Honorary Lifetime Friends Membership of Birr Castle Demesne awarded to local woman
Maureen de Forge honoured for contributions to the Demesne, the town of Birr and the wider community
LORD and Lady Rosse, the management and team at Birr Castle Demesne were delighted to present an Honorary Lifetime Friends Membership to Birr local Maureen de Forge recently.
This wonderful acknowledgement is in recognition and sincere appreciation of her support and ongoing contributions to the Demesne, the town of Birr and the wider community over many years. Formerly a PE teacher in St Brendan’s Community School, Maureen for her roles in the school shows as producer, director and choreographer.
Having previously been involved with the Nenagh Players, Maureen joined Birr Stage Guild in 1972, an organisation which would go on to benefit immensely from her experience and love of the arts for over 50 years.
Following the renovation of the Oxmantown Hall, now called Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, Maureen produced a performance of “HMS Pinafore”, exactly 100 years after the same show was put on in that theatre. Maureen continues her efforts in bringing music to the people of Birr and in enhancing the enjoyment of classical music and the arts for all, most recently with her dedication to the Birr Festival of Music and Trench Awards which has run for the past ten years every May bank holiday weekend in Birr Castle. www.birrcastle.com .