SCCUL Sanctuary

09/03/2026

Look forward to hosting this tonight! Tribes Beekeepers Galway

February guest speaker… Alice Camugli will give a talk on climate change. Looking forward to hearing her - the presentation starts at 8pm.

09/03/2026

Well done to the Parkinson’s Ireland Galway Choir, you brought incredible energy once again on Saturday evening!

08/03/2026

***Choir Factor 2026***

***Thank You Everyone***

🥇🏆 High Fidelity of Fidelity Investments were the overall winners at Choir Factor 2026 yesterday evening before an audience of 450 people in Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway. The winners of the ‘Most Vibrant Choir’ award were ‘The Galway Simon Community Music Project’.

The event, in aid of the SCCUL Sanctuary, saw six choirs perform.

We are also immensely grateful to all the Choir Directors and the following choirs who put in huge performances:

🎤The Isobars Met Éireann
🎤Medtronic Harmonics
🎤The Galway Sings Ladies Choir
🎤The Peace Choir
🎤Our 'Guest Stars' The Parkinson’s Ireland Galway and Friends Choir.

As the judging panel of Helen Hancock, Dr Mark Keane and Andrew Chapple reminded us on the night, there was only one 'bad part' to the evening and that was having to pick category winners.

🎼🎹We would like to give a huge shout out to our incredible sponsors [see list in photos], MC Mr Daniel Beuster and our thirty-plus amazing volunteers along everyone who attended! We were bowled over by all the support over the last few weeks. Thank you everyone!

📷 Images courtesy of MacDara Tobin.

📆Next year’s Choir Factor will take place on Saturday 6th March 2027! Please email admin@scculsanctuary.ie or call 087 3466220 for more info on taking part or perhaps setting-up your own workplace choir!

07/03/2026

Choir Factor 2026 Part III

07/03/2026

Choir Factor 2026 Part II

07/03/2026

Choir Factor 2026 Part I

07/03/2026

👉Introducing our guest choir for tonight - The wonderful Parkinson’s Ireland Galway Choir, directed by Neesa Flaherty. Thank you for joining us and look forward to seeing and hearing you on stage!

06/03/2026

***Choir Factor Live Stream Details***

🎥For those unable to make tomorrow, we plan to live-stream the choir performances via this page from 7.25pm ---> SCCUL Sanctuary

🙏If you are in a position to donate €5 or €10 towards the Choir Factor fundraiser, you may make a secure donation via
https://www.idonate.ie/donate/cause/scculsanctuary.

👉All proceeds support wellness days for those facing life challenges such as Cancer, Parkinsons, MS and Alzhiemers.

🙏Thank you to each and everyone one for you support over the last few weeks. We are extremely grateful 💜💛

06/03/2026

👉Introducing Medtronic Harmonics, directed by Ronan de Burca, who will perform at Choir Factor tomorrow evening.

The choir will perform two pieces:

🎼 Ave Verum
🎼 Say a Little Prayer

In their words...

"Medtronic Harmonics have graced the Choir Factor stage on numerous occasions since its inception in 2012 and have won on two occasions.

The choir is an inclusive and diverse group as choir members work across a range of roles and departments within the company and are united through participation in the choir rehearsals, performances, and charity fundraising. "

See you tomorrow guys!

Tickets and info via https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/choir-factor-2026-tickets-1981851617538?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

05/03/2026

👉Introducing High Fidelity, directed by Peter Mannion, who will perform at Choir Factor this coming Saturday.

The choir will perform two pieces:

🎼 Harbour
🎼 A Love Like That

In their words...

"The High Fidelity Choir have been singing since 2017 and have been involved with Choir Factor since 2018. We have 20 plus people in the choir, made up of associates from every level within the company.

"We love singing in competitions, at Fidelity work events and for charity fundraisers such as Choir Factor. Our main aim is to have fun, bring a little happiness to people who listen to us, and on Saturday help raise money for the SCCUL Sanctuary".

See you on March 7th!

Tickets and info via https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/choir-factor-2026-tickets-1981851617538?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

04/03/2026

👉Introducing The Isobars directed by Aoife Murray, who will perform at Choir Factor this coming Saturday.

The choir will perform two pieces:

🎼 Ain't No Sunshine
🎼 Mr Blue Sky

In their words...

"The Met Éireann choir, ‘The Isobars’ was founded in early 2017 and is based at Met Éireann HQ in Glasnevin, Dublin. The choir is made up of staff from all over the organisation; from areas such as forecasting, observations and research. Choir members are a mix of shift-working, 9 to 5 and retired staff which means it can be challenging to organise rehearsals to suit everyone!

"The choir’s repertoire is comprised mostly of weather-related songs. Songs by the Beach Boys, The Stunning and AC/DC have all featured on the setlist. These have gone down a storm at various events such as the conference of the European Meteorological Society and previous Workplace Choir of the Year competitions.

"The Isobars perform an annual summer concert at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin and contribute to workplace events and projects, such as the Met Éireann podcast."

See you on March 7th!

Tickets and info via https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/choir-factor-2026-tickets-1981851617538?aff=ebdsoporgprofile