Jimmy MacCarthy

Tonight the Mayo Male Voice Choir will perform at the Church of the Holy Rosary in Castlebar at 8pm.

As reported by the Connaught Telegraph one of the songs being performed by the special guests will be a rendition of Jimmy MacCarthy’s The Contender.

The classic song about the Cork boxer Jack Doyle will be sung by Mayo Vocal Academy founder Anne Marie Gibbons and John Molloy.

The Contender has been performed by many artists, including, but not limited to Tommy Fleming, Christy Moore, Brian Kennedy, Celtic Tenors, Hubert McCormack.

Jimmy MacCarthy first performed the song himself on Kennedy Live in 1995 before releasing it as a single in November 1998 for the album Celtic Heartbeat : A Winter’s Tale, it was then released on his own album The Moment in July 2002.