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Gr am m y- Nom i n at ed M usi c Sen sat i on Cel t i c Wom an Set T o Br i n g T h ei r 20 t h An n i ver sar y T our T o Cal i f or n i a Soprano M airéad Carlin to Return On t he heels of t he successful ?Post cards From Ireland,?Celt ic W omanwill carry on it s legacy of uplift ing performances packed wit h breat h-t aking harmonies and inst rument al virt uosit y. The group t oday announced it will bring an all-new live show t o celebrat e it s 20t h anniversary t o Nort h America. TheCelt ic W oman 20t h Anniversary Tourwill be delight ing audiences wit h it s fresh blend of t radit ional and cont emporary Irish music t hat echoes Ireland'srich musical and cult ural herit age,while reflect ing t he vibrant spirit of modern Ireland.

band playing an array of t radit ional Celt ic inst rument s, including bodhrán, t in whist le, bouzouki and Uilleann pipes.

Ret urning t o t he group is soprano M airéad Carlin, a former member who joins t he show for t his very special anniversary t our. Joining her are fellow soprano M uirgen O?M ahony, fiddle and Irish harp maest ro Tara M cNeill, as well as t he newest member of t he group, t he mult i-t alent ed Emma Warren, who has t oured wit h Riverdance, Heart beat of Home and most recent ly performed in Les M iserables, London.

In t he 20 years since t he global musical sensat ion?s debut ,Celt ic W omanhas emerged as bot h a formidable musical presence and a genuine cult ural phenomenon. The group's albums and DVD releases have been consist ent mult i-plat inum best -sellers and it s concert t ours cont inue t o t ouch t he heart s of a devot ed audience t hat spans t he globe.

Bot h an accomplished recording ensemble and a world-class performing collect ive,Celt ic W omanint roduces some of Ireland's most t alent ed singers and musicians t o t he world st age.

The group's repert oire encompasses Irish classics, cont emporary songs, classical favorit es and st irring originals. The lineup of performers has evolved in t he years since t he group's incept ion but t he signat ure sound ofCelt ic W omanhas remained consist ent , showcasing t he members' individual and collaborat ive t alent s.

Celt ic W omanis comprised of four young Irish women whose performing skills bring cent uries of musical and cult ural t radit ion t o life. In concert , t heir angelic voices and inst rument al virt uosit y are accompanied by a robust ensemble t hat includes Irish dancers, bagpipers and a full

PBS To Air ?20th ANNI VERSARY? Special in M ore Than 60 M ar kets L ater This Year Following t he PBS broadcast s, t he ?20t h ANNIVERSARY? album and DVD will be released in January 2024 and feat ures brand-new composit ions and arrangement s plus some fan favorit es.

achieving plat inum-level sales in nine count ries. Their 2016 album release, ?Dest iny?, was nominat ed for a Grammy award in t he cat egory of Best W orld M usic Album, marking t he group?s first -ever Grammy nominat ion.

Since 2005,Celt ic W omanhas sold over t en million CDs and DVDs, and amassed more t han 3 billion st reams, making it t he only all-female act t o achieve mult i-plat inum success in t he classical crossover and world music genres during t he past decade. Named Billboard?s #1 W orld M usic Art ist of t he Year six t imes, 12 of t he st udio CDs have debut ed at #1 on Billboard?s W orld Album chart .Celt ic W omanhas also scored t wo Top 10 debut s on Billboard?s influent ial album chart and five Top Five DVDs on Billboard?s Top Video chart , as well as

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DVD an d albu m Released on January 26th

?20th ANNI VERSARY?- the album - features 18 br and new recor dings, and is the group?s fir st new studio album since 2021?s Postcar ds From I reland. I t features new ar r angements of beautiful and iconic songs, some new compositions and of cour se some fan favour ites.

Vin yl r elease in M ar ch Celtic Woman retur ns with a br and-new album and DVD to celebr ate this incredible 20year milestone.

