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<h3>The community hall in Keel, Castlemaine will be rocking to the country sounds of Eddie Lee and The Paudie Coffey Band next month as locals plan a fundraiser.</h3>
The &lsquo;Keel Goes Country&rsquo; fundraising concert takes place on Saturday, April 2 to assist with funding for recent and ongoing renovations to the hall.
 With the unrivalled popularity of the headline act and the undoubted appetite for live music events, following a two-year hiatus, the &#8216;Keel Goes Country&#8217; concert is expected to be a sell out.
 The community hall in Keel was renovated to exceedingly high standards and re-opened in October 2019. The venue was beginning to attract bookings from a variety of community groups, sports clubs and businesses when the pandemic hit, leaving the Keel community with financial holes to fill following the renovation and short of funding for further planned improvement projects.
 The &lsquo;Keel Goes Country&rsquo; concert is the first of many events planned to put the hall back at the centre of community activities in the parish.
 &ldquo;We are really looking forward to hosting this concert,&rdquo; Keel Community Council chairman, Gerard O&rsquo; Dowd, said. &ldquo;We are seeing interest in attending from all over the county, which is not surprising, given the profile and popularity of Eddie and the Paudie Coffey band. It will be great to see quality country music and dancing in the hall after such a long time and hope fully provide some much needed funding for ongoing community projects.&#8221;
 The &#8216;Keel Goes Country&rsquo; concert kicks off at 8pm on the night. Refreshments will be available throughout the evening, together with a prize raffle.
 Tickets are &euro;10 each and are available to order online from the Keel Community Facebook page and from Culloty&rsquo;s Electrical, The Mall Tralee, Hickey&rsquo;s Music Shop, Main St. Castleisland and all local shops in Keel and Castlemaine.

Keel goes country for community hall renovation

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