Very successful 'Miscellany'.

More than 2,500 euros was donated at Sunday afternoon's 'Miscellany on Sunday' in Tom and Phena Bermingham's home.



The 'Miscellany' has been an annual event since the first one in 2000, and has raised many thousands of euros for the Michael Garry House hostel for the homeless in Newbridge.

There was the usual eclectic turnout of entertainers for the constantly changing audience of Sunday afternoon. They included, among others, Dorley O'Sullivan's classical music group, singers and musicians Lugaidh Moran, Roy Thompson, Aoife Kelly, Eoin O'Toole, Bernard Roche and Philomena Breslin. Nessa Dunlea did a reading from Helen Steiner Rice and Pauline Fagan read a piece produced at the Kilcullen writers group.

"It is very heartening for us at the shelter to see the kind of support like this," Tim Gallagher from Michael Garry House told those who came. "Over the years the Kilcullen Homeless Awareness Group have raised tens of thousands of euros for us."

Here's a slide show of people and entertainers at the event.

Brian Byrne.