Birr/Portumna band rock Connacht

 The rivalry between Birr and Portumna might be strong in the hurling world, but the two worked well together musically when a band with members from both towns won the Connaught Regional Finals of the Coca Cola Blast Beat competition last Saturday.

Reef-Stained, with members from St Brendan?s Community Schools in Birr and Portumna, were declared outright winners in the Black Box Theatre in Galway after three hours of music. Formed during the School of Rock in Birr Theatre, the band is made up of Birr?s Peter Kelly and Brian Murphy, along with Michael D?Alton and Mark Finnerty of Portumna.

The band will now perform at the Coca Cola Blast Beat All Ireland final in the Tripod on Dublin?s Harcourt Street on Saturday, May 11.

For more log onto www.blastbeat.org or www.blastspace.com.