Killarney

By Sean Moriarty
<h3>Killarney Town Twinning Association celebrated Irish and German culture in Pleinfeld this week.</h3>
Pleinfeld and Killarney became twin towns in October 2007. Pleinfeld is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany and is the largest town in the Great Brombachsee region.
A delegation of Killarney Town Twinning Association committee members visited the German town this week.
They were joined by members of the Killarney School of Music. Previous visits focused on the sporting culture of both towns on this occasion music and dance was the main attraction.
A 30-person delegation from Pleinfeld will visit Killarney, between September 4 and 12 as part of a reciprocal arrangement between the two towns.
&ldquo;This year we choose educational and cultural activities having done sport on the last few occasions,&ldquo; said Sean Counihan Chairman of Killarney Town Twinning Association.
&ldquo;We had a wonderful ambassador group from Killarney School of Music led by music teacher Padraig Buckley . The young people got to visit an educational museum dealing with the Nazi Trials in Nurenburg including the actual courtroom where these events took place.

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