Retur ning to the group is sopr ano M air éad Car lin, a for mer member who j oins the show for this ver y special anniver sar y. Joining her are fellow sopr ano M uir gen O?M ahony, fiddle and I r ish har p maestro Tar a M cNeill, as well as the newest member of the group,the multi-talented Emma War ren, who has toured with River dance,

Celtic Woman - 2021?s Postcar ds From I reland. I t features new ar r angements of beautiful and iconic songs, some new compositions and of cour se some fan favour ites.?

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?20th ANNI VERSARY? - the DVD feat ures 19 songs, plus 2 bonus songs. Filmed in The Helix Theat re in Dublin, Ireland, it t akes fans on a journey back t o where it all began 20 years ago (and in t he very same t heat re). The TV special feat ures appearances from four very special guest s - original members Lisa Kelly, M áiréad Nesbit t , M éav Ní M haolchat ha and Chloë Agnew -- who join Celt ic W oman for t his wonderful TV special packed wit h emot ional and heart st irring performances.

L ater this year, PBS will air the accompanying ?20th ANNI VERSARY? TV special in Nor th Amer ica across 60+ local PBS stations.

In t he 20 years since t he global musical sensat ion?s debut , Celt ic W oman has emerged as bot h a formidable musical presence and a genuine cult ural phenomenon. The group's albums and DVD releases have been consist ent mult i-plat inum best -sellers and it s concert t ours cont inue t o t ouch t he heart s of a devot ed audience t hat spans t he globe.

Bot h an accomplished recording ensemble and a world-class performing collect ive, Celt ic W oman int roduces some of Ireland's most t alent ed singers and musicians t o t he world st age.

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Celt ic W oman has sold over t en million CDs and DVDs, and amassed more t han 3 billion st reams, making it t he only all-female act t o achieve mult i-plat inum success in t he classical crossover and world music genres during t he past decade. Named Billboard?s #1 W orld M usic Art ist of t he Year six t imes, 12 of t he st udio CDs have debut ed at #1 on Billboard?s W orld Album chart . Celt ic W oman has also scored t wo Top 10 debut s on Billboard?s influent ial album chart and five Top Five DVDs on Billboard?s Top Video chart , as well as achieving plat inum-level sales in nine count ries.

Their 2016 album release, ?Dest iny?, was nominat ed for a Grammy award in t he cat egory of Best W orld M usic Album, marking t he group?s first -ever Grammy nominat ion.

Celt ic W oman?s 20t h Anniversary Spring Tour is scheduled t o begin in Feb 2022.

PBS To Air ?20t h ANNIVERSARY? Special in M ore Than 60 M arket s st art ing on Thanksgiving and running t hrough 2024.

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Editor's Note; On Apr il 5 2024, t h e ven er able Ye Olde Kin g's Head Br it ish Pu b w ill celebr at e t h eir 50t h An n iver sar y! We w ill be h er e r epor t in g all t h e excit in g det ails an d plan s f or t h is f in e t r adit ion al pu b, a San t a M on ica lan dm ar k ! Ch eck h er e & on lin e.

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Pr oclamation on I r ish-Amer ican H er itage Month, 2024 Dur ing I r ish-Amer ican Her itage M onth, we honor our I r ish ancestor s, all those who car r y on their legacies, and the values that have always bound I reland and the United States together.

These values ? including deter mination, decency, and dignity ? have been passed down from gener ation to gener ation in families like my own and have been gr afted into the Amer ican char acter. L ast year, I had the honor of visiting the home of some of my I r ish ancestor s, including the Blewitts of County M ayo and the Finnegans of County L outh. As I tr aveled across I reland, I lear ned the tr ue meaning of the Gaelic expression, ?a hundred thousand welcomes.? I was reminded that ever ything between I reland and Amer ica r uns deep ? from our histor y and sor row to our future and j oy. But more than anything, hope is what beats in the hear ts of all of our

people.

