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Episode Notes
New writing (a special programme recorded in 2016 in the Wexford Opera House, to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising)
The Alamo, by Billy Roche
Mr and Mrs Brennan at the Rising, by A.M. Cousins
1916 Anthology, by Eiléan Ní Chuileanáin
The Lead Up, by Proinsias Ó Rathaille
1916: A view from Richmond Barracks, by Jackie Morrissey
Íota an Bháis, a poem by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Music:
The first movement from Three Short Pieces for String Quartet by Stravinsky, played by the Contempo Quartet
Fáinne Gheal an Lae, sung by Iarla Ó Lionáird, with Seathrún Ó Casaide on piano
Seán Ó Duibhir an Ghleanna, played by Jimmy O'Brien Moran on uilleann pipes
The Foggy Dew, played by the Contempo Quartet, arranged specially for this event by Michael Holohan
Oft in the Stilly Night, by Thomas Moore, from the repertoire of John McCormack, sung by Morgan Crowley with Charles Marshall on piano
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