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T O M M Y A N D T H E B RO T H ERS New musical based on the rise and times of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy M akem Set to premier at 8 T H E H)WPgREN soon! L t o R:
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St . Pat r ick 's Day In Ir elan d By Jim McDonough
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Live Ir ish Dan ce an d M u sic h as been a r ar e f in d f or t h e m ost par t du r in g t h e past t w o year s. Th e f ir st glim m er of a r et u r n t o gr eat st agecr af t an d live Ir ish En t er t ain m en t w as in Decem ber w it h
in Calif or n ia an d Ar izon a last Decem ber . We ar e deligh t ed t o r epor t t h at Ker r y Ir ish Pr odu ct ion s w ill r et u r n in M ar ch t o Sou t h er n Calif or n ia an d Ar izon a w it h t h e acclaim ed Sh ow : St. Patrick's Day In Irela nd!
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Let t er Fr om THE PUBLISHER Dear Friends and Readers
St . Pat r ick 's Day 2022 is less t h an THREE WEEKS f r om n ow ! Last year at t h is t im e, w e w er e w or k in g on ou r Alon e/ TOGETHER Live St r eam ! Th e con cept w as sim ple. w e w an t ed t o alleviat e som e of t h e dr ead t h at m an y people w er e exper ien cin g ow in g t o t h e Pan dem ic. Th e idea f or t h e Live St eam w as bor n of t h e r ealizat ion t h at a lar ge n u m ber of people w er e w or r ied abou t t h e appr oach in g St . Pat r ick 's Day becau se t h ey f elt alon e an d lock ed ou t of t h eir n or m al lives. Sadly, a lot of t h is is st ill t r u e an d n ow w e h ave t h e ver y r eal t h r eat of w ar in Eu r ope an d ser iou s econ om ic pr oblem s t o cope w it h . All t h is is ver y dif f icu lt f or m an y people. Pu bs an d f u n w elcom in g Ir ish Even t s ar e r eally im por t an t t o m an y of u s an d especially du r in g u n cer t ain t im es. Th e loss of t h ese im por t an t social ou t let s is r eally t ou gh . We alw ays h ear f r om a lot of people bu t w e n ot iced a dr am at ic u pt ick in em ails an d calls over t h e cou r se of t h e past year . People ar e st ill lon esom e. We plan on doin g m or e ou t r each t o t h e Ir ish an d Ir ish Am er ican com m u n it ies an d ou r r eader s. We ar e set t in g u p a You Tu be Ch an n el. We ar e also en cou r agin g ou r r eader s t o get m or e in volved in all f or m s of ou t r each an d volu n t eer in g. Becom e join er s! Bot h t h e Scot t ish Fair in Cost a M esa an d t h e Ir ish Fair in Lon g Beach ar e on f or 2022. M u ch m or e on t h is in ou r u pcom in g issu es.
To all our fr iends and reader s, we wish you a ver y special and Happy St Patr ick's Day! On page 19 of this issue, we have links to all our Facebook Pages. Please L I K E/SHARE and COM M ENT. We are wor king on our expanded M ighty I r ish Networ k and we will have details for you on that ver y soon too Jim M cDonough, Publisher ir ishmissive@gmail.com
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Tom m y an d t h e Br ot h er s A New Tr ibu t e t o Som e Old Fr ien ds By William Pennington The theater goes dark and as the blue light comes up there are four figures silhouetted and they open the show with a very apropos song as the glorious sound of four harmonizing Irish singers fills the intimate theater with the unmistakable style of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. It is a well produced and performed tribute to the four most famous Irishmen of the 60's, telling the story from their beginning in Greenwich Village through to the Ed Sullivan Show and beyond. It is a magical, nostalgic night of music and stories for those who remember them and a fine introduction through this wonderful tribute "Tommy and the Brothers", for those who are just learning of them for the first time. "This has been a four year labor of love" says Thom MacNamara, writer, producer and director of the show. "I started researching in 2018, wrote it in 2019 and then COVID shut the world down. Ken O'Malley has been with me from the beginning as my producing partner and as Musical Director for the project." Ken added, "We started and stopped a couple of times, losing people as we did, but I have to say we are blessed with the cast we have. They are outstanding. They have worked very hard and not only do they have excellent voices but they are all professional musicians." The show runs about two hours with an intermission and covers the group, from Ireland through the break up in 1969 and the reunion tour of 1984. There are a few surprising mentions of people before they were famous and the group's attitude when they first started out is interesting. All in all, it gives you an excellent perspective of these guys as they adapt to New York life, acting on and off Broadway, singing their way through the pubs and clubs, raucous late night sessions and their ultimate rise to international success....beyond their wildest dreams. Ken O'Malley has honed the four of them into a cohesive group who are spot on as they play the same instruments as the original members.
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Th e sh ow st ar s Sean Faye Cu llen as Paddy Clan cy, Dan n y Ober beck as Tom Clan cy, an d Joel M an k ey as Tom m y M ak em & Dalt on M alt z as Liam Clan cy Specifically, Dalton learned the concertina for an especially dramatic version of Tommy Makem?s ?Four Green Fields? in the second half. Thom MacNamara?s direction is balanced between honored respect and conspicuous expose. The result is a wonderful revealing story of four talented men who rode the rollercoaster of fame and fortune, while embellishing their musical culture with the sounds and high energy of the old American union folk songs and leaving us some of the most beloved Irish songs ever recorded.
