The Rotunda Master's Cup Golf Classic 2017 Fundraiser
Congratulations to our new Winners of the the 2017 Rotunda Master's cup - Professor Fionnuala Breathnach and her team members, Thomas P Walsh, Aiden Joyce and Thomas F Walsh. They won with a score of 93.
In second place was Dr Rishi Roopnarinesingh's team with a score of 90.
Third place was taken by the Deloitte Healthcare Team with Ross O'Neill and they came in with a score of 86.
A sincere thanks to all who participated and especially to all our sponsors. So far, funds raised have reached over €12,000 in aid of the Rotunda's Research Fund.
Even the weather held up and a great day was had by all!
The Rotunda Lights Purple for World Prematurity Day
The Friends of the Rotunda and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) staff helped raise the awareness of World Prematurity Day yesterday in the Rotunda. Every family within the Unit was presented with a gift pack of purple baby knitwear with compliments from the Rotunda Knitters.
A special thanks to Brendan Memory, Martin Colford and the team, who arranged for the Rotunda to be illuminated in purple last night joining many landmark buildings worldwide to promote the international day of awareness.
Lighting up for World Prematurity Day at the Rotunda Hospital
World-renowned pianist Joanna McGregor at the Pillar Room, Rotunda Hospital.
Pianist Joanna McGregor recently performed at the Pillar Room in a concert presented by Music Network. McGregor is renowned for her dazzling technique, irrepressible energy and musical intellect and for this concert she devised a musical sketch of her life: an eclectic and engaging programme with spine-tingling renditions of Bach via Piazzolla and Thelonious Monk, as well as a brand new commission from Irish composer Conor Linehan.
Since coming to prominence in the 1980s, Joanna MacGregor has built a formidable reputation as one of the world’s most innovative – and tireless – musicians. A renowned concert pianist, she is also a highly-respected composer, curator, conductor and teacher. Throughout her career, MacGregor has repeatedly broken the mould, thanks in part to a hugely diverse repertoire stretching from the Baroque canon to improvised jazz and North American avant-garde.
Pianist Joanna McGregor who recently performed in the Pillar Room
Pillar Room To Be Used For Film Screening and Q&A with actor Colm Meany during St Patrick's Festival
A special screening of ‘The Snapper’ will take place in The Rotunda Hospital (on Sat March 15 at 7.00pm). The screening is taking place for two reasons - firstly the hospital featured as a location in the film and secondly, author Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy (The Commitments, The Snapper & The Van) is the Dublin City Libraries’ Dublin: One City One Book choice for 2015. Colm Meaney, acclaimed Irish actor, who plays the character of Dessie Rabbitte, will be interviewed by RTÉ’s John Kelly on the night. The Pillar Room provides an important source of income for the Friends of the Rotunda which is delighted that this event is being hosted in it. Click here for info about tickets (which are free).
Pillar Room Approved as Venue for Civil Partnership Ceremonies
The Pillar Room has been approved by the HSE Civil Registration Service as a venue for the purpose of a Civil Partnership Ceremony. Our congratulations to Henry Kaye and Irene Curran our first civil partnership. The Pillar Room is an important source of income for the Friends of the Rotunda so we are delighted that Civil Partnership ceremonies can now be held there. Please email Sheila Thompson at friends@rotunda.ie to find out more about hiring it as a venue.
Irene Curran and Henry Kaye at their Civil Partnership ceremony in the Pillar Room
