Frances McDermott, front row. She has just won the Irish national final of the ‘Deep in My Heart’ Singing Contest – sponsored by MGM, London impresario Harold Fielding and Independent Newspapers. It took place in the Carlton Cinema in Dublin, 1955. Another famous singer, Bernadette Greevey, also competed: she is second row from top, second from right. Frances went on to win silver at the International final in London, and was
awarded a scholarship to study singing in Rome.