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Multi-Talented Owen Dara's Third Feature Film A new Film by Award-Winning Filmmaker Owen Dara is Coming Soon Following the success of two feature films shot in his home city of Cork, Owen Dara is busy at work on post-production for his third feature film. The film (currently using the working title ?Landscape?) which was also shot in Cork, stars some familiar faces from his previous films ?Choosing Signs?and ?The Holy Fail?. Jessica Lancaster, who plays leading roles in Owen?s earlier films, takes on the role of Sophie, an American shopaholic who has temporarily emigrated to Ireland. ?This is the quirkiest role she has ever played? says Owen. ?It's also my favourite because it really shows her range as both a comedic and dramatic actor ?. Also returning in different roles are Stiofán Wyley, Alan Riordan, Frank Predergast and Máirín Predergast. Fans of the earlier films will recall Máirín's stellar performance as Sister Assumpta in ?The Holy Fail?. ?I love working with actors who can inhabit different roles and who I have built up a trust with? says Owen. ?I feel we?ve been very lucky with our casting, and just like the other films, there isn't a single bad performance in this
I r ish Ar ts & Enter tainment one? except maybe by me of course? he adds with laugh. Just as in his previous features, Owen plays a leading role in this one, along with some new additions to the team, including veteran stage actor Ber Power, Dungarvan native Michael O' Mahony, and Dublin-based Paula McGlinchey. Paula, who plays Owen?s wife, was a lucky find according to the film's producers because after their having auditioned several actresses who didn't have the right take on the role, Paula walked in with a pitch perfect reading of the scenes. Her instincts were spot on throughout the filming, and her performance, along with those of other members of the cast, will be worth checking out upon the film?s release early next year. There are always challenges when shooting an independent film, including the weather? which in Ireland is always so unpredictable? but according to Owen, the memory of those stresses tend to fade when the scenes cut together well. As he?s been editing the film, he finds himself recalling the creativity and professionalism put forth by the same team that brought us the acclaimed films
?Ch oosin g Sign s?& Th e Holy Fail?, which includes Yoshikatsu Yasaki as cinematographer, Michael Shipley as executive producer, Derry O?Leary as associate producer, and Richard Warren Baker as assistant director.
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OWEN DARA (ABOVE) IS ALSO A SPLENDID IRISH M USIC M AKER Having just finished the first cut of this new 90-minute feature, Owen is currently working on the soundtrack. He is writing some new music and is also placing some songs from his recent album ?Moments I keep?which he recorded during lockdown. Writing and recording songs for his films is nothing new for this versatile filmmaker, and doing so has brought him a number of accolades, including multiple best soundtrack awards, and in 2020 four of his original songs made the Oscar list of just 75 songs in the running for an Academy Award for ?Best Original Song?. Owen?s recently-released album, ?Moments I Keep?, which includes one of the Oscar listed songs, as well as songs that will be featured in his upcoming film can be streamed from links at ow en dar a.com / m u sic.h t m l Be sure to keep an eye out for Owen?s upcoming film, which is set for release in early 2023.
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Returns to SoCal
St Pat r ick 's Day In Ir elan d HONORS THE GREAT TRADITION AND THE M IGHTY JOY OF BEING IRISH! Feat u r in g w or ld f am ou s Ir ish dan ce ar t ist Con n er Reider (seen below w it h Jesse Lan gr en ) as t h e pr in ciple dan cer alon g w it h Special Gu est s, m em ber s of t h e Celt ic Ir ish Dan ce Academ y!
St . Pat r ick ?s Day in Ir elan d! deliver s a n igh t of r ip-r oar in g m u sic, son g an d dan ce!? Th is t r eat f or t h e w h ole f am ily f eat u r es ch am pion dan cer Con n or Reider f r om t h e w or ld of Celt ic Fyr e, Celt ic Win gs, an d An Ir ish Ch r ist m as alon g w it h Celt ic Ir ish Dan ce Academ y. Wit h sin ger Kor al Aak r e ch ar m in g u s w it h t h e beau t if u l son gs of Ir elan d an d m u lt i in st r u m en t alist s f r om t h e Ker r y Tr adit ion al Ban d led by Jesse Lan gen , gu it ar an d f lu t e, Evelyn Th om , f iddle an d St eve M or r ow , bodh r án an d vocals Com e celebr at e w it h u s ST. PATRICK?S DAY an d
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t h e gr eat joy of bein g IRISH w it h m u sic, son g, dan ce an d ir r esist ible m er r im en t f r om t h e Em er ald Isle! Th is is a joy f illed, " k ick u p you r h eels an d join in t h e f u n" St . Pat r ick ?s Day con cer t , celebr at in g Ir elan d an d it s r ich cu lt u r e. We in vit e you in t o ou r Ir ish h om e an d w h ile you ar e w it h u s you ar e w elcom ed as ?cit izen s of Ir elan d?! Wit h br illian t Ir ish dan ce, Ir ish son g led by t h e en ch an t in g Kor al Aak r e an d t h e best of Ir ish t r adit ion al m u sic you w ill be t r an spor t ed t o t h e ch ar m in g an d beau t if u l Em er ald Isle f or an u n f or get t able n igh t in Ir elan d. A per f ect f am ily even t ! I RISH TO THE CORE....NOT TO BE M ISSED
Con n or Reider (on the left) is an exceptional dancer and he has the staying power and talent associated with stars like Michael Flatley. He has demonstrated his skills as an irish dancer to audiences around the world. He has performed with the Chieftains and in 2015 with Celtic Fyre at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Connor joined An Irish Christmas in 2017
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Th e con cept w as br illian t an d it h as been br ou gh t t o f r u it ion in bot h An Ir ish Ch r ist m as an d St . Pat r ick 's Day In Ir elan d; To Cr eat e Th e Exper ien ce Of BEING THERE! An Irish Gathering of musicians/singers/dancers: A musical night was, for generations, the highlight of Irish social life: music, song, dance, storytelling,
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good conversation and merriment flowing freely. Musical nights were a community event and a great excuse for a gathering! We continue this unbroken tradition of merrymaking ? any excuse is a good reason to drop everything, take to the dance floor, pick up your instruments, prepare to give a song, sharpen your ears for hilarious storytelling or a serious poem, and off we go ? unbridled fun! Please visit online:
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Ker r y Ir ish Pr odu ct ion's En cou r ages Ir ish M u sic M aker sI part of the company are Each year in March, our annual tribute to Irish Music Makers is presented and under the direction of Margaret O'Carroll, LA Based KERRY is to be signaled out for the exceptional success in making great Irish Music increasingly popular and available. Kerry Irish Productions has given us both The Kerry Voice Squad and the Kerry Traditional Orchestra! The artists who are
amazing and always a delight to audiences and Koral Aakre is one of their best! A soloist and Voice Squad member, Koral is an Oregon native. Upon arrival in Los Angeles she auditioned for her first season with ?An Irish Christmas.?She loves performing with Kerry Irish Productions and is excited to perform in other projects with the company.
