If you've been reading here for a while you might remember hearing about Nicky Kealy.
Last year he wrote a great
guest post
about working with his first guide dog Richie, and I wrote about going to his
birthday
celebrations in Carlow in May.
He's been on TV a bit recently, and you might be able to keep him on it a bit longer if you keep reading, then if you live in Ireland or the UK and vote for him.
Glor Tire is a country and western music competition currently running on TG4. Nicky is one of nine singers participating. Wednesday is the beginning of the ilimination process, where two contestants leave the show each week, leaving three competing for the title of Glor Tire in the grand final.
You can watch the show at 10 30 PM on Wednesday on TG4. You can help to keep Nicky in the competition by texting glor7 to 53307 in Ireland or, glor7 to 81108 if your in Northern Ireland or the UK. Text any time and as often as you like, until he wins!
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Posts to check out:
Links:
- My guide dogs radio documentary
- follow me on twitter: I'm @ojdoherty
- Inishowen Community Radio: where I volunteer
- Stuart Lawler
- Insight Radio- Europe's first radio station for blind and visually impaired people
- OJ on Nationwide on RTE
- Blind Cool Tech - podcasts about almost everything you can think of
- Ouch- the BBC's disability site
- Irish guide dogs for the blind
Blogs I like:
- Torie's blog
- in the centre of the roof
- Our Jacob
- 2 u i bestow
- cruisin with Cricket
- Trust Tommy
- Darren Byrne
- Irish Assistance Dog
- k8 the gr8
- Head Rambles
- John Grogan (author of Marley and Me)'s blog
- this is what I do: Darragh Doyle's blog
- Foy Vance's blog - interesting thoughts and observations from an excellent musician
- Digital Darragh!
- The Michael Stipe Q and A blog
- Operation Puppy Raiser
- Selina's world
- Safe and Sound- the adventures of Beth and her guide dog Hanni
- Rick O Shea's blog
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About Me
- Jen
- I have been blind since birth and have wanted a guide dog from a very young age. On 22nd June 2007, i was matched with my first dog O J. I wanted to keep a diary of what the experience of training and owning a guide dog is like, and how it fits in with my everyday life. By doing this, i hope to talk to new people, hear their experiences, and help educate others about the importance of guide dogs in the lives of blind and visually impaired people.
6 comments:
How exciting. I'll have to check youtube to see if I can see him singing as I'm in the states.
Ok, hopefully this works this time. I didn't quite expect Jen to write about me but it is much appreciated that she has done. Thanks Jennifer x. She is a great person folks and has been very good to me with all of her support.
I am not sure if clips will be on youtube. I would like them to be so I will make enquiries and come back to you on that one. The kind of music I will be doing not to give away too much will be Irish ballad type country bordering on folk. It will not be very heavy country. I hope anyone that listens will enjoy it and again, a bit huge thanks to Jen for telling you all about it.
Whoa! What? Soooooo cool.
Good luck Nicky. :)
Sounds good Jen - will have to try and remember. TG4 shows a lot of its programmes on its site - if not live then on it's i-player - and usually worldwide.
Try here GirlRural - i don't know time zones though.
http://www.tg4.ie/en/index.html
Hi Y'all,
Hope he wins. We too are in the states and will have to check U-Tube in hopes of catching a glimpse.
Y'all come by now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
Thanks for the link John.
He's through to another week anyway. yay!
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