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Poets-PatriotsConcert Now on CD

By Dave Lewis, Assistant Editor
September / October 2018

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San Francisco-based DW Productions is releasing a 2-CD set of Ireland’s Poet-Patriots, A Musical History, commemorating the 1916 rebellion, which was recorded live in concert at the Washington National Cathedral late last year. Conductor Scott Tucker helmed the production that combined classical and traditional Irish music. Irish and Irish-American leaders also acted as … [Read more...] about Poets-PatriotsConcert Now on CD

Centenary Commemorations
for O’Donovan Rossa Funeral

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
October / November 2015

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Ireland has released a new 70-cent stamp to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of Pádraig Pearse’s graveside oration at the funeral of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa on August 1, 1915. And commemoration services were held in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin and Calvary Cemetery, New York. Born in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork, O’Donovan Rossa was a high-profile Fenian and Irish … [Read more...] about Centenary Commemorations
for O’Donovan Rossa Funeral