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Th e M ass by Pat r ick Cassidy World Premiere Concert In celebration and solidarity with the people of Los Angeles, First Congregational, Ireland Week and The Resonance Collective present
Th e M ass: a pr em ier e per f or m an ce of Pat r ick Cassidy ?s n ew m ajor w or k f or Or gan & Ch oir . Martin Sheen will lead the evening and narrate The Mass, bringing his trusted voice to the culmination of many historical moments into one evening. Cassidy says about the work, ?I wanted to write a Mass setting in order to create spaces for the listeners to sink into themselves as the complexities of life wash over them.? By reimagining the traditional Catholic Mass text in the context of universal solace, he has created a work for the ages that will offer healing to our city today. David Harris, director of the ensemble, adds that ?The piece brings focus and healing amidst a number of notable events including the ongoing pandemic, its two-year anniversary, Ireland?s centennial of independence, and the continuing energies of so many to fulfill promises of equity in our pluralistic society.? The concert will be held on March 19th, 2022 at First Congregational Church, which houses one of the world?s largest organs, a true L.A. treasure. The performance, with Christoph Bull on The Great Organs, will be directed by David Harris, with soloists from Lau de an d voices f r om t h e Fir st Ch u r ch Cat h edr al Ch oir . Other ensembles from across Los Angeles have been invited to participate.
An event of this magnitude, serving both as a celebration and remembrance, and as an opportunity to bring a work of this scale into the Classical community, happens rarely. The uniqueness of this evening is more pronounced as it comes at the end of the period of the Omicron wave among residents of the World?s Cultural Capital, Los Angeles. This project is dedicated to all who suffered
Patrick Cassidy?s contemplative, majestic, and peaceful work is the first symphonic setting of ?The Latin Mass?by an Irish composer. The Latin Mass evokes a universality transcending time and place. In the language of classical antiquity, it remains today an influential aspect of our civilization and culture. Cassidy?s mass setting with music drawn from Irish roots honors the history of the text and illuminates its themes for a 21st Century audience. With its underlying principles of peace, mercy, justice and hopefulness, it is a work that speaks to a secular audience as well as to those within the Catholic tradition. These universal messages make the oldest Protestant Cathedral in this secular-identifying city the perfect choice for the premiere. The premiere will also serve as a second album release for the Laude, Harris and Bull recording of the work. Cassidy?s large-scale symphonic gestures and filmic lushness ring fully and majestically on The Great Organs whose pipes, under Christoph Bull?s virtuosity, create the rich textures that carries the premiere into a vaulted space.
through the pandemic, whose lives were immeasurably changed and will be marked by this magnitudinous event: may this project, drawn from the tumult of our time, bring you comfort and pause as it has done for us. As the end of our poetic translation of the Credo reads: ?I confess to a universal hope for the healing of all people through humility and compassion. I seek unity with those who have gone before, and with all life now and to come.
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The premiere recording of Patrick Cassidy?s The Mass for choir and organ grew from the challenges of quarantine, and became a symbol of lasting beauty sewn in hardship. During the Covid-19 pandemic, as the world struggled, we were fortunate to have the opportunity to sink into the healing beauty of The Mass. Even with the challenges of virtual recording, we needed to feel the shared experience of bringing new art to life. This piece and this project demonstrate the human potential to persevere, and our spiritual capacity to grow together and find beauty even in isolation. The rendering of the album reflects the uniqueness of this moment in recording history. Every track came from a different studio. Each of the singers and organists became their own engineer. The choir director became the primary mixing engineer, utilizing directorial skills through the slow process of integrating one line at a time by contrast to the uplifting joy of hearing voices unite in communal decisions. The organist had to fully envision the work as the first recorded track
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Pat r ick Cassidy is a knight of Italy, conferred by the President of Italy, and bestowed with the title of Cavaliere dell?Ordine
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on his own, buffeted only by the wise ears of the composer, his sole audience. The mastering process relied on the time consuming joint creativity of engineer, director, organist and composer who had to envision new approaches to creating choral/organ recording synergy, and getting everyone into the ?same room.? Just as the project grew from the quarantine experience, it is for those who have lived it. This project is dedicated to all who suffered through the pandemic, whose lives were immeasurably changed and will be marked by this magnitudinous event: may this project, drawn from the tumult of our time, bring you comfort and pause as it has done for us. As the end of our poetic translation of the Credo reads: ?I confess to a universal hope for the healing of all people through humility and compassion. I seek unity with those who have gone before, and with all life now and to come.? The full album is available for download on major streaming platforms
della Stella d?Italia (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy.This Irish composer came into prominence with the release of the Children of Lir, the first major symphonic work written in the Irish language. Recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, it remained at Number One in the Irish Classical Charts for over a year. Following his graduation from the University of Limerick in Applied Mathematics, Patrick released his debut album Cruit in 1988. Cruit featured music by
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Founded in 1867, First Church is the city's oldest continuous Protestant congregation, and is committed to the goals of equity, diversity, justice, and inclusion. It shines in the heart of L.A. as the city?s center for progressive Christianity and contemporary spirituality. The Great Organs of First Church, situated in the enormously vaulted Sanctuary, together constitute perhaps the largest church musical instrument with approximately 346 ranks, 265 stops, 233 voices, 18 divisions and more than 20,000 pipes. In 2019, the Los Angeles church made history when it elected its first female Senior Minister (Rev. Laura Vail Fregin) in its 150 plus year history.
17th and 18th century Irish harpers, arranged for Irish harp and baroque ensemble. From this foundation emerged his epochal work The Children of Lir which resulted in Patrick being bestowed with the Medal of Honour and Distinguished Alumni Award from The University of Limerick. Other works include Deirdre of the Sorrows and Famine Remembrance, which had its premiere at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York.
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RESONANCE COLLECTIVE AND GOLDEN THREAD Th e Reson an ce Collect ive is an active exploration on the intersection of spiritual and artistic practice, both historically and for artists and audiences today. The Resonance Collective is not a religious group and we ascribe to no set of specific beliefs; rather, our goal is to cultivate curiosity and bring a sense of sacredness to our creative lives in an inspiring and supportive social environment. We further this mission through three methods: creation, curation, and education. ? We create interdisciplinary, theatrical narratives grounded in spiritual transformation as part of our Original Works program. ? We curate exceptional music from traditions around the world through the Golden Thread Concert Series. ? We educate creative musicians during the annual N.E.O. Voice Festival, a week-long celebration of the human voice with a focus on redefining the oratorio as a modern sacred storytelling form, holistic contemporary vocal performance, and compositional techniques.
