The Shandrum Ceili Band, led by the gifted Buttevant traditional musician Alan Finn, will be among the 300 artists participating in this year's virtual St. Patrick's Day Fest on a dedicated television channel on their website SPF TV from March 12-17. The theme of the festival is Dúisigh Éire (Awaken Ireland) in which they invite people to throw off the dark days we have endured through the pandemic, and rise to embrace the brighter days ahead. The Shandrum band's performance, which was commissioned by the St. Patrick's Fest, was filmed by Kanturk's Cal Callaghan of On Track Film Company, at Doneraile Park. The house and estate are the former home of the St. Leger family and now one of the most popular parkland amenities in the country that is visited by thousands of people each year.