Irish language celebrated at the Linenhall during November
Fiddle player Seamie O'Down brings his amazing talents to the Linenhall for a very special performance later this month.
There is an exciting wave of performances embracing the Irish language and culture taking place at the Linenhall Arts Centre.
On Wednesday, November 8, Morag Prunty, aka bestselling author Kate Kerrigan, delivers her one-woman play, ‘Am I Irish Yet?’, an engaging and entertaining perspective about what it means to be Irish. Heart-warming, gut-wrenching and utterly hilarious, this is for anyone who has ever questioned who they are, and where they call home.
An evening of top-class comedy from the very best Irish comedians awaits at ‘Greann as Gaeilge’ on Thursday, November 9. Delivered 'as Gaeilge’, there will be sharp gags, quick wit, whimsical observations and high-energy hijinks, starring the funniest performers around, namely Ger Staunton, Martin Angolo, Aine Gallagher and Julie Jay.
A songwriter and composer who writes and sings in Gaelic and English, ‘Padraig Jack’ takes to the Linenhall stage on Friday, November 10. Native to the Aran Islands, which are famed for producing writers Liam O’Flaithearta, Máirtín Ó Direáin and Breandán Ó hEithir, Padraig is proudly bilingual both as a conversationalist and a songwriter.
Then to a special music celebration on Thursday, November 16, when Seamie O’Dowd launches his new CD, ‘Further Down The Line’, a tribute to the tradition that inspired him for decades. Seamie learned to play fiddle from his parents, Sheila O’Dowd (nee Regan) and Joe O’Dowd, both steeped in southern Sligo’s long-established music traditions.