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Pr em ier of Th e M ass by Pat r ick Cassidy M ar ch 19 at 7:00pm M ar t in Sh een , Gu est Host David Har r is, Dir ect or Ch r ist oph Bu ll on t h e Gr eat Or gan s at Fir st Ch u r ch Lau de an d Cat h edr al Ch oir f eat u r in g Lau r el Ir en e, M olly Pease, Elizabet h An der son , Tif f an y Ho, David Gar cía Saldañ a, Jam es Hayden , an d Fah ad Siadat , soloist s Pr esen t ed by Fir st Con gr egat ion al Ch u r ch , Los An geles,
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IRELAND WEEK r et u r n s t o Los An geles t h is spr in g f or it ?s delayed 4t h it er at ion . Through technology, location and determination, maintaining international visibility, IrelandWeek live from Los Angeles aims to continue to showcase where Ireland excels, in the fields of Technology, Entertainment, Arts, Culture, Tourism, Food, Fashion & Business. With renewed focus and vigour, we are delighted to be returning to Los Angeles this Spring with a fine tuned 8 night, 8 events action packed line up. One of IrelandWeek?s key aims is reach out to the wider community in the Greater Los Angeles Area, using Arts and Culture as the foundation building blocks to build solid connections and collaborations.
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Many of IrelandWeek?s firm favourite events will return such as the Music From Ireland Showcase, The Irish Theatre readings and much more,. In addition, the organizers are announcing a new anchor event, ?The Ireland Connects Networking showcase? an entertainment b2b event where Irish and U.S. leaders from Entertainment, Tech, Arts, Business and Culture will connect and do business. The series of events will run from May 14th through to May 23rd across various venues in Los Angeles. Our wish is to bring Ireland to the world, and world back to Ireland .
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New Irish Cult ural Officer To Be Based In Los Angeles The Irish government int ent ion is t o st rengt hen reland?s creat ive presence in t he US according to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. Catherine Martin, T.D., today announced the appointment of Síobhra Quinlan to the new position of Cultural Officer in the Consulate General of Ireland, Los Angeles. This position is made in line with the aims of the Government?s Global Ireland 2025 strategy and with the aim of increasing Ireland?s global cultural presence on the west coast of the US. This new strategic capability is being delivered in a close partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and will serve the wider needs of Government globally. Minister Martin said:
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?The appointment of Síobhra will play a key part in Culture Ireland?s cultural promotion in the LA and wider west coast area. The US is an important territory which has long offered important opportunities for Irish artists and this post will serve to maximise their impact.?
Quinlan is a Creative Producer, Curator and Artist, whose work is rooted in interdisciplinary and intercultural collaborations. Through her producing, curation and performing, she has worked with many leading Irish arts organisations both in Ireland (Other Voices, Ireland's Edge, The National Concert Hall, St. Patrick's Festival, Galway 2020) and internationally (Centre Culturel Irlandais, Franco-Irish Literary Festival, Irish Arts & Writers Festival CA).
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, T.D, said: ?This new strategic role as part of Global Ireland 2025 will further strengthen Ireland?s footprint in one of the world?s great creative hubs, working as part of Team Ireland based in the new Ireland House in Los Angeles.? Síobhra Quinlan was selected on the basis of an open recruitment process advertised nationally and internationally.
The work of the LA Cultural Officer will work in tandem with the New York Cultural Officer to achieve greater touring by Irish artists and increased audiences spread across the US, building on Ireland?s strong reputation for creativity
Source: Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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Ir ish Film an d Television Pr odu ct ion Soar s In data just published from Fís Éireann /Screen Ireland; it has been revealed that a record-breaking ?500 million has been spent in the Irish economy across film, television drama, documentary and animation production All of this investment in jobs and local goods and services represents the highest ever achieved and is a 40% increase on the previous record set in 2019. This bodes really well for the post pandemic outlook for expenditures in the industry for this year. Ireland has done an amazing job over the past twenty years or so becoming a powerhouse in the entertainment industry. In animation alone, the success of the
Cartoon Studio with many films including the acclaimed feature film Wolfwalkers has been a source of world wide appreciation and praise.
Much more online: www.screenireland.ie
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Ef f or t s Un der w ay To Save Gr eat Hu n ger M u seu m Qu in n ipiac Un iver sit y Had An n ou n ced Closu r e Th e Ir ish Fam in e M u seu m open ed in 2012 at Qu in n ipac Un iver sit y. At t h e on set of t h e pan dem ic r est r ict ion s, QU closed it f or t h e du r at ion an d lat e last year it w as an n ou n ced t h at t h e m u seu m w ou ld be sh u t dow n per m an en t ly.
Quinnipiac Univer sity stated in November that it wasn?t planning on selling the collection and was looking for another institution that might be able to display it. John M or gan, associate vice president for public relations at QU, updated the univer sity?s position.??Univer sity officials recently met with representatives from Save I reland?s Great Hunger M useum,? he wrote.??The univer sity has been engaged in productive conver sations with sever al different potential par tner s and is making progress with respect to the I GHM collection and ensur ing it remains accessible to the broad public and continues to promote the vital stor y and lear nings of the Great Hunger.? Save I reland?s Great Hunger M useum would like to see the building at least reopened to the public by M arch17, St. Patr ick?s Day. To explain why, Joseph M cDonagh, a for mer docent, echoed the sentiments of Sen. Richar d Blumenthal at a r ally for the museum in October. ?At this time, when we have refugees from across the globe, you can?t close a museum that is telling the stor y?? ?and telling the stor y that you can sur vive it,? he said. This year mar ks the museum?s10th anniver sar y and the125th anniversary of the height of the Irish famine. This is part 1 of our series; in our St. Patrick's Day Special issue, we will share the latest on the drive to save the museum and more info. Meanwhile here is the website with contact info for the SAVE THE MUSEUM Campaign: w w w..SAVEigh m .or g/
Th is w r it er did n ot even k n ow t h at t h er e w as su ch a Fam in e M u seu m in t h e US. I w as som ew h at su r pr ised w h en I f ir st h ear d of it bein g closed in a Lin k edIn post a f ew w eek s ago.
