The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132137   Message #2988268
Posted By: GUEST
16-Sep-10 - 05:44 PM
Thread Name: Singing in Bray (Ireland)
Subject: RE: Singing in Bray
to Kat,
The Bray in question is in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland, not to be confused with the Bray where the famous Vicar came from. It is quiet close to Dublin, in fact the name derives from the noise a donkey makes, as it is within an Asse's roar of Dublin. Bray was in County Dublin at one stage, but some yahoo from Wicklow won it in a raffle at a singers session many years ago. The Bray Singers Club should be confused with the North Wicklow Singers Circle mentioned in previous threads, as it is the same. It just went thru the folk process. The change in name was made to draw those old Dublin singers who think Bray is still in Dublin.
Some years ago, when the country was awash with money, in what we called the "Celtic Tiger", messers Henderson and Stout suggested a motorway be built from Tallaght to Bray. They could foresee years ago that singers in Knocklyon could use this motorway to get to Bray in 14minutes and 27 seconds for a singing session. So if you live in Knocklyon, dublin 16, get in touch and join the driving roster with meself, Mick and the Mot