For centur ies ? even dur ing times of dar kness and despair ? hope has kept us marching for war d towar d a better future.

I t is what led so many of our I r ish ancestor s to leave the only place they had ever called home and seek a new beginning in the United States. I t is what drove gener ations of I r ish immigr ants to help build the foundations of Amer ica with gr it and per sistence, even as they endured discr imination and were denied oppor tunity. I t is what continues to dr ive tens of millions of I r ish Amer icans across our countr y to stand up for greater dignity, liber ty, and possibilities for all. As we celebr ate the 100th anniver sar y of United States-I r ish diplomatic relations this year, hope remains the bedrock of our par tner ship, as evidenced by our wor k together to stand with the br ave people of Ukr aine in the face of Russian aggression, combat the climate cr isis, and advance wor ker s?r ights across both of our nations.

I n the year s ahead, I look for war d to strengthening the par tner ship and fr iendship between the people of I reland and Amer ica even fur ther. United by histor y, her itage, and hope, nothing is beyond our reach.

NOW, THEREFORE, I , JOSEPH R. BI DEN JR., President of the United States of Amer ica, by vir tue of the author ity vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim M arch 2024 as I r ish-Amer ican Her itage M onth.

I call upon all Amer icans to celebr ate the achievements and contr ibutions of I r ish Amer icans to our Nation with appropr iate

ceremonies, activities, and progr ams.

I N WI TNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of the I ndependence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.

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Th is look s lik e a ver y w ell plan n ed even t t o celebr at e St , Pat r ick 's Day in t h e Spir it of t h e Ir ish Season !

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Kn eecap, a h ip-h op t r io h ailin g f r om West Belf ast This increasingly popular Irish band has been causing a st ir across t he realms of music, film, and polit ics lat ely.

Blending Irish and English languages over a t echno beat , infused wit h a t ouch of t radit ional music, t he group has been known t o embrace a Nat ionalist ic st ance at t heir rowdy shows. However, t hey are firmly non-sect arian and have fans in all communit ies in Ireland, wit h a part icular appeal t o t he younger demographic and t he working class.

M embers M o Chara, M óglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí, have been growing in popularit y since t he release of t heir debut single CEARTA (Irish for Right s) in 2017. The narrat ive behind t he song unfolds as M óglaí Bap, during t he Irish language prot est s advocat ing for equal st at us, was spray-paint ing t he word "Ceart a" on a Belfast wall.

W hen t he police arrived, Bap managed t o escape, but his companion was apprehended. Refusing t o communicat e in English, Bap's friend was subsequent ly arrest ed and spent t he night in jail, await ing a t ranslat or. Anot her popular single, GET YOUR BRITS OUT is full of references t o t he DUP's condemnat ion of t he band. Their musical composit ions blend element s of humor, references t o drug use, ant i-Brit ish sent iment s, and advocacy for t he Irish language.

In an act ion t hat may be in breach of t he Good Friday Agreement , t he Brit s recent ly reneged on £15,000 musicians grant saying did not want t o hand t axpayers? money t o people who oppose t he Unit ed Kingdom.

A much-ant icipat ed new album FINE ART is due out soon and t he band complet ed a semi-aut obiographical film called KNEECAP, t he first Irish language film shown at t he Sundance Film Fest ival where it earned t he Audience Award. Irish Cent ral calls it a "new black-comedy drama about t he cult ure of post -Troubles Belfast ." The film co-st ars M ichael Fassbender as M óglaí Bap?s dad, and includes Gerry Adams, who, by t he way, denies ever being a member of Kneecap. Sony Pict ures will dist ribut e t he film lat er t his year.

KNEECAP ar e f u n n y an d ir r ever en t ah ead of all else.T h e Ir ish Rap Tr io is pict u r ed above at t h e Su n dan ce Film Fest ival last m on t h .