t o save t h e vast collect ion an d t o f u n d k eepin g it open . We su ppor t t h e ef f or t an d w e ar e goin g t o k eep ou r r eader s u pdat ed. M ean w h ile h er e ar e som e lin k s f or a bit m or e in f o:
A lit t le r esear ch in t o t h e t opic t u r n ed u p a ser iou s ef f or t t o t r y
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Legen d of " Th e Cr u sader " By Greg Patrick Th e Legen d of " Th e Cr u sader " is In spir ed by t h e m u m m ies of Sain t M ich an?s Ch u r ch , Du blin ?Th e Cr u sader w as qu it e t all f or t h e t im e, six an d a h alf f eet t all, a gian t back t h en , an d h is legs h ave been br ok en an d f olded u p u n der h im t o f it h im in t o h is sm all cof f in . ?-At las Obscu r a " M en ar e h au n t ed by t h e vast n ess of et er n it y. An d so, w e ask ou r selves: w ill ou r act ion s ech o acr oss t h e cen t u r ies? Will st r an ger s h ear ou r n am es lon g af t er w e ar e gon e an d w on der w h o w e w er e, h ow br avely w e f ou gh t , h ow f ier cely w e loved?" -Odysseu s (Tr oy) Cr ypt of St . M ich an's Ch u r ch , Du blin in t h e Year of ou r Lor d 1314 Denied the grim majestic tribute of an effigied sarcophagus and stripped of his armour, every effort had been made to vindictively deprive him of his dignity in death. Yet even as a broken remnant of the scourge of two horizons, the presiding abbot retreated from ?The Sword of the Mist? rather than merely left. Sister Aoife lingered in the gloom and only the ghost whisper of the vigil flames tended to her. The bishop granted begrudgingly her request to pray for his soul alone. Only his sword was allowed him enfolded in his cold hands. His legend yet haunted that dark chamber. She passed in graceful silhouette, phantasmaly across a row of candles to his side. Her carefully composed façade broke then. The gilded images of Mary and child distorted to a fun house image. It was his expression that moved her to tears, one of peace that ever eluded him in life...a life of running battles.
Seven days ear lier He had knelt at the lonely remote shrine, flagellating his back, wincing at the lash, trying to banish the haunting vision of her.
Sain t M ich an , Du blin His back was a network of red streaks from self flagellation. He arose and donned the pale mantle of the Templar knights, crimson patterns seeping through the pale fabric...yet he could not banish the vision like a radiant ghost, haunting ruins... He had pulled back her nun's habit. Her crimson hair cascaded down as the sweep of rain fell. Like a flame burning through the rain. And her eyes were startlingly, impossibly green voluminous as the Celtic Sea. "I am with child? " Her words steamed in the chill air.
Par t 2: Con f ession s of " Th e Cr u sader " ?For I have travelled the bare road, and by the edges of the sea; and the tattered doublet of partlicoloured cloth upon my back and the torn pointed shoes upon my feet have ever irked me, because of the towered city full of noble raiment which was in my heart. And I have been the more alone upon the roads and by the sea because I heard in my heart the rustling of the rose-bordered dress of her.? -William Bu t ler Yeat s ?Cr u cif ixion of t h e Ou t cast ?
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"After the massacre of my house I found sanctuary and refuge in a monastery. The good brothers taught me much. I had some talent for the scribe's art of illuminated manuscripts. I was apprenticed but soon surpassed my master in their design so that I wrote in visions of starlight in pallets of celestial gold. I may have been content to end my days there with my books in exile from the world outside. I would have been oblivious of the ravages of Edward and his armies as the horrors I witnessed played out again and again as he seized control of the island but then? I fell in love. With some pride our monastery presented a masterpiece of our art, an illuminated manuscript to a generous patron of our monastery. When appearing at his court my eyes met a vision of beauty behind green eyes. She was a lady in waiting to the Baron's lady. She had been a hostage taken from a Gael Chieftain's household. The arrogant Duchess that had her in her charge took some "pride" in "civilising the misguided heathen girl" but to my eyes she was the very essence of a Celtic bard's inspiration. The Celtic Sea that I had not seen in so long seemed to shine back to me in her gaze. Of all people I wanted to see admiration in her eyes when I unveiled the book and raised it to the light. Her gaze was silence set to
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incantation and I would never be free of their spell. In the nights that followed I remembered in nightmares then what I had buried in memory. What I saw done to my household by Edward's men again haunted me. I had a natural hand for the harp. So much so that I was dubbed ?the changeling? by my kinsfolk. I played hymns exquisitely the Abbot thought. And before the castle?s hall I played. I was expected to lower head or eyes humbly, but my eyes up lifted to hers as my hands drew Magic from the strings as if I read notes in her eyes that were silence set to music. For she was the very essence of a bard?s inspiration. I escaped the monastery in the night and took up vengeful outlawry against the English King?s merchants and nobles. I had taken to bedeviling the rapacious conquerors. I ambushed their forest marches and leaving their corpses hanging upside down to bleed out onto the forest floor, like a bounty hunter of lost souls claimed them. The sheriff of the usurped realm of the Gael would have been elated to stretch my neck to the gallows yet even as a condemned rebel was absolved of worldly ?crimes? as a cowled horseman had saved me from the very shadow of the gallows by an accepted redemptive offer to go on crusade. I stood, a tear-shaped noose around my neck. My eyes never left hers.
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KRIS COLT Solo & with The Black Rose Band Kr is Colt is an accom plish ed dan cer , m u sician , sin ger an d son gw r it er w h o is w ell k n ow n an d r espect ed n ot ju st Ir ish an d Celt ic Cir cles bu t also am on g h er Ren aissan ce Fair f an s. Kris Colt reveals her past incarnation from the time of her ancestors in Scotland Ireland, England, and Wales as the song bird Black Rose.
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She is a modern bard, with a lyrical singing style who passionately performs songs of both original and ancient origin. This artist has been on the boards as a performer her entire life in professional musical theatre and especially enjoys her time with her Celtic folk rock band.
