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This is a long KinSync Update:-)!! However please do take the time to have a read through it when you get a chance – it’s important to the club that we recognise everyone involved in KinSync and the huge success that it was – Thank you for your time.

· Successful KinSync
· An important Media Report

KinSync 2018

“There’s no place like KinSync, There’s no place like KinSync, There’s no place like KinSync”!!! Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz we all wish we could click our heels together and go back to KinSync Land on 2nd and 3rd February. What a weekend…………

From the full Dress Rehearsal on Thursday 1st right through to the last show on Saturday night 3rd February – it was fun, fun, fun and wonderful entertainment from start to finish.

Our 10 remarkable acts, who it has to be said went above and beyond the call of duty, treated us all to an amazing two shows. Each act gave it everything on stage in front of family, friends and the community of Kinsale – props and costumes were top class – a few acts getting into character perhaps a little too much and looking strangely way way too comfortable :-) (LOL). We laughed till tissues had to be produced (the hope of salvaging the make-up well and truly gone – the ladies in the audience had the same problem:-) !!!!); we were left marvelling at Broadway standard dramatics, blown away by first class Pop Star dance routines in complete sync, comic performances of ‘A night at the Apollo’ standard – in a word it was ‘Epic’. We will all be forever grateful to all of our incredible acts who have ensured that KinSync will without doubt live long in all our memories as one of the greatest highlights of 2018 and possibly for many years to come.

At the helm and keeping the show flowing were our two fabulous Comperes for both nights. The pairing of dynamic duo Carol O Callaghan and Con O Callaghan to host both nights together was one of THE BEST decisions made when putting KinSync together and the committee are shamelessly boasting about and claiming full credit for this fantastic idea!!!
The word amazing somehow doesn’t begin to describe the huge impact Carol and Con brought to KinSync in keeping the shows running smoothly and ‘ticking over nicely’. Their rapport and interaction with one another, with the audience (when they went on walkabout!), with the Acts and with the Judges was top-notch. Commentary flowed easily and naturally as they brought the audience along on the KinSync journey seamlessly through the 3 parts of each show. Even squeezing in a Wardrobe change – as if they hadn’t enough to deal with :-) !! Kinsale GAA Legends Carol and Con!

Top all that off with the most professional Lighting and Sound Systems - operated by an expert team ‘running all the boards’ from the back of the room. Timing was key for all performances – and in the words of the X-Factor show “ you nailed it – John Collins, Seamus Corkery, Michael Madden, Mark Wilson, Denis O Sullivan with Pat Heagarty and Brian Kearney on Spot Lights”. Kinsale GAA Club are indebted to you all for your unbelievable commitment, dedication and drive in ensuring KinSync was not just a success, but a resounding sensational achievement. We sincerely thank each and every one of you………..

At this time we’d also like to give a big shout-out to our 4 out of this world mentors who put in huge time and effort for this event – we can never thank them all enough. Caoilfhionn Collins, Gráinne Ryan, Paul Woods and Sean O Callaghan aided by his name sake the too cool for school Ultan O Callaghan. Each mentor had 2/3 acts appointed to them. Our marvellous mentors provided their acts with incredible support from advice on song choice, help with lip sync routine, wardrobe, answering questions – instilling confidence! They were all a huge huge part in shaping the fantastic entertainment that was produced over both nights. Thank you so much guys.

And not forgetting another great bunch of people who were also vital to the success of the shows. Their comments and interaction with Carol and Con and all of our Acts was superb and made for some great entertainment throughout both shows – we can’t thank our wonderful Judges enough for taking time out of their busy schedules to be with us for KinSync.

FRIDAY NIGHT JUDGES: Janet Frawley, Eoin Ryan and Ciarán Fitzgerald.

SATURDAY NIGHT JUDGES: Gemma O Connor, Sharon Crosbie, Tomás O Brien.

The club are very conscious of the great support it has always received from the community of Kinsale and so for this show it was determined to include something that would give back to the community. So a little twist was added - all the Acts were asked to nominate a charity close to their hearts and the winning act on each night would win €1000 for their nominated charity!

