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\nMick and Valerie Dolan received a lifetime achievement award<\/p>\n
St John’s Brass and Reed Band has been named Limerick Person of the Year 2025 at a ceremony in the city.<\/p>\n
The award recognises an extraordinary 160-year contribution to music in Co Limerick, as well as the band\u2019s role in mentoring generations of musicians.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1865 as the Victuallers Band by the city\u2019s butchers\u2019 guild, it is now one of Ireland\u2019s oldest community bands and remains a central part of Limerick\u2019s cultural life.<\/p>\n
They perform regularly at major civic events, including the International Band Championship and St Patrick\u2019s Day parades.<\/p>\n
The band\u2019s chair Tony McCarthy dedicated the award to members past and present.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re absolutely shocked to be honest about it,” he said.<\/p>\n
“There were so many worthy recipients throughout the year on a monthly basis and we honestly didn\u2019t think we\u2019d be getting awarded Limerick Persons of the Year,” he added.<\/p>\n
\nMick and Valerie Dolan received a lifetime achievement award<\/p>\n
Mr McCarthy said that last year the band celebrated its 160th anniversary.<\/p>\n
“We are a band in development, we\u2019re going from strength to strength,” he said.<\/p>\n
“This reward is a recognition of the present members and past members who have all played their part in the development of St John\u2019s Brass and Reed Band,” Mr McCarthy added.<\/p>\n
Mick and Valerie Dolan, the couple behind music venue Dolan\u2019s Warehouse, received a lifetime achievement award in recognition of their longstanding contribution to the city\u2019s cultural and entertainment landscape.<\/p>\n
The couple operate Dolan\u2019s, a traditional Irish pub on the Dock Road in Limerick city.<\/p>\n
They have played a major role in bringing large-scale live music experiences to iconic Limerick locations, including the Milk Market, King John\u2019s Castle and the Limerick docklands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St John’s Brass and Reed Band has been named Limerick Person of the Year 2025 at a ceremony…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-370324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}