Kr is Colt as Th e Lady Black Rose Sh e w as also a f eat u r ed soloist f or 2021's Alon e/ TOGETHER
. I escaped the monastery in the night and took up vengeful outlawry against the English King?s merchants and nobles. I had taken to bedeviling the rapacious conquerors. I ambushed their forest marches and leaving their corpses hanging upside down to bleed out onto the forest floor, like a bounty hunter of lost souls claimed them. The sheriff of the usurped realm of the Gael would have been elated to stretch my neck to the gallows yet even as a condemned rebel was absolved of worldly ?crimes? as a cowled horseman had saved me from the very shadow of the gallows by an accepted redemptive offer to go on crusade. I stood, a tear-shaped noose around my neck. My eyes never left hers. "There is the bastard son of House De Clare among the condemned!" a dark-robed horseman gestured. I was offered the surcoat of the Templars or the noose. The noose would have been a mercy? "Hold! Make way!" declared a retinue of robed horsemen. "We've need of new blood for the new campaign to recapture Jerusalem. If he is meant to die let him do so fighting the infidel." None hailed us as the knights marched past. They had seen too many march to cast away on ships with cross-emblazoned sails to the red horizon as if into an immolation as if their body and soul were swallowed by oasisless dunes, insatiably ravenous for the souls of the damned.
Now I had returned. what were ghosts but unrequited desire of past lives. I felt ancient then, older than the hills and yet older still. Yet casting a forbidden glance of Orphean valediction back with breath steaming in the chill air at the diminishing shore in the wake like a haunting green Ithaca. I made a solemn vow with the ghost of a smile at my lips at the sight of dolphins ushering their ship into the grey dawn. I would endure whatever mortal warrior or God threw upon me. ? I will return for you? ? I vowed." The Templar order ?s swordmasters that schooled me in the art of Templar swordplay said I fought as ?a man possessed?. But it was my ?distant angel? who haunted me in the carved winged talisman that I wore as a ?forbidden vanity? underneath my hauberk. In the midst of sword practice, it was seen and raised on swordpoint from my collar. I parried his blade away and tucked it back in. He recoiled from my eyes. Naught more was said of it. I held it as close to my heart as I did the memory of her.
The tyrannical sheriff was powerless now to take my life, but they had taken my soul I thought at the final sight of her. Like a poem written on the mist. She was to ?be civilised? by the ?good influence? of an Anglo-Norman court and be ?saved from Celtic barbarism.? I thought to rescue her and called out to her window even as torches were lit, and hounds began to bark. ?Who goes there!? a sentry challenged followed by a warning shot with a crossbow. A bard?s eyes beheld her a final time framed by the window like a masterpiece on canvas or an illuminated manuscript angel that none could do justice.
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with vocalist James O?Meara taking us on this journey, singing along the lines of a great Irish conversation starter, our never ending dispute on the weather. Band sound engineer & Bassist Eoin Salmon says ?It's interesting to be able to take the experience that we gained from recording ?The Unsolicited Dance? (2021) and use it to give these songs a fresh lift?. This is the first of 3 tracks that Strings & Things will be releasing from their new release, so keep up to date with everything on their facebook page or stringsandthings.band Stringsandthings.band Listen: Spotify Apple Music Follow : Facebook In st agr am You Tu be Tw it t er Ban dcam p List en t o ?Too M u ch To Ask ? on Sou n dclou d Her e
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THE VIEW FROM IRELAND By Maurice Fitzpatrick
Ulysses St ill a Scan dal a Hu n dr ed Year s On ? M any people associate the publication of James Joyce?sUlyssesa hundred year s ago with an iconic picture of the author when it was published in Par is in 1922. Joyce?s glaucoma required multiple sur ger ies and, in the photogr aph, he has a patch over his r ight eye. He is seated beside Sylvia Beech. Beech was the Amer ican publisher who (more than anyone) was responsible for br inging Joyce?s great fiction into the wor ld. The public responded to the publication by tur ns with amazement at its br illiance, bewilder ment at its complexity and r age at the perceived offences in it. I n the photogr aph, above Joyce there is a poster with text that reads ?The Scandal of Ulysses?. The text is appropr iate enough given how much of the debate aboutUlyssesover the past centur y has centred on its explicit language and themes. Despite that controver sy, the book sits at the top of most lists of ?Novel of the Centur y?.The plaudits heaped upon the novel may have more satisfied Joyce?s inexhaustible appetite for mocker y than his vanity: even as solemn adj udicator s of liter ature proclaim it as a classic, they aver t their gaze from the scur r ilous and obscene par ts in the book. Never one for modesty, Joyce claimed that ?I fUlyssesis not fit to be read, then life is not fit to live?. Yet Joyce was making a ser ious point. An authentic render ing of the inner lives of human beings is not capable of sanitisation.Ulysses, aside from being widely accepted as the greatest novel of the 20th centur y, is a nuclear blast against censor ship. I n our time when career s are ended over the alleged misuse of a pronoun and more and more wor ds are rooted out of acceptable discour se, the ?classic?status ofUlyssesenables it to tr anscend censor ship? despite its use of wor ds that, in another context, would be vilified today. Even a centur y after its publication, it would be easy to publish reams ofUlyssesout of context that would elicit complaints about the ?filth?. That is, par tly, what James Joyce?s foremost biogr apher, Richar d Ellmann, meant when he wrote: ?We are still lear ning to be James Joyce?s contempor ar ies, to under stand our inter preter ?. The book is a famously difficult read and it is surely the classicmost often?left aside for later ?. Yet its complexity belies a simplicity that is humane and tender. Set on a day in Dublin, June 16th 1904, it follows inner thoughts of a ser ies of char acter s, in par ticular a mar r ied couple, L eopold Bloom and his wife M olly Bloom, as well as an ar tist/teacher, Stephen Dedalus, who appeared in a previous fiction by Joyce,A Portrait of the Artist as a Young man, as an autobiogr aphical char acter. The couple have been r iven by the loss of their son and pronounced differences in their char acter s; they ser ially betr ay each other.