Th eir docu m en t ar y w as pick ed u p by SONY so ou r r eader s an d t h e w or ld w ill soon be h ear in g a lot m or e of t h em !

Kneecap is present ly on a Nort h American t our, wit h upcoming performances scheduled for April 2nd at t he VooDoo Room in San Diego and April 4t h at t he Echoplex in LA. Approximat ely 2,500 people were kneecapped during t he Troubles by Republicans, and Loyalist s, who cont rolled crime in t heir areas wit h punishment shoot ings, usually in t he t highs rat her t han t he act ual kneecap.

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Com m u n it y Act ivist sh ar es h is t h ou gh t s on t h e lat est n ew s an d t r en ds con cer n in g Ir elan d an d Ir ish Am er ica.

Dif f er en t opin ion s an d view s ar e essen t ial in an y f r ee societ y.

We deeply appr eciat e ou r pr ess f r eedom s. Now , m or e t h an ever , it is im por t an t t o h ave Ir ish Com m u n it y act ivism , diver sit y an d in pu t .

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By Greg Patrick ? Ever y l i f e i s i n m an y days, day af t er day. We w al k t h r ough our sel ves, m eet i n g r obber s, gh ost s, gi an t s, ol d m en , youn g m en , w i ves, w i dow s, br ot h er s- i n - l ove, but al w ays m eet i n g our sel ves.? ? James Joyce,Ulysses

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Wh en t h e r aucous l augh t er r an g t oo h ol l ow upon t h e i n n ?s w al l s an d t oo gr eat t h e sol i t ude of t h e voi d l ef t by t h e t h r on g i n t r uded t h e par t y l ook ed t o t h e em pt y sh adow s by t h e h ear t h . ? Wh er ever i s t h e bar d t h i s eve?? i t w as ask ed.

As i f t h e sh adow s m assi n g at t h e t h r esh ol d w er e gr an t ed f or m an d f ace, on e w h o w as bot h m i r age an d n om ad w er e con j ur ed f or t h ; i t seem ed l i k e a gh ost . I t w as n ot son g al on e h e ush er edi n but a pot en t el oquen t i al si l en ce an d a si gh t h at does n ot l i e bet r ayed i n i t s caden ce a br ok en duet suppl i ed n ow on l y by ech oes. T h e n i gh t bel on gs t o t h e poet w i t h t h e un br ok en daw n i n h i s eyes an d w or ds. Because a bar d?s eyes k n ow t h er e i s a gr eat er em pt i n ess an d voi d t h an ch ai r s t o f i l l .

H i s w or dsar e l i k e t h e l augh t er of t h e cur i ous passer by i n t h e n i gh t t h at f i l l t h e dar k an d out si de w i t h l augh t er . Wi l l t h er e t o be l i gh t by w or d an d t h e dar k i s on l y t h at . Not h i n g m or e.

I n t h e begi n n i n g as i n t h e en d t h er e i s t h e w or d t o con f r on t t h e em pt i n ess out t h er e t o t h e cr eat i ve voi ce. A gi f t . A cur se? A f ul f i l l m en t of em pt i n ess?

Ei t h er w ay t h e bar d st eps t o t h e l i gh t l i k e a sol oi st by t h e cr ossr oad' s l an t er n an d al l ow ot h er s t h at l i gh t an d voi ce bet w een i n t er val s of dar k .vBut h i s m use? Wh er e w as sh e t h i s eve? H er voi ce l i k e t h at of a f al con er , so upl i f t i n g...t h e on e voi ce t h at coul d br i n g h i m dow n t o ear t h . T h ough m ast er y of t h e ar t pr eceded h i m t h er e w as som et h i n g ex pr essi ve i n t h e en t r an ce of al l w h o cr ossed t h e t h r esh ol d, each ar r i vi n g w i t h t h ei r ow n st or y t o l i st en t o t h e bar d?s gr eat on es r et ol d. T h ei r post ur es l i k e n ot es of a son g br oodi n gs of h at e an d l ove of j ubi l an ce an d despai r .

