JIMMY IS LORD AND MASTER AGAIN

Jimmy Rafferty became Bard of Armagh for an unprecedented fourth time at a packed Armagh City Hotel last night 19 November 2010.   He narrowly pipped fierce rival Liam McNally in the closest contest for years.  Even before Jimmy took to the lecturn he had the audience in stitches with his regal attire to suit his poem, ‘Her Majesty’s Pleasure’.  A chorus of ‘Good Queen Bess’ resounded in the background.

It was another mesmerising evening of hilarity with themes varying from the recession to being politically correct, from dieting to overeating and from wedding invitations to shopping.  Newcomer Colleen Downham took the inaugural Rosemary Twohig trophy with a superb performance ‘Lady GAA GAA’.  Donal McKenna’s ‘Cock a Doodle Do’ was his best performance yet and at over eighty years of age he just gets better and better.

£500  Jimmy Rafferty- Her Majesty’s Pleasure

£400  Liam McNally – Sausages from St Luke’s

£200 Donal McKenna – Cock a Doodle Do

£200 Colleen Downham – Lady GAA GAA

£200 Henry McGrath – The Recession

£75 each to:

Mary Byrne

Colette Corrigan

Margaret Heatley

Damien McGirr

Patrick Montague

Tommy Murray

David Myles