On e of t h e f ir st pr in t in gs of ULYSSES Jam es Joyce's w or k w as ban n ed in Ir elan d. Now , Du blin is t h e Cit y of Jam es Joyce an d h e is celebr at ed. t h r ou gh ou t t h e st r eet s t h at h e w r ot e abou t .
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Through these char acter s the wor ld of Dublin opens up.
We encounter salesmen, dr unks, j our nalists, scholar s, doctor s, impresar ios, romantics, nationalists, teacher s, sailor s, pr iests, singer s, pauper s, lover s, liar s, bullies, madames, prostitutes, savious, no-hoper s, humanitar ians, policemen, gambler s? I could go on. Joyce presents the thoughts, stor ies, hopes and desper ation of these char acter s in, by tur ns, a sensuous, uproar ious, intellectual and passionate affir mation of language and life itself. Throughout the novel his ar tistic gifts tr ansfor m mundane obser vations and occur rences into something beautiful: ?The heaventree of star s hung with humid nightblue fr uit?. Joyce also deploys a dazzling var iety of styles to achieve this aim, above all using par allels with Homer ?sOdysseyto str ucture the novel. The result is a book that has a contempor ar y feel, even a centur y later. I t is so full ofconundr ums, ambiguities and provocationsthat both for the gener al public and scholar s remain hooked. Joyce claimed, plausibly enough, that none of his char acter s were wor th more than a hundred pounds. Out of that pover ty came desper ation and failure. I n one encounter in the book, a younger sister of Stephen Dedalus, Dilly, shows an interest in lear ning French, which was apparently incongr uous with the pover ty of the family. Yet Joycewas also steeped in middle-class I reland; even as his father kept losing money,he somehow wr angled a place for his eldest son in the?best?I r ish schoolsas well as a univer sity education (par tly in Par is). Joyce acknowledged, gr udgingly, late in life, that his wor k was?middle class?and there are tensions between the subj ect-matter of his wor k and the point of vantage from which he wrote. The finale ofUlyssesis M olly Bloom?s soliloquy in which Joyce pushes the stream of consciousness technique he deployed in the novel? an attempt to freely r un through
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his char acter s?thought processes? to its limit. The result is what the famous psychologist Car l Jung called ?a str ing of ver itable psychological peaches?. Jung wrote to Joyce in 1920, wonder ing if anyone else knew as much about female psychology and readily admitted that he, Jung, did not. Decades later, Jung was called upon to comment on Joyce in a professional capacity. By that stage, Joyce had died and his beloved daughter, L ucia, had been committed to a psychiatr ic hospital where she was to remain for the rest of her days. Jung related Joyce?s ?obstinate reluctance to have her cer tified?to Joyce?s own ?unconscious psyche [which] was so solidly identified with her that to have her cer tified would have been as much as an admission that he himself had a latent psychosis?. Jung maintained that Joyce, by contr ast, channelled his own schizophrenia into his ar t and that saved him from going ?over the bor der ?. Whether it was the madness of I reland or a latent psychosis in his own mind, we can be gr ateful that Joyce found that way to use it in his ar t. I nUlysses,Joyce produced an imper ishable master piece that, now at the centenar y of its publication, still r ichly deser ves to be read.
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BELFAST Th e Film : React ion an d Con t ext By John McNally M ost of my fr iends in Belfast have mixed feelings about K enneth Br anagh?s quasi-autobiogr aphical film BEL FAST, with comments r anging from too sugar y to a load of cr ap. I t?s har d to bag on the film with its lovely I r ish actor s and soulful Van M or r ison sound tr act, the feel-good movie of the year. But some people in Belfast aren't feeling it. August 1969 was a devastating and deadly time for I r ish Catholics in the Nor th. Protestant/Unionists, angered by the uppity I r ish demands for civil r ights, fueled by I an Paisley preaching hatred of Catholics and under wr itten by decades of an anti-I r ish apar theid system, went ber ser k. 1,505 mostly I r ish Catholics were dr iven or bur ned out of their homes, 133 were shot, and eight died the fir st week. Over the next three year s, 60,000 I r ish Catholics were forced from their homes, in the lar gest refugee cr isis in Europe since WW2. (ED NOTE: Till this past week) As with the Famine/I r ish Holocaust of the 1840s through Bloody Sunday, the Br itish, with the suppor t of the media, have always found a way of washing their hands of responsibility.
Pict u r ed h er e, t h e w or ld f am ou s m u r al of Bobby San ds on Th e Falls Road in Belf ast . The mur al was painted in 1998 on the walls of the Sinn Fein press office. M arch 1 was the anniver sar y of the star t of Bobby Sands' Hunger Str ike. He was a M ember of Par liament of the United K ingdom and a member of the Provisional I r ish Republican Ar my. He died on hunger str ike after 66 days while impr isoned at the M aze Pr ison on M ay 5, 1981.
Now, when a film is finally made with the Belfast r iots of 1969 as its setting, it?s about a good protestant family standing up to the mob while dancing and singing with barely a mention of the ethnic cleansing happening on their own street! Had the film been titled M ountcollyer Street or M y L ife As A Dog, it probably wouldn?t have attr acted so much flak, but by being called BEL FAST and highlighting the Troubles, it hits a r aw ner ve with the people who know what happened that Summer in Belfast . Th is m on t h , ou r f eat u r ed w r it er an d Ir ish Com m u n it y Act ivist an d Colu m n ist sh ar es h is t h ou gh t s on t h e f ilm BELFAST. Dif f er en t opin ion s an d view s ar e essen t ial in an y. f r ee societ y. We deeply appr eciat e ou r pr ess f r eedom s. Now , m or e t h an ever , it is im por t an t t o h ave Ir ish Com m u n it y act ivism , diver sit y an d in pu t .