Our Fantastic Winners on both nights were:
Friday night:- Tina’s Rollers Charity Kinsale RNLI to receive €1000
Saturday night:- Guys n Dolls Charity Marymount Hospice to receive €1000

Over the past 5/6 years Kinsale GAA has expanded hugely with now over 1100 members and the facilities on Bandon Road and our new facility in Dunderrow are feeling the strain! We need to improve our facilities to cater for our ever-growing club. At the moment we have approximately 640 Boys & Girls Underage playing both hurling/camogie and football for the club (i.e. 6 to 18 year olds), along with our Intermediate Mens Football and Junior Men’s Hurling and Football Teams, a Junior Ladies Camogie Team and of course our amazing Ladies Football Team, now Senior for 2018 (the first ever Senior team for the club) – how they have raised the profile of our club in the past 2/3 years with their phenomenal success is fantastic - Double County, Double Munster Champions and reaching 2 All-Ireland Finals two years in a row. And not to forget our Minor Men who are County Hurling Champions in 2017 and also reached the County Football Final only to be beaten in a closely contested match!

To bring our facilities in line with our On-Pitch successes we need to Fundraise as much money as we can and our KinSync Event has helped us enormously to do just that. All monies raised from the event itself will go directly to our Club Development Fund. The final numbers are still being calculated but its looking like KinSync raised an approximate 16K for the Club Development Fund – absolutely fantastic stuff – THANK YOU KINSALE SINCERELY FROM EVERYONE AT THE CLUB – AS ALWAYS WE ARE COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED WITH THE AMOUNT OF UNWAVING SUPPORT FOR KINSALE GAA . Please note this is an approximation only and the figure may change!


Thank you once more to all our Fantastic KinSyncers who made all this possible:

GAA Ma’s (performed I Will Follow Him)
Charity – KYSS
Mentor Paul Woods
The GAA Ma’s is made up of:
Joanne McCarthy
Trina O Neill
Leon Sheehan
Deborah Gilleran
Susan Hanrahan
with Special Guest Appearance by Fr Peter !!


Tina’s Rollers (performed Proud Mary)
Charity - Kinsale RNLI
Mentor Caoilfhionn Collins
Act Name – Pat O Regan(with backing Singers Stuart, John, Maxine, backing dancers Cliodhna, Dara, Julie, Mia, Niamh, Aisling–Lucy French School of Dance)


The Brunettes (performed Uptown Funk)
Charity - Cork Simon Community
Mentor Paul Woods
Group made up of :
Orla McCarthy
Karen McCarthy


Guys n Dolls (performed a Medley of B*Witched/Five/ BeeGees)
Charity - Marymount Hospice
Mentor Gráinne Ryan
Group made up of :
Louise Hallissey
Marie O Sullivan
Ciarán O Connor
Laurence Murphy
Brian Murphy
Fintan Lynch
Karen Hayes
Siobhan Healy


Transtown Wannabies (performed Sweet Transvestite)
Charity - Make a Wish Foundation
Mentor Caoilfhionn Collins
Acts Name : Michelle Sheehan (with supporting actors Maxine, John, Stuart, Aisling)



Pearse Street Boys (performed Everybody)
Charity - Marymount Hospice
Mentor You Tube!
Group made up of:
Niall McCarthy
Fergal Reilly
Joey Beecher
Jeremiah Wright
Jack Gould


All the Senior Ladies (performed Run the World)
Charity - Marymount Hospice
Mentor Caoilfhionn Collins
Group made up of:
Kinsale GAA Senior Ladies Football Team. (backing dancers Cliodhna, Dara, Julie, Mia, Niamh, Aisling–Lucy French School of Dance)


Tina Turnaround (performed Simply the Best)
Charity - Cork Alzheimers Home Support
Mentor Gráinne Ryan
Act Name: Maria Barrett


Seanie, The Stents & The Paramedic (performed Paradise by Dashboard Light)
Charity - Jayden Forrest
Mentor Ultan O Callaghan
Group made up of:
Sean O Callaghan
Tom Kelleher
Ger Webb


The GAA Lads (performed All the Single Ladies/Wannabe)
Charity - Kinsale Mens Shed
Mentor Sean O Callaghan
Group is made up of:
Kevin Sheehan
Glynn Aherne
John Martin Nyhan
Pat Monaghan


