The Mayo Male Voice Choir will perform at the Church of the Holy Rosary in Castlebar this Friday, April 24th at 8pm.
It has been reported by the Connaught Telegraph that 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 Tommy Fleming, Christy Moore, Brian Kennedy, Celtic Tenors, Hubert McCormack.
Jimmy MacCarthy first performed the song himself on Kennedy Live in 1995 and released 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.
Jimmy MacCarthy 