Ted Ponsonby Arts and Performance Area opened in Letterkenny

The Ted Ponsonby Arts and Performance Area was officially opened today in Bernard McGlinchey Town Park, Letterkenny, to honour the late musician.

The new memorial space features a one‑tonne black limestone guitar sculpture created by award‑winning sculptor Redmond Herrity from Kilkenny limestone. The sculpture was funded by €5,570 raised at a tribute concert earlier this year.

Family members, including Ted’s daughter Sarah Ponsonby, and local officials such as Councillors Jimmy Kavanagh, Tomás Seán Devine, Gerry McMonagle and Mayor Pauric McGarvey attended the unveiling.

Performances were provided by Sarah Ponsonby and Chris Preston, Don Ponsonby and The Mindbenders, My Generation, The Rednecks and busking festival winner Michael Joseph McColgan. The set concluded with John Dinny’s Waltz, one of Ted’s best‑known compositions.

Councillor Jimmy Kavanagh, who championed the project, said the area is intended as a lasting legacy to inspire future musicians and artists.

Source: Donegal Daily. Photo: Nika Cuores / Pexels.