'Little Mayo' celebrated in special radio show
Mayo Manchester Tradfest.
‘Little Mayo’ celebrated in special radio show A tight-knit Manchester district known as ‘Little Mayo’ takes centre stage in a special radio show that will air this aftertoon.
RTÉ Radio 1 will broadcast, ‘Manchester’s Green Heart’ at 3pm today.
Levenshulme, in south Manchester, is home to one of the largest Mayo diaspora communities in the UK.
Among the featured personalities is Tony Hennigan, the director of the Manchester-based promotions company Young, Gifted and Green and CEO of Mayo Manchester Tourism and Business Group.
“It was great to see RTÉ in the heart of Manchester’s Irish community and to chat to them about we have been doing to promote Irish culture in the area since 1989 and our work with Mayo County Council during the last 10 years with Mayo Manchester to develop relationships between the two areas and our annual Mayo Manchester Tradfest in Mayo. The festival is heading to Castlebar next August for the bank holiday weekend and it will be great fun,” said Tony.
The show is presented by Deb Grant and produced by Emma Goswell, who popped into the Union Irish music bar, a Levenshulme Pub Company bar, which is owned by Mayo business man Lawrence Hennigan. They chatted to Alan Keegan, the voice of Old Trafford at Manchester United and author of three books about the Irish community in Manchester called ‘Irish Manchester’. Alan gave the show an insight into Manchester United’s Irish connections and revealed some of the fascinating facts in his three books about the Irish community in Manchester. Alan hosts the annual Mayo Manchester Tradfest in Mayo.
The team also chatted to the creative manager at Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance show, James Keegan. James also helps run the Manchester-based Keegan Academy of Irish Dance.
Other guests included Matt Kelly from the Irish Music Festival ‘Craic by the Creek’ and Joe Casserley, presenter of the Manchester Irish Radio show ‘On Eire’.
