Eoin Cannon

The Irish Rep Presents:
“Angela’s Ashes”

July 22, 2021 by Mary Leave a Comment

Showing September 9 - September 22, 2021 Irish Repertory Theatre presents the Pat Moylan production of Angela's Ashes Music and Lyrics by Adam Howell Book by Paul Hurt Based on the book by Frank McCourt Starring Jacinta Whyte and Eoin Cannon Directed by Thom Southerland Angela’s Ashes: The Musical is a remarkable story, told with rare lyricism and a warm inimitable sense … [Read more...] about The Irish Rep Presents:
“Angela’s Ashes”

September 25, 1917

Thomas Ashe, member of the Gaelic League, the Irish Republican Brotherhood and one of the founders of the Irish Volunteers, died from a hunger strike on this day in 1917. Ashe, who was born in Co. Kerry, took part in the Easter Uprising of 1916 as a commander of the Fingal Battalion of the Irish Volunteers. On May 8, 1916, both Ashe and De Valera were court martialled by the British and sentenced to death. He was released but then charged with sedition and returned to prison in August of 1917. There, he began a hunger strike in protest that he be treated with a prisoner of war status.

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