Mr Roe, Mr Horace Villiers-Stuart, and the many friends who
have helped, as well as all those who have provided such an excellent entertainment.