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Ireland comes to Bellaire

By Angie Frederickson, Staff writer | April 27, 2024

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Vanesa Carr, Dave Beathard, Mike Carr, Tommy O’Sullivan, Saundra O’Sullivan, Aileen McCormick, Cathy Beathard, Sharon Thompson, Andy McCormick, Jesse Thompson

Vanesa Carr, Dave Beathard, Mike Carr, Tommy O’Sullivan, Saundra O’Sullivan, Aileen McCormick, Cathy Beathard, Sharon Thompson, Andy McCormick, and Jesse Thompson

After a chance meeting in Ireland, Aileen and Andy McCormick hosted Irish musicians for a concert in their Bellaire home. While hiking around the Dingle Peninsula, the McCormicks and their travel companions (pictured) met Tommy O’Sullivan, a traditional Irish musician who performs with his native-Texan wife Saundra, in their Dingle, Ireland pub, The Courthouse Pub. The group all started following the musicians on Facebook and discovered they travel to the United States during the winter months and will perform house concerts. Aileen and Andy hosted 50 of their friends to hear Tommy and Saundra perform for a night of great music, food, and drinks. A highlight of the evening was Aileen’s impromptu Irish jig in honor of her mother who taught her the traditional dance as a child. Pictured are (from left) Vanesa Carr, Dave Beathard, Mike Carr, musicians Tommy and Saundra O’Sullivan, Aileen McCormick, Cathy Beathard, Sharon Thompson, Andy McCormick, and Jesse Thompson.

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