Sephira — The Irish Rock Violinists, Ruth and Joyce O’Leary from Carrickmacross were honoured to provide the soundtrack to what has been described as “the most epic weighin of all time” for Bray professional boxer Katie Taylor in Madison Square Garden, New York on Saturday. The City That Never Sleeps feels like a home-from-home for the sibling musicians, in a statement issued to The Northern Standard this week, Sephira stated: “We had the absolute privilege of being asked by Matchroom Boxing to design, create and perform the music for Katie Taylor’s ceremonial weigh-in at Madison Square Garden!
We were so unbelievably proud to stand alongside our champion Katie for this magical historic moment. Huge congratulations Katie, Ireland is the proudest country on Earth!” Katie, known as ‘KT The Bray Bomber,’ proved worthy of her ‘Simply the Best’ accolade, as she emerged victorious….