I n t h e begi n n i n g as i n t h e en d t h er e i s t h e w or d t o con f r on t t h e em pt i n ess out t h er e t o t h ecr eat i vevoi ce.A gi f t . A cur se? A f ul f i l l m en t of em pt i n ess?Ei t h er w ay t h e bar d st eps t ot h e l i gh t l i k e a sol oi st by t h ecr ossr oad' s l an t er n an d al l ow ot h er st h at l i gh t an d voi ce bet w een i n t er val s of dar k .But h i s m use? Wh er e w as sh e t h i s eve? H er voi ce l i k e t h at of a f al con er , so upl i f t i n g...t h e on evoi ce t h at coul d br i n g h i m dow n t o ear t h . T h ough m ast er y of t h e ar t pr eceded h i m t h er e w assom et h i n g ex pr essi ve i n t h e en t r an ce of al l w h o cr ossed t h e t h r esh ol d, each ar r i vi n g w i t h t h ei r ow n st or y t o l i st en t o t h e bar d?s, Next page please...

BARDSPELL continued from previous page T h ei r post ur es l i k e n ot es of a son g br oodi n gs of h at e an d l ove of j ubi l an ce an d despai r .

T h e bar d' s t at t er ed r ai m en t l i k e I car an m ot h w i n gs sear ed by t h e l i gh t , bet r ayi n g a m an bur n t by r adi an ce beyon d h i s r each , f l ar ed l i k e r ebel an gel w i n gs i n vi t i n g m et am or ph osi s f r om t h e l i st l ess i n t ox i cat i on of pat r on s t o Ren ai ssan ce of bei n g an d r eaw ak en i n g of gr eat er t h i r st t h an even t h e cast aw ay k n ow s w h o at l ast succum bs t o dr i n k i n g t h e sea.

Fr om m essages i n bot t l es bi ddi n g on e t o f or get . T h e w or ds by con t r ast dar ed t h em see an d f or sak e t h e bot t l e as a si eve,

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Sear ch i n g l ook bet r ayed i n a gaze upon an ot h er ?s f ace bear i n g h aun t i n g sem bl an ce t o h i s m use but t h e w or ds ceased m i d- son g f or t h ey bel on ged t o but on e un der t h e sk i es. Son or ous i n aw ay f ew can f at h om , save i f t h ey l i st en w i t h t h e un del ved h ear t . T h e t en aci t y of dr eam ?s em br ace w h en on e h as t o par t w ays an d of w h at f ol l ow ed: br ok en ch or ds an d dr aw n sw or ds. Wor ds l ost t o t i m e l i k e h er et i cal i deal s cast t o t h e pyr e f or l ove. H i s vi ew of t h e w or l d h as ch an ged t h ough h e w oul d n ot .

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By M au r ice Fit zpat r ick

"Small Things Like These" A new film, Small Things Like These, produced by and star r ing Cillian M ur phy, made histor y in Febr uar y by becoming the fir st I r ish film chosen as the opening film at the Ber lin Film Festival. The film is based on the eponymous novella

by Claire K eegan, who also wrote Foster, the novella upon which Oscar-nominated Colm Bair éad?s An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) is based.

K eegan?s Small Things Like These has been r ightly received as political fiction (it won the Or well Pr ize in 2022). I t explores the theme of the incarcer ation of tens of thousands of women and gir ls by the Catholic church that occur red in I reland from the 1820s r ight until the 1990s ? for instance, singer-songwr iter Sinéad O?Connor was ?sent away?. The fig leaf behind which the Catholic church and its enabler s hid was that the institutions to which the women were sent were cor rective refuges. The tr uth was that the women were slave-labourer s in laundr ies. They washed the laundr y of local businesses while the nuns refor ming them kept the profits.

