Killarney

By Michelle Crean
<h3>A local soprano was getting in the festive mood as far back as last March &#8211; writing a Christmas song which she is releasing today (Friday).</h3>
It&#8217;s the first song written by Mary Culloty O&#8217;Sullivan and she&#8217;s so excited to finally reveal it to the world on all streaming platforms &#8211; after keeping it a secret for nine months!
&#8220;I wrote &#8216;Christmas Bells&#8217; last March, and it was one of the first songs I wrote!&#8221; Mary told the Killarney Advertiser.
 &#8220;I&rsquo;m not sure what inspired me to write a few Christmas songs last March but I ended up writing a few until the summer! I chose four out of what I wrote to do an EP which includes &#8216;Christmas Bells&#8217;, &#8216;Winter&#8217;, &#8216;Heartbreak at Christmas&#8217;, and &#8216;Home for Christmas&#8217;.&#8221;
 She added that she is delighted and grateful to be one of the recipients of the 2021 Eamonn Kelly Bursary Awards from the Kerry Arts Council, which funded &#8216;Christmas Bells&#8217;.
 Her songs will be available to download on Spotify, iTunes and all other streaming platforms worldwide.
 &#8220;A huge thank you to Tony O&rsquo;Flaherty from Sonas Studios who has recorded and produced the EP, I am thrilled with everything!&#8221;
 Mary will be doing a livestream on her Facebook Page this coming Sunday at 8pm to launch her EP and will be singing her own songs and well-known traditional carols.
 &#8220;Please request &#8216;Christmas Bells&#8217; from Radio Kerry and all radio stations around the country. It is already getting a great reaction in the UK. It is No.1 in a Christmas Song Radio Poll Bluetorch Radio, so I am delighted with that! I am very excited to see what happens throughout December, and am also looking forward to 2022 as I have songs written and ready to record and release into the world!&#8221;

Mary ready to reveal new song after months of waiting

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