Ceol choirm na Cásca =
Easter Rising music concert /
Sinn Féin.
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| Summary: | Programme for republican concert held at the Olympia Theatre Dublin in 1961, published by Sinn Féin under the name 'Coiste Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta 1916-1964' which roughly translates as the 1916-1964 National Commemoration Committee. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Item uses English and Irish text. |
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Dublin :
Sinn Féin,
1961.
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| Notes: | This item is held in the Ephemera Department. Contains many advertisements and encourages the purchase of Irish goods and speaking the Irish language Inside cover: names of those executed and killed in action during the 1916 Rising and a reproduction print of the 1916 Proclamation. Throughout the programme are memorials to various Irish patriots of historical importance in addition to those men involved in various contemporaneous IRA activities such as the Edentubber incident. Item is printed in green, orange and black ink. Programme itself consists of poetry readings, ceilí music, storytelling, comedy acts, Irish dancing, ballads and traditional music performed such personalities as Eamon Keane, John Molloy, Carol Sinclair, Frances McDermott and Seán Ó'Sé. The front cover shows a picture of the Easter Lilly and the back cover has a picture in green ink of soldiers fighting in the Easter Rising. Physical description: 1 sheet (40 p.): col. ill. ; 28 x 22 cm. more |
As a digital copy of this item is available, the original will not be issued.
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EPH C370 |
Collection unavailable |
Ephemera |
Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.
