by Kate Heaney MEMBERS supported a motion at Tuesday’s Letterkenny Milford MD meeting calling for the performance area in Letterkenny Town Park to be named after the late Ted Ponsonby. Councillor Jimmy Kavanagh called on the executive to explore options for funding to erect a canopy over the area to help encourage its use for arts […]
A night for Ted Ponsonby
A CELEBRATION of life concert in memory of Donegal musician Ted Ponsonby takes place on Monday in Letterkenny. There was much sadness across the county in September following the death of Ted Ponsonby, late of Glencar Scotch, who has been remembered as one of Donegal’s finest ever musical exports. A host of musicians will come […]
Sadness over the death of talented musician Ted Ponsonby
THERE is a sense of sadness in Letterkenny following the death of talented musician Ted Ponsonby. Ted passed away yesterday (Wednesday). A son of Molly and Terry, he was a member of the Ponsonby family from Old Town, Letterkenny who are well known for their musical talents. Advertisement Ted was married to Marylin and was […]
Notes from a talented Letterkenny luthier
FROM the workshop behind his Letterkenny home, a talented and highly reputable luthier named Fitz Howard is busy hand-crafting another of his guitars. Howard’s signature sound has led to him working closely with Altan’s Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh’s while the late Henry McCullough, the only Irishman to play Woodstock, and who joined Paul McCartney in Wings […]
Ted Ponsonby and Pat Muldowney feature in new web series
RENOWNED Donegal musicians Ted Ponsonby and Pat Muldowney feature in the first episode of a brand new web series.