New ‘Sweet Nightingale’ Magazine
There is a new ‘Sweet Nightingale’ available
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Burns Nicht 2016 is on Saturday, 23 January in the Abbey Tavern from 8pm with Special Guests Daimh and the St Lawrence Howth Pipe Band.
Tickets are twenty euro and booking is essential.
Phone: Abbey Tavern (01) 839 0307
On Sunday 24 January, from 3-6, we have the Fare Thee Weel Session in the Angling Club.
Happy New Year – next session 7th Jan 2016
Thank you to all who have supported HSC throughout 2015 and peace and health to you for 2016.
Laurence Bond leads our next session on Thursday, 7 January at 9pm in the Abbey Tavern with ‘All the Flowers of the Forest’.
Burns Nicht 2016 is on Saturday, 23 January in the Abbey Tavern from 8pm with Special Guests Daimh and the St Lawrence Howth Pipe Band.
Tickets are twenty euro and booking is essential.
On Sunday 24 January, from 3-6, we have the Fare Thee Weel Session in the Angling Club.
Christmas Special
Howth Singing Circle Christmas Special
‘Sing His Thimbleful of Glee …’
with Special Guest TIM DENNEHY
Abbey Tavern
Thursday, 10 December, 2015
9pm sharp
All singers, musicians and listeners welcome
Copies of Ruth Clinton’s This Fearless Maid available (five euro)
and
Tickets for
Howth Burns Nicht 2016 – ‘Twas in Sweet Senegal with Special Guests Daimh (twenty euro)
and a free raffle
If you are unable to make it, thank you for your support throughout 2015 – peace and health for 2016
A chairde
Next Thursday in the Abbey Tavern at 9pm Ann Riordan hosts a special night for the HSC.
Singer and collector Jane Cassidy (Belfast) will launch Howth Singing Circle’s Young Singer in Residence Ruth Clinton’s “This Fearless Maid”, a booklet of songs recovered and annotated by Ruth. The songs, written before 1950, feature women in unusual and different ways than in many songs where women feature as unrequited lovers, grieving mothers or sweethearts, or as objects of desire. We are proud of Ruth’s diligence, imagination and meticulous research that has produced a special publication. She will sing some of the songs on the night.
So, please come along and celebrate the conclusion of our first Young Singer in Residence project and support Ruth in her endeavours.
May we also take this opportunity to thank so many of you who came along to make the Martyn Wyndham-Read and Gatehouse concert such a memorable night. A standing ovation speaks volumes but all the artists commented on the warmth and knowledgeable support they felt coming from the large attendance. From all at the HSC, sincere thanks to you all
IRISH SONGS AND POEMS……… AND CD LAUNCH
Thursday, 1 October in Abbey Tavern at 8pm
A presentation in song, poetry and pictures of
‘Irish Songs & Poems
from the First World War’
as performed in City Hall and the National Museum of Ireland
featuring
Luke Cheevers, Brian Doyle, Robert Kelly, Niamh Parsons,
Ann Riordan & Fergus Russell
Followed by monthly Singing Session
‘War & Peace’
and Howth launch of the inimitable Luke Cheevers’ new CD,
‘It’s Just Me Saggin’ Shelf’
all welcome, €4
Latest edition of Sweet Nightingale now available
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.
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.
Wed. 12th August 12-2 in Collins Barracks –
For one Performance only
Aug 12th – 12-2pm
Collins Barracks
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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