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Ken O' M al l ey Feat ur ed I r i sh M usi c M ak er For 20 22 As mentioned in the feature on TOMMY and THE BROTHERS on page 5, Ken O'Malley is the Musical Director of this outstanding new play. As a solo ar t ist , Ken O?M alley easily com m an ds t h e r oom ; w it h h is ban d h e also r ock s t h e h ou se. Ar r ivin g in Los An geles f r om Ir elan d alm ost 40 year s ago, Ken O?M alley w as im m ediat ely of f er ed a spot at M olly M alon e's, t h e legen dar y Ir ish ven u e in t h e cit y 's Fair f ax dist r ict , an d h e h asn't st opped playin g f or deligh t ed Sou t h er n Calif or n ia cr ow ds an d f an s sin e. Th r ou gh t h e year s, O'M alley h as per f or m ed solo an d as par t of Th e M u lligan s, Blen ded Spir it s an d, cu r r en t ly, Th e Tw iligh t Lor ds. He's sh ar ed bills w it h su ch ar t ist s as M ar y Black , Th e Ch ief t ain s, Th e Saw Doct or s, M ich ael Flat ley an d Pier ce Br osn an an d con t in u es t o be an ever -popu lar an d n ear legen dar y con st an t on Sou t h er n Calif or n ia's Celt ic m u sic cir cu it . In addit ion t o h is m u sical per f or m an ces, h e can also be f ou n d on st age an d scr een in pr odu ct ion s r an gin g f r om Ray Br adbu r y ?s ?Fallin g Upw ar d? t o t h e Par am ou n t Pict u r es f eat u r e ?Pat r iot Gam es?. I Ken O?M alley w as bor n t o per f or m . In Du blin at t h e age of 15, h e open ed f or legen dar y balladeer Paddy Reilly
WHAT THE PRESS HAS: TO SAY: ?Du st -f r ee an d polish ed t o per f ect ion , each son g is per f or m ed w it h au t h en t icit y, an d t h e car e on e m igh t u se w h en h an dlin g a valu able f am ily h eir loom ? ? Lisa Elain e Scot t , M u sic Con n ect ion M agazin e ?He h olds n ot h in g back . Wh et h er sin gin g a passion at e ballad, playin g a solo on t h e m an dolin , or explain in g t h e glor iou sly sad h ist or y of Er in h is h om elan d, Ken O?M alley is all-in , w ide open t o t h e w or ld an d as t r u e as an ar r ow ?s f ligh t .? ? Wayn e Slat er , Deser t Son g Pr odu ct ion s
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at t h e equ ally legen dar y Old Sh eilin g Pu b. By t h e t im e h e t u r n ed 18, h e w as gat h er in g pr of ession al cr edit s, am on g t h em a st in t w it h Tr u dy 's People, a gr ou p h e f or m ed t h at played Gaelic sh ow s on RTÉ, Ir elan d's n at ion al r adio an d t elevision n et w or k . His f lu en cy in t h e Gaelic lan gu age w as ear n ed f r om h is edu cat ion by t h e Ch r ist ian Br ot h er s an d h is su m m er s in t h e West of Ir elan d. His passionate and compelling voice is what you notice first when you hear Ken O'Malley sing A t r u e am bassador of Ir ish cu lt u r e, h e in f u ses ever y per f or m an ce w it h t h e r ich h ist or y of h is n at ive lan d an d au dien ces qu ick ly becom e en gaged w it h h is com pellin g st or ies. On e sh ow pr odu cer pu t it t h is w ay: ?He h olds n ot h in g back . Wh et h er sin gin g a passion at e ballad, playin g a solo on t h e m an dolin , or explain in g t h e glor iou sly sad h ist or y of Er in h is h om elan d, Ken O?M alley is all-in , w ide open t o t h e w or ld, an d as t r u e as an ar r ow ?s f ligh t .? An ot h er sim ply st at ed t h at ?Ken O'M alley con n ect ed w it h ou r au dien ce in a w ay n on e of ou r ot h er ar t ist s h ave.? O'm alley of f er ed a w eek ly Live St r eam sin ce t h e Covid cr isis begain an d h e w as n am ed on e of Th e Best of 2020 by t h e Ir ish Ar t s & En t er t ain m en t f or h is con sist en t ou t r each an d posit ive at t it u de du r in g t h ese t im es of cr isis. O'M alley also con t r ibu t ed h is m u sical gif t s an d t alen t s last M ar ch as a gu est on t h e In t er n at ion al Live St r eam Alon e/ TOGETHER. See Ken's Web page an d Calen dar t h is issu e f or h is u pcom in g Ir ish t ou r s an d sch edu le in f o :
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Ken O'M alley: " Th e Real Deal" f r om Du blin , Ir elan d His passion at e an d com pellin g voice is w h at t h ey n ot ice f ir st . As a solo ar t ist , Ken O?M alley easily com m an ds t h e r oom ; w it h h is ban d h e also r ock s t h e h ou se. Qu ick ly dr aw in g t h e au dien ce in , it is n o w on der t h at t h e Ir ish Ar t s & En t er t ain m en t 's Ric Gen t r y descr ibes h im ?w it h ou t qu est ion , as t h e sin gle m ost en du r in g, in f lu en t ial an d pr of icien t of all Ir ish m u sician s in Sou t h er n Calif or n ia?
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Solot ov an d David Copley. Cor ey is t h e Ir ish Wom an of t h e Year f or 2020. For m an y year s, sh e h as been a t ir eless Ir ish Fair Fou n dat ion co-or din at or an d volu n t eer .
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Th e aw ar d pr esen t at ion s w er e all m ade in lat e Febr u ar y at an of t -delayed gat h er in g f or t h e Ir ish Com m u n it y at O'M alley 's on M ain in Seal Beach .
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St . Pat r i ck 's D ay By Jean Blewett There's an Isle, a green Isle, set in the sea, Here's to the Saint that blessed it! And here's to the billows wild and free That for centuries have caressed it! Here's to the day when the men that roam Send longing eyes o'er the water! Here's to the land that still spells home To each loyal son and daughter!
Jean Blewett w as bor n at Scot ia, Lak e Er ie, On t ar io, Novem ber 4, 1872 an d died in Can ada in 1934. Sh e w as a su cccess in h er lif et im e an d w as lon g con sider ed on e of Can ada's m ost celebr at ed w om an poet s, jou r n alist s an d w r it er s. Sh e st ar t ed w r it in g poet r y at a you n g age. Sh e w r ot e a n ovel an d sever al book s of poet r y. Sh e w as r elat ed t o a f am ou s Gaelic poet on h er m ot h er 's side an d h er h u sban d w as f r om Cor n w all, so sh e h ad st r on g Celt ic in f lu en ces.
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