Meet the members of Newbridge gospel choir who have been meeting up every Monday evening for almost 15 years. Music director Lisa Nagle moved back to Ireland after travelling in Australia at the start of 2012 when she was landed with the opportunity to direct the choir, which now has around 90 members. The choir are very busy at the moment working away at their Christmas songs since the end of August for different community events like putting up the Christmas tree in Newbridge, Christmas carolling in the Whitewater shopping centre or visiting nursing homes to put a smile on the elderly's faces. READ NEXT: PHOTOS: All the snaps from the U11 Cumann na mBunscol Kildare finalsplaceholder image
Meet the members of Newbridge gospel choir who have been meeting up every Monday evening for almost 15 years. Music director Lisa Nagle moved back to Ireland after travelling in Australia at the start of 2012 when she was landed with the opportunity to direct the choir, which now has around 90 members. The choir are very busy at the moment working away at their Christmas songs since the end of August for different community events like putting up the Christmas tree in Newbridge, Christmas carolling in the Whitewater shopping centre or visiting nursing homes to put a smile on the elderly's faces. READ NEXT: PHOTOS: All the snaps from the U11 Cumann na mBunscol Kildare finals

PICTURES: 'Like a second family' - Meet the members of Newbridge Gospel Choir

By Rachel Kavanagh
Published 4th Nov 2025, 21:00 BST

A gospel choir in Newbridge was set up nearly 15 years ago and has accumulated over 90 members

Music director Lisa Nagle from Newbridge has been the musical director of the gospel choir since the start of 2012. "Thankfully they chose me after I interviewed for the role...there was a group of 15 back then and now we have a group of just over 90... "It's an absolute joy....now I run a very tough rehearsal but the vibe when everyone comes in the door is that you can leave everything that's happening in your life and come and just sing and be part of a group. "My favourite thing about running this choir is watching what happens when something comes together.... so each section sit and learn their own parts at home and they come in and we pull them apart like tonight...and when the sounds come together everybody gets such a buzz."

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Music director Lisa Nagle from Newbridge has been the musical director of the gospel choir since the start of 2012. "Thankfully they chose me after I interviewed for the role...there was a group of 15 back then and now we have a group of just over 90... "It's an absolute joy....now I run a very tough rehearsal but the vibe when everyone comes in the door is that you can leave everything that's happening in your life and come and just sing and be part of a group. "My favourite thing about running this choir is watching what happens when something comes together.... so each section sit and learn their own parts at home and they come in and we pull them apart like tonight...and when the sounds come together everybody gets such a buzz."

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