The classic pretext for sending a woman away was br illiantly visualised in a previous film about M agdalene L aundr ies and expressed in folk music. Peter M ullan?s The Magdalene Sisters uses the song ?The Well Below the Valley?to a devastating effect in its opening sequences. As a pr iest at a wedding pounds his bodhr án and sings the song, a young woman is deceived by her cousin into enter ing a backroom where her cousin r apes her.

When she confides what has happened to her a chain of whisper s reaches the pr iest who makes the deter mination: she will be sent away.

M ullan?s film became almost a cinematic fulfillment of the stor y told in ?The Well Below the Valley?, in which a ?fallen?woman has been systematically abused and impregnated by the men in her family. As the song goes:

There's two of them by your Uncle Dan At the well below the valley o

Green grows the lily o Right among the bushes o?

Another two by your brother John?

Another two by your Father dear M ullan tells the stor y of The Magdalene Sisters from the point of view of the incarcer ated women, whereas Claire K eegan?shor t master piece unfolds through the eyes of Bill Fur long. Owner of a coal shop in New Ross, Fur long deliver s coal to the local convent where he witnesses that the women are not housed but held in captivity ? the nun tur ns the key when she leaves the laundr y, there is cut glass set in concrete on top of its high walls. He is distur bed by what he has seen and by an encounter with one of

the inmates who ur ges him to help her to escape so that she can throw her self in the r iver. A tense conver sation with his wife ensues later at home. Fur long?s wife, conver sant in local gossip, knows about the fate of the women in the laundr y. Yet she recoils from breaking the code of omer tà about it. Even as late as 1985, the year in which the stor y is set, she is ter r ified of the consequences of speaking about the cr imes of the church and the complicity of the society it dominates. The Fur longs are in business dur ing an economic depression, and their young family depends on their staying in business for its living.

Back at the convent to deliver coal before Chr istmas, Fur long witnesses a still more tr aumatic scene: he discover s a woman, the mother of a 14-week-old baby, locked in the coal shed among her own excrement. When the convent?s M other Super ior enter s the scene, she pretends that the young woman got lost ? per haps playing hide and seek ? and that she should now come in and have a war m bath. The head nun senses danger, aman had glimpsed the reality of the laundr y regime. She insists with all her force that he come in for tea and cake dur ing which she references Fur long?s daughter s and their schooling: ?Won?t they all soon find themselves next door, in time to come, God willing?.

The M other Super ior does not even need to threaten Fur long that his daughter s will not get a place at the convent school, next door to the laundr y, if he speaks out.

She passes him her annual Chr istmas car d with a 50 pound note that, this time, has a dimension of buying his silence.

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VIEW Conclusion: As a woman of the town later says to Fur long, only a wall separ ates ?that place?[the laundr y] and the convent school.

The townspeople know what side of the wall they want to stay on, one side represents advancement and the other r uination, but Fur long is tor mented by the mor al compromise that silence entails. I n a precise r umination that cannot be conveyed fully in a screen adaptation, Fur long later broods that he had not asked about the young woman?s baby; and that was ?the one thing she had asked him to do ? and how he had taken the money and left her there at the table with nothing before her and the breast milk leaking under the little car digan and staining her blouse, and how he?d gone on, like a hypocr ite, to M ass?.

K eegan br ings the reader fur ther into the psyche of her protagonist and, by proxy, the denials and ser vitude of I reland. Fur long asks: ?Why were the things that were closest so often har dest to see??? a mediation that encapsulates the entire novella and the condition of a society that helped to per petuate the cr uelty.

The film adaptation of Small Things Like These apparently took seed in between takes of Oppenheimer when M ur phy spoke to M att Damon and per suaded him to collabor ate to producer the film. I t is a smaller scale film than the biopic of the ?father of the nuclear bomb?. Yet the har rowing stor y of

or dinar y lives destroyed by institutional abuse and societal cowar dice makes it an essential contr ibution for a full reckoning with I reland?s past as well as a clar ion call to speak out against inj ustices in our own time.

