Ronnie O’Shaughnessy

Track 1: Growing up in Pearse’s Street, Cork in the 1940s and 1950s, going to the old School of Music in Union Quay, and her education by Eileen Curran, who introduced her to theatre life and another teacher, Eileen Kavanagh, at the school of Dancing. Track 2: Her decision to emigrate in 1960 to England, where she taught Speech and Drama in Weybridge and joining the Royal Choral Society in London. Returning to Ireland in the 1970s and her re-involvement in Cork theatre. Track 3: She recalls her time in the School of Music. Track 4: Memories of the Montfort Singers, and broadcasting with Radio Éireann in Cork. Track 5: Memories of the pantomimes in Cork. Track 6: The great success of Cork musical shows. Track 7: Commitment and dedication to, and passion for the performing arts. Track 8: Her success in the Feis Ceol competitions and a song, ‘The Sunshine of Your Smile’.