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San Patricios

 

 

When the Mexican Army was crushed at Churubusco (September 1847), eighty-four San Patricios were captured by General Winfield Scott’s Army. Needless to say, the conquering soldiers reviled the deserters, but Mexican history refers to the captives’ “extraordinary courage” in the battle. Swift courts-martial led to the execution by hanging of fifty men, reduced charges for fifteen and the pardoning of five. The American disdain for the deserters is underscored by the Army’s decision to hang, rather than to execute by firing squad, the deserters. However, the Mexican attitude toward the same executions is quite the contrary: a memorial service for the San Patricios is held every September 12th – the day of execution – in Mexico City attended by children from the nearby San Patricios school and by Mexican and Irish officials. The memorial is a stone plaque in San Jacinto Plaza expressing the gratitude of Mexico to the men who sacrificed their lives for Mexico in the invasion of the North Americans. Another memorial service is held on St. Patrick’s Day.

John Riley escaped hanging because he deserted before Congress officially declared war. He was flogged and branded with a “D” on each cheek. He remained in Mexico for some time and disappeared, perhaps returning to Ireland.

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Harvest Time

The next Howth Singing Circle will be on

Thursday, 3 September, 2015 at 9pm sharp

in the Abbey Tavern, Howth

with Eugene McEldowney & Ann Riordan:

‘Who Will Thrash the Corn?’, an evening of songs for Harvest Time

We ask you to please bring along an item(s) for a Harvest Basket. We will raffle the Basket during the evening.

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Wed. 12th August 12-2 in Collins Barracks –

 

 For one Performance only

Aug 12th – 12-2pm

Collins Barracks

 

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ANU Productions in association with the National Museum of Ireland are delighted to present Singers from the Howth Singing Circle and An Góilín Traditional Singers’ Club – Luke Cheevers, Barry Gleeson, Robert Kelly and Niamh Parsons perform songs and poems of WW1 taken from the Irish Worker and Workers’ Republic – featuring Ledwidge, Yeats and contemporary women poets featuring a script by Francis Devine.

Admission free.

For one performance only on August 12th at 1pm in the Palatine Room at Collins Barracks as a companion piece to PALS – The Irish at Gallipoli.

Audiences for PALS at 12pm and 2pm will be able to combine that performance with Songs and Poems of WW1 by emailing gallipolitickets@gmail.com to reserve a ticket (and posting Songs and Poems in the subject line).

This FREE event is being supported by Anu Productions and the National Museum of Ireland.

There is limited capacity so please reserve your ticket by emailing: gallipolitickets@gmail.com (and posting Songs and Poems in the subject line).

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SINGING THE FISHING

at the Sea Angling Club, West Pier

on Saturday July 18th from 3 – 6 

Hosted by HSC and An Goilin

all proceeds go to St. Francis Hospice

 

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Thank you for your support this year, please let us have any suggestions for improving things – howthsingingcircle@gmail.com

Next regular session will be in September

 

 

 

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CD Launch at An Góilín, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1.

Special Guest at An Góilín Traditional Singers’ Club this coming Friday 26th June will be Francy Devine. His superb and much acclaimed CD ‘My Father Told Me’ will get a belated launch….. a night not to be missed.

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June 2015

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200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo

The next HSC will be on Thursday next 4 June at 9pm sharp

DOWNSTAIRS in The Abbey Tavern

Terry Moylan from Na Piobairi Uilleann – The Pipers’ Club will lead a night of songs

remembering the Battle of Waterloo

‘HE WENT THROUGH THE LOWLANDS LIKE THUNDER …’

Here is the Howth June notice  for the event and also Terry Moylans song sheet – which at the end carries some HSC Club news.  It would help if you could print off Song Sheets and bring them with you – or at least those songs you might sing. We will run some off but it is a bumper edition!

Finally, please forward this notice and its attachments to friends and those you feel would be interested.

Terry is expert in this field and it will be a very good night.

Thank you for your support

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THE BIRDSONG PROJECT

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HSC meets Thursday, 7th May, at 9pm in the Abbey Tavern

as part of the Birdsong Project

http://www.thebirdsongproject.com/Home.html

which is a traditional song project by Aileen Lambert and Michael Fortune

commissioned for Bealtaine by Age and Opportunity and support by

The National Library of Ireland and the Irish Traditional Music Archive

Our theme is titled: “To Hear the Nightingale Sing” songs with birds,

hosted by Anne and Niamh Parsons.

Look forward to seeing and hearing you all – and please feel free to pass on this notice to friends.

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APRIL 2016

The next HSC Session is on Thursday, 16 April next at 9pm in The Abbey Tavern, admission €4

Ann Riordan and John Bentham

will host a night with our returning guests from the

Tiger Folk, Long Eaton, Derbyshire

http://www.tigerfolk.com/

Poppy Folk Club,Nottingham

http://www.poppyfolkclub.co.uk/Home.php

Grand Union Folk Club, Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire

http://guf.org.uk/

This promises to be a great night – it was a few years back – with some accomplished voices from home and abroad

Look forward to seeing and hearing you all – and please feel free to pass on this notice to friends

The Folk group members will be at the Bray Singers’ Circle on Saturday.

On Sunday morning, Fergus Russell has organised a singing & walking tour of Glasnevin Cemetery from 10.30 for 11 with many great singers lined up. We will repair to the Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square afterwards.

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SINGATHON (MARCH 28TH) AND NEXT SESSION (APRIL 16TH)

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HSC will be performing at the 7th Musical Marathon in Sutton Methodist Church this Saturday 28th March from 2.15 to 3.15.  All support welcome and proceeds to St. Francis Hospice.   Those leading the songs please attend for rehearsals at 1.30.

Please note there will be NO session on Thursday April 2nd (because of Easter) so the next session is Thursday 16th April, in the Abbey Tavern, with guests from Folk Clubs in Leicester, Long Eaton, Loughborough and Nottingham.