The Smiths guitarist, Johnny Marr got a warm welcome home in Athy as a special plaque was unveiled which he dedicated to his family especially his parents John Marr and Francis Doyle who left the Kildare to make a new life in Manchester.
He unveiled the plaque on Friday, November 2 at Anderson's Bar in Emily Square.
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Johnny Marr, with young musicians, Eoin Ryan (left) and Tadhg Fitzgerald, Athy
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Cllr. Mark Wall, Patricia Berry; Lucina Russell, Co. Kildare Arts Officer; Kim Kuegler, Cllr. Aoife Breslin, Frank Taaffe, Eugene Doyle