To all our Superhero Sponsors for coming on board with us to help us produce a great show at minimal expense - THANK YOU SO MUCH:
Blue Haven Collection
Acton’s Hotel
Eli Lilly, Kinsale
Ross Oil
Dino’s Take Away & Restaurant
Max’s Restaurant
I-Walls – Integrated Walling (Ireland) Ltd
Hegarty and Horgan Solicitor
Leon Sheehan Make Up/Beauty Advisor
Dukes Coffee
John O Keefe & Co Solicitors
Jim Edwards Bar & Restaurant
Sams Bar
Senator Tim Lombard
Cllr Aidan Lombard
Banbury and Fitzgerald’s Accountants
Kinsale Coffee
Kinsale Pharmacy
Pharma Serve
Carbon Group
Elev8 Sports Nutrition
Dubliner Cheese
Barry Wright Construction
Blacks Brewery
Denis O Sullivan & Associates Consulting Engineers
The White House Bar & Restaurant
SuperStars
Kinsale Dental
McAuley Adams Solicitors
Graepel Perforators & Weavers Ltd.
Coolez Childrens Clothes Boutique
GI Chemicals
S Transport
Carbery Group
Magic Vacations Kinsale
Deirdre Clune MEP
Engel & Voelkers Auctioneers
The Olde Bakery B&B
Joe Hallissey Developments Ltd
Scoil Náisiúnta Chóbh, Chionn tSáile
Vincent Kiely Coaches
Joe Neville Construction
First South Credit Union
Kinsale GAA would encourage all our members to Please Support all our Sponsors when you can – Thank You.


We had a huge amount of help on both nights – see list below. As always the danger of listing out Thank you’s is forgetting somebody so please please please forgive us if we have slipped up in anyway. The club is so so grateful for all the wonderful work that was done by so many volunteers to make KinSync a reality and make it the phenomenal success it has been.

1. Thank you to Tomás and everyone in Actons Hotel for being the perfect Host Hotel - they facilitated our every request – nothing was a problem.
2. Thank you to The Blue Haven Collection and Ciarán Fitzgerald our Club Sponsors – the club are so thrilled to be working with the Blue Haven Group – they are super official club sponsors.
3. To our back stage helpers :- Barry Wright, Pat O Driscoll, Micheal O Connor, Chris Cronin.
4. To all our volunteers who did loads of jobs throughout the night – including selling of votes, counting of votes who are just too numerous to mention.
5. To Olivier Queva for helping with the stage.
6. To our wonderful Make-up people; Judy Donegan, Natacha Farley, Yvonne Searls, Liz O Callagan, and Daiva.
7. To Caoilfhionn Collins for all her advice and guidance in putting a show like this together.
8. To Paul Woods for directing and making our Christmas Video clip advertising KinSync – it was just WOW.
9. To Music Man Extraordinaire Seamus Corkery and our Sound Man Michael Madden.
10. To Denis O Sullivan and Mark Wilson for coming on board to help with Music and Sound.
11. To Paul McSherry for putting our Sponsors Presentation together.
12. The two lads with the hard task on the spot lights – Pat Heagarty and Brian Kearney.
13. To Brian Kearney, Eithne Fitzpatrick, Kevin Kiely for Camera/Video work.
14. To various businesses and people who contributed in any way to our Fundraiser.
15. A very special Thank you to Frank Curtain Electrical for the loan of the two Smart TVs.
16. Once more to all our incredible acts, mentors, MC extraordinaires and all our amazing Sponsors – Kinsale GAA can never thank you enough.
17. Big thanks to all the Family and Friends of all our acts and mentors for their incredible patience and support.
18. To Mossie at Write On (AKA Favourites) for donating all the balloons.
19. To Rhino Print who worked so hard on all our promotional material.
20. Thank you to all our local schools who continually promote Gaelic games and Kinsale GAA – they all play a huge part in the success of our club
21. A very very big Thank you to Laurence and Jackie in Maurice Murphys Shop for becoming the KinSync Box Office for the past few weeks.
22. To the people, community and businesses of Kinsale for their fantastic and unwavering support for Kinsale GAA Club, not just for tonights Fundraiser but for all the help down through the years. A club can only be as successful as the strong community behind it – and here in Kinsale we are incredibly lucky to always have the support of our amazing community.
23. To our KinSync Committee for all their hard work in bringing this together, Catherine Murphy, Marguerite Murphy, Annemarie Queva, Karen Wright, Emma O Callaghan.
24. Special Thanks to Kinsale Community School for all their unwavering support for Kinsale GAA Club.
25. Huge Thanks to The Rampart Players Drama Group for all the advice and help and for allowing Kinsale GAA Club to use their Lighting and Sound Equipment (Saving us a huge expense). Huge Thanks.
26. And Finally can we say a huge big thank you to one more incredible volunteer, to Mr John Collins for all his advice and help - but more importantly for rigging (on his own), putting together and operating all the lighting for this show – for his support and great, invaluable advice with Music and Sound also ………………absolutely fantastic stuff – the club owes you a great debt of gratitude - thank you so much John.

