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“An Cuimhín Leat Damhsa?” my Irish language début on BBC Radio Ulster’s “Blas”

“An Cuimhín Leat Damhsa?” my Irish language début on BBC Radio Ulster’s “Blas”

by build_1h7qoh | Apr 26, 2021 | Culture, Dance, Dance History, Gaeilge, Irish Society

I was delighted to make my début in the Irish language on BBC Ulster show ‘Blas’ last week!  Did I mention that the pandemic has me doing honours Irish for the Leaving Certificate at Crumlin College of Further Education, and that I have been reborn as...
Know your 5km: Surrender on Grand Canal Street

Know your 5km: Surrender on Grand Canal Street

by build_1h7qoh | Feb 24, 2021 | Culture, Documentaries, Documentary, Irish Society, Podcasts, Projects, Radio

Well it looks like we are destined to remain within our own 5km for quite a while longer.  So keeping this in mind, I decided to celebrate my lovely neighbours and our little known local lore by sharing my BAI-funded documentary “Surrender on Grand Canal...
My heroic relative John Michael Hennessey (OAM), his Mother, the Mother and Babies Homes, and… Family Karma?

My heroic relative John Michael Hennessey (OAM), his Mother, the Mother and Babies Homes, and… Family Karma?

by build_1h7qoh | Oct 26, 2020 | Irish Society

He found his way home. In my interior, and totally subjective map of Ireland, Waterford was always a bit of an eerie black spot. Certainly, in my family, over in Limerick and Clare, we stayed well away from Waterford.  Deep in the recesses of my childhood memory, I...
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