i gcomoradh Sheáin Uí Riada
Féile na Laoch had its official launch in the Abbey Theatre today, where Seán Ó Riada was musical directory for five years. Among the guests at the launch were old friend’s of Seán’s such as the great flute player Michael Tubridy. RTÉ coverage of the event can be seen on their site at http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0721/seanoriada.html
We are delighted to announce Seán Óg Ó hAilpín (born 22 May 1977 in Rotuma, Fiji) as sporting hero at Féile na Laoch. Seán, a former dual player, is an iconic sportsperson and he currently plays hurling with his local club Na Piarsaigh and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1996…
Michael D. Higgins has had a multitude of labels attached to him – politician, orator, philosopher, human rights activist, and now presidential candidate. But it is especially for his gift of poetry that we welcome him to Féile na Laoch. Michael D. was born in Limercik seventy years ago, and commented that while he had…
Tá Ted O Sullivan mar duine des na cainteoirí a bheidh ag an Comhdháil ar a 2 a chlog an Dé Domhnaigh do Féile Na Laoch(31ú Iúil) in óstán an Abbey, Baile Mhúirne. Tadhg Ó Súilleabháin (Timothy Ted O Sullivan) B.A., Árd.T.O., M.Comm. _____________________________________________________________________ OIDEACHAS 2004 – M. Comm., U.C.C. 1995 – Diploma in…
Charlie Bird was born in Sandymount, Dublin in 1949. He was recruited into RTÉ by Eoghan Harris in the mid 1970s. For many years in the 1990s, Bird was the only point of contact between RTÉ and the Provisional IRA. He witnessed at first hand the ceasefires and the subsequent twists and turns of the peace process. In 1998,…