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M u r ph y 's pr of ession al debu t w as in En da Walsh's 1996 play, Disco Pigs, a r ole h e lat er r epr ised in a f ilm by t h e sam e n am e in 2001.

Som e of h is ear ly f ilm cr edit s ar e: 28 Days Later. (2002), Hor r or Intermission (2003), Dar k Com edy Red Eye (2005), Th r iller The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), Ir ish Tr ou bles an d Civil War Ed Not e: An excellen t f ilm t h at w e cover ed ext en sively at t h e t im e an d it ser ved as ou r in t r odu ct ion t o h is w or k .

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Sunshine (2007). Scien ce Fict ion t h r iller Breakfast on Pluto (2005) He played a t r an sgen der Ir ish w om an in t h e com edy-dr am a, w h ich ear n ed h im a Golden Globe Aw ar d n om in at ion .

M u r ph y began h is collabor at ion w it h f ilm m ak er Ch r ist oph er Nolan in 2005, playin g Scar ecr ow in t h e The Dark Knight trilogy (2005?2012) as w ell as appear in g in Inception (2010) an d Dunkirk (2017). In 2011, M u r ph y w on t h e Dr am a Desk Aw ar d f or Ou t st an din g Solo Per f or m an ce f or Misterman.

In 2020, The Irish Times n am ed h im on e of t h e gr eat est Ir ish f ilm act or s of all t im e.

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Cillian M u r ph y Aw ar ded Oscar As Best Act or f or His Leadin g Role in Oppenheimer Cillian M ur phy is an I r ish actor bor n on M ay 25, 1976, in Douglas, a subur b of Cor k, I reland. He developed an interest in per for ming ar ts dur ing his school year s and later studied law at Univer sity College Cor k. However, his passion for acting led him to switch his focus, and he attended the Presentation Brother s College in Cor k to pur sue a dr ama cour se.

Cillian M ur phy's acting career began on the stage, and he gained recognition for his wor k in var ious theatr ical productions. He made his film debut in the movie " Disco Pigs" and continued to build his career with roles in films like " 28 Days L ater," " Batman Begins," and " I nception."

"When Murphy auditioned for the role in Peaky Blinders, his intense performance as the cunning and charismatic gangster leader, told the producers immediately that he would become a defining element of the show's success." Peaky Blinders premiered in 2013 and concluded its run in 2022 . ...I A & E, July, 2022

Cillian M ur phy as Thomas Shelby in the acclaimed TV ser ies " Peaky Blinder s" significantly r aised his profile.

About the film: OPPENHEIM ER Oppenheimer is an epic biographical t hriller film direct ed by Christ opher Nolan and st arring Cillian M urphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, t he American t heoret ical physicist credit ed wit h being t he ?fat her of t he at omic bomb? for his role in t he M anhat t an Project . Oppenheimer t ells t he st ory of t he W orld War II undert aking t hat developed t he first nuclear weapons. The film is based on t he 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and M art in J.Sherwin.

Oppenheimer premiered at Le Grand Rex in Paris on July 11, 2023, and was t heat rically released in t he Unit ed St at es and t he Unit ed Kingdom and Ireland on July 21 by Universal Pict ures

The st ory predominant ly focuses on Oppenheimer?s st udies, his direct ion of t he M anhat t an Project during W orld War II, and his event ual fall from grace due t o his 1954 securit y hearing.

The film also st ars Emily Blunt as Oppenheimer?s wife ?Kit t y?, M at t Damon as head of t he M anhat t an Project Leslie Groves, Robert Downey Jr. as Unit ed St at es At omic Energy Commission member Lewis St rauss, and Florence Pugh as Oppenheimer?s communist lover Jean Tat lock. The support ing cast included Belfast nat ive Kennet h Brannagh.

