Hometown Girls: Donegal musical about 1992 and 2012 set for An Grianán

Hometown Girls, the original musical with country and folk songs based on Donegal’s All-Ireland triumphs in 1992 and 2012, is coming to the An Grianán Theatre in Letterkenny

The show will take place on Thursday, 25 and Friday, 26 of September, after three sold-out performances in Glenties in April.

Hometown Girls tells the story of three childhood friends, their lives, loves and heartbreaks and the town they were brought up in, across the span of 20 years, based on Donegal’s All-Ireland victories in 1992 and 2012. The musical showcases the sheer joy felt by the people following Donegal’s All-Ireland wins. Not only can it lay claim to being the first musical about Donegal winning the All-Ireland, but it is also one of the first to feature completely original country and folk songs.

Hometown Girls has assembled talented performers from Glenties, Ardara and surrounding areas, young and old, some of who have never acted before. The show even features a member of the 1992 panel, Michael Gallagher, who made his debut on the stage in the April performances.

“We are thrilled to be taking Hometown Girls from Glenties to An Grianán and sharing it with as many people in Donegal as we can,” says director Maria MacInnes.” For all of us involved in the show it is a dream come true to be performing this heart-warming, feel-good musical at Donegal’s largest theatre.”

Tickets cost €17 and €12 (concessions). 

The show is full of laughter (and some tears) from the opening number, What A Day To be Alive, a raucous singalong where the people celebrate Donegal’s momentous victory in 1992, a day when they saw “old men break into tears”, a day when: 

“Molloy said ‘Sam’s for the hills’, 

Everybody cheered and roared, 

The green and gold of Donegal, 

Could no longer be ignored.”