#OTD in 1960 – The Gael-Linn film ‘Mise Éire – I am Ireland’, based on the poem by Pádraig Pearse, with music by Seán Ó Riada, has its first public showing.

05/02/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

George Morrison’s film Mise Éire (‘I am Ireland’) – based on the poem by Pádraig Pearse – has held an iconic status in Irish cultural history since its release in 1960. Seán Ó Riada’s orchestral score drew heavily from Irish traditional sources and has regularly been available ever since its first release in 1960. Mise […]

#OTD in 1971 – Death of Seán Ó Riada, founder, composer, and arranger for the Chieftains.

03/10/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

A true Irish Gift to the world, Seán Ó Riada left the world at the terribly young age of 40. One of Ireland’s finest composers and a major influence on traditional Irish music, Seán Ó Riada (John Reidy) was born in West Cork in 1931. Ó Riada’s love of music came from parents who were […]

#OTD in 2013 – Death of uilleann piper, accordion player, singer, composer, researcher, writer and lecturer, Tomás Ó Canainn.

15/09/2019.Reading time 1 minute.

The uileann piper was probably best known as a member of Na Filí, along with fiddler Matt Cranitch and whistle player Tom Barry, who brought Irish traditional music to an international audience in the 1970s. The Derry native was an engineering lecturer and in the early 1970s moved to work at University College Cork, where he […]

#OTD in 1960 – The Gael-Linn film ‘Mise Éire – I am Ireland’, based on the poem by Pádraig Pearse, with music by Seán Ó Riada, has its first public showing.

05/02/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1971 – Death of Seán Ó Riada, founder, composer, and arranger for the Chieftains.

03/10/2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 2013 – Death of uilleann piper, accordion player, singer, composer, researcher, writer and lecturer, Tomás Ó Canainn.

15/09/2018.Reading time 1 minute.

#OTD in 1960 – The Gael-Linn film ‘Mise Éire – I am Ireland’, based on the poem by Pádraig Pearse, with music by Seán Ó Riada, has its first public showing.

05/02/2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1971 – Death of Seán Ó Riada, founder, composer, and arranger for the Chieftains.

03/10/2017.Reading time 1 minute.

#OTD in 1960 – The Gael-Linn film ‘Mise Éire – I am Ireland’, based on the poem by Pádraig Pearse, with music by Seán Ó Riada, has its first public showing.

05/02/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

1971 – Death of Seán Ó Riada, founder, composer, and arranger for the Chieftains.

03/10/2016.Reading time 1 minute.

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#OTD in 1960 – The Gael-Linn film ‘Mise Éire – I am Ireland’, based on the poem by Pádraig Pearse, with music by Seán Ó Riada, has its first public showing.

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#OTD in 1971 – Death of Seán Ó Riada, founder, composer, and arranger for the Chieftains.

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#OTD in 2013 – Death of uilleann piper, accordion player, singer, composer, researcher, writer and lecturer, Tomás Ó Canainn.

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#OTD in 1971 – Death of Seán Ó Riada, founder, composer, and arranger for the Chieftains.

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#OTD in 2013 – Death of uilleann piper, accordion player, singer, composer, researcher, writer and lecturer, Tomás Ó Canainn.

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#OTD in 1971 – Death of Seán Ó Riada, founder, composer, and arranger for the Chieftains.

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