Please go to our Facebook page for all the fabulous photos and videos of KinSync and enjoy it all once more or if you couldn’t make it – it’ll ensure that you will definitely book your tickets well in advance for KinSync 2019;-)!!!

Report - Picturesque West Cork Town struck down again!

Kinsale is a beautiful tourist town nestled in West Cork and the starting point for many of the Wild Atlantic Way. Famous for its gourmet restaurants and colourful winding streets, this gorgeous town, which was gripped in an epidemic of huge proportions when the SF (Strictly Fever) struck back in late 2015, has once again been struck down with a new and more deadly Fever – KSF (KinSync Fever). This new Fever has mutated from the more commonly known and less potent LSF (Lip Sync Fever) which broke out in various other towns nationwide. As of now the Health Service Executive has admitted there is no confirmed cure for this newly developed and lethal Fever in Kinsale and are advising visitors to be very careful.

Locals have been advised to stay indoors and not to make unnecessary journeys – instigating a curfew has not been ruled out!

The symptoms to watch out for are, an uncontrollable need to ‘sing into any object’ in your hand. Both eyes it seems cannot remain opened while this funny singing is on-going. In-Sync Dance Moves, Wig Wearing, OTT Make-up and the most contagious of all indicators of infection– the appearance that a person is conversing with you but actually there is no sound coming from their mouth, only lip movement!!

Cases have been reported from all over town - the isles in SuperValu and Lidl it seems have been blocked as infectious people sing into carrots, cucumbers, bottles of water or juice to name but a few items. The Blue Haven, Hamlets, Jim Edwards, Max’s, Salvis and Actons have all reported unusual behaviour with guests suddenly jumping up in the middle of eating their food to sing uncontrollably in silence into a spoon ! Bars, Coffee Shops, Frank Curtains Electrical, Maurice Murphys, Fintan Lynches to name but a few, have all reported many incidents.

A recent statement issued by the HSE states - if you encounter one of these KinSyncers (name given to infected people) please do not under any circumstances approach them and report the location to WHO – the World Health Organisation – who have been made aware of the outbreak.

In a bold move earlier last week WHO despatched a team of scientists who are experts in the field of Fevers. A spokesperson for the organisation confirmed that while it was probably a bit early to despatch the EB to deal with the situation it felt it was worth a shot to try and contain the situation. On arrival in Kinsale EB (i.e. codename Easter Bunny) set up Camp in Actons Hotel – where the function room was booked out for 2 nights (2nd and 3rd February). It was hoped that these information/fact finding/demonstration nights would better equip people to deal with KSF, by knowing the dangers and which symptoms to watch out for, thereby quelling the spread of KSF and this deadly Fever would phase itself out over the weekend.

Bad news for Kinsale however as the plan back-fired hugely – both nights had the total opposite effect with KSF (KinSync Fever) exploding onto the streets, finding its way to every corner in Kinsale Town – some reports are also suggesting that it has reached the neighbouring villages of Belgooly and Ballinspittle!!

WHO have now confirmed its an epidemic of catastrophic proportions. At a recent press conference EB (codename Easter Bunny) under duress also confirmed that while the 2015 Fever had for the most part left Kinsale – it was concerned about a small group who were still symptomatic with SF (Strictly Fever) and admitted that they were quite worried about the combination of the two Fevers (KSF and SF) and the effect it would have on these poor people. It seems this group are unfortunately displaying unusual symptoms – of swopping genders with the girls dressing as men and the lads dressing as girls (including the wearing of wigs – in one extreme case a wig with ponytails!), in-sync dance moves, tattoos, as well as all the other KSF symptoms mentioned above. Combine that with some of the SF indicators like the Shoulder Shrugs, shaking your booty, the pointing to the floor and then to the ceiling move, rolly polly and mashed potato move and it’s a receipe for disaster.

So Kinsale will remain in the grips of this new Fever which it seems now has to run its course over a few months. EB (codename Easter Bunny) will return in early April to monitor the situation again closely.

Another statement issued by WHO confirms that if KSF has not disappeared by the end of the year – they will once again have to dispatch their leading Specialists in Fevers in early December to take control of the situation. S.A.N.T.A. (StrictlyFever and NightFever Top Analyst) and E.L.F. (Elevated LipSync Fevers - to KSF ) could arrive in Kinsale as early as 8th December and remain in situ till the 26th!

Good luck Kinsale for the future!


Over n out from KinSync Land – Someday we’ll all be back there again:-)!



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