RTÉ and the Other Voices team are producing a live concert this October to mark 100 years of the Irish State, as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023.
Now Dermot Kennedy, Denisa Chaila, Dónal Lunny & Friends, Lisa Hannigan, SELLÓ and more have been added to the Ireland 100: An Old Song Re-Sung line up, joining dozens of artists and performers who will gather together for a special evening of songs and stories.
Presented as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme, Ireland 100: An Old Song Re-Sung commemorates, in performance, song, music, dance, and spoken word, the hundred years from 1923 - 2023 through the lens of Irish culture.
Featured artists and contributors on the night will include Damien Dempsey, Aidan Gillen, Tolü Makay, Colm Mac Con Iomaire and Síle Denvir with Bláth na hÓige and Liam Ó Maonlaí, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Loah, Martin Hayes, FeliSpeaks, Diarmaid Ferriter, Sally Mulready OBE, London Irish Elders Choir and more.
Ireland 100: An Old Song Re-Sung takes its title from WB Yeats's poem, Down By The Salley Gardens. Yeats, was the first Irish Nobel laureate from the newly independent State, winning the award in 1923, the year in which the opening of the show is set.
1923 was also the year that Ireland joined the newly-established League of Nations, thus marking formal recognition and the country's entry into the international community. This moment marks the end of a uniquely transformative period in our history which saw huge social and political change as the developing new State navigated an uncertain future, filled with possibilities.
This live concert event will take place at the RDS, Dublin, on Saturday 7th October, 2023 - the concert will be broadcast on RTÉ One, RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ Player on Bank Holiday Monday, October 30th.
The free ticket applications have now closed, so if you applied please make sure to check your inboxes for some golden tickets!
Ireland 100: An Old Song Re-Sung is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme, 2012-2023.
