Carrickedmond man to represent Longford at Mr Personality Festival

Pauric Dempsey will represent County Longford at the 17th Annual Mr Personality Festival which is being organised by Kilkenny County Macra na Feirme. 

The festival will take place on April 5 & 6 at The Talbot Hotel, Clonmel. The festival has been kindly sponsored by Kilkenny, Carlow and District Farm Relief Services. 

Pauric is 20 years old. He is an active member of South Longford Macra na Feirme and has listed taking part in the Longford Ploughing Match to raise money for his Macra club as one of his most memorable Macra moments. His hobbies and interests include farming, football and socialising. He is a man of many talents! 

Pauric believes he will make a good representative for Longford Macra because he is ‘the whole package’ or so he has been told at least.

He has a jam-packed weekend ahead of him! The contestants will arrive at The Talbot Hotel at 2pm on Friday, April 5 and will be heading out for their first group activity of the weekend. On their arrival back to the hotel, the on-stage interviews will kick off at 7:30pm. The on-stage interviews will be conducted by our MC, Miss Michelle Heffernan from Beat 102-103. This will be followed by music from the much-anticipated A-Bros band and DJ till late. 

Pauric will have an early start on Saturday morning with contestant private interviews with our judges. Once the interview is finished, Pauric will be heading for some jiving lessons with Niall Doorhy; anyone interested is welcome to attend. After lunch, the contestant challenges will take place which will see Pauric be put through his paces! 

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On Saturday evening, Pauric will be donning his suit and meeting with Kilkenny, Carlow and District Farm Relief Services and have their official photos taken. This is followed by the banquet, starting at 6:30pm. This year, the Mr Personality committee has a very special guest making an appearance for the banquet- so make sure you get your seat early as it’s a surprise you really don’t want to miss out on!! The Loose Cannons will be playing hit after hit, until Mr Personality 2024 is announced at 12 midnight. The DJ will be continuing the celebrations till the early morning.

Kilkenny County Macra na Feirme ensures that there will be no shortage of Macra activity during the weekend in Clonmel, as we will see the return of the Hurling and Camogie competition this year.

Tickets for the banquet/ restaurant can be booked by contacting Laura or Michael in The Talbot Hotel on (052) 6188700. Full details are available on the Mr Personality Festival socials, so keep an eye on what is shared to keep up to date with what is happening in the lead up to the festival. Further information is available by contacting Christine O’Neill on (087) 3128562 or Aoife Power on (087) 7535154.

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