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Mark your calendars:

SCOTTI SH FEST USA

M emor ial Day Weekend

Satur day & Sunday M AY 25-26, 2024 10am-6pm Sat, 10am-5:30pm Sun SoCal's premier Celtic Event will be held in Or ange County at the OC FAI R & EVENT CENTER in Costa M esa!

The always anticipated and appreciated Scots Fest and Highland Games in Costa M esa is going to be more spectacular than ever this year.

of this event are Scotch Whiskey Tasting, Scotch Whiskey and Food Pair ings and the Highland Games featur ing Scottish Heavy Athletics.

Also, since the I r ish Fair that was being planned for Tor r ance in July has been postponed till 2025, the Scottish Fest USA will offer a great oppor tunity for all Celts to enj oy all of the M usic, Bagpiper s and shared Celtic Culture, Food and L ibations that we all enj oy.

This year wor ld famous piper

I n the same vein a the I r ish always say that ever yone is I r ish on St. Patr ick's Day; the or ganizer s of this annual event say, EVERYONE I S SCOTTI SH At SCOTTI SH FEST! Some of the key differences and highlight

Eric Rigler and his band Celtic Hollywood with Leo Z will be headlining on Satur day only.

Dancer s from The M cNulty School of I r ish Dance will also be per for ming on both Satur day and Sunday.

A much greater ar r ay of assembled Pipe Bands and Piping Competitions are also a crowd pleasing par t of Scottish Fest.

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Ireland Trip November 2024 Hello to all our prospective travelers and those already confirmed. Below you will find a detailed description of our Ireland trip set for early November 2024. Here you will find our travel agents description of the tour (Hammond Tours) and some notes from Keith and the boys. This tour is almost sold out so make sure to contact HAMMOND TOURS with all your questions and to save your spot asap.

November 2 ? 11, 2024 $2995 Land only

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In f act , w or k in g on t h e f olio (t h e t op of each page) r ecen t ly, I f or got t h e w or d f or Oct ober in Ir ish an d h ad t o look it u p. I f ou n d t h is r eally in t er est in g You Tu be video an d sh ar e t h e lin k below.

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Pat r ick 's Day con cer t .

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2024 Tou r Lor een a M cKen n it t

L oreena M cK ennitt?s ?eclectic Celtic?music has won cr itical acclaim wor ldwide and gold, platinum and multi-platinum sales awar ds in 15 countr ies across four .

L oreena M cK ennitt is one of the most talented and amazing ar tists of our time. I f you can make it to one of these concer ts, you will be rewar ded with a highly enter taining and uplifting evening.

I n 2024, The Visit Revisited Tour heads to Europe and concludes in L ondon in ear ly Apr il Visit her webite for details on tickets and concer ts and to or der her music:

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SEEKING SUBM ISSIONS Ou r n ew Tr avel & Tou r s Sect ion is in t er est ed in h ear in g f r om you if you w an t t o w r it e abou t you r Ir ish Tr avels.

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ED NOTE:

DEREK WARFIELD an d Th e You n g Wolf e Ton es Par t 2 Feature and interview. will be presented in our April issue.

The disruption and extra travel resulting from the unexpected travel made the postponement the best course of action. In our

next issue we will have concert reviews and revised tour schedules and more from Derek Warfield and profiles on all of the members of The Young Wolfe Tones

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Fir st pu blicat ion ever of t h e post er f or "A Lesser Gif t : t o be r eleased lat er t h is year .

"A Lesser Gif t " t ells t h e st or y of an Ir ish cou ple w h o ar e f acin g ch allen ges af t er h avin g t h eir f ir st ch ild. Th eir sit u at ion is f u r t h er com plicat ed w h en an Am er ican w om an en t er s t h eir lives. Set in pict u r esqu e Ir elan d, w r it t en an d dir ect ed by Ow en Dar a. His t h ir d f eat u r e f ilm is cu r r en t ly in post - pr odu ct ion in Los An geles For More on Owen Dara and his films may we suggest the following links and digital resources:

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