Centenary commemorations for the 1916 Easter Rising are under way in Dublin, Ireland. Today’s show mixes music with poetry, speech, and interviews with participants in the Rising. The interviews come from the RTE Archives, which contain many more and are a marvelous source of recollectons from people who were not just present, but active participants in those historic events.
Brendan McKinney with the Michael Reilly Orchestra “Ode to the Irish” from Hidden Treasures: Irish Music in Chicago (2000) on “Big Chicago” Records
Tommy Makem “ireland” from Ancient Pulsing on Red Biddy
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Seamus Begley “Wrap the Green Flag Round Me Boys” from The Bold Kerryman on IRL
The Original Dubliners “A Nation once Again” from The Best of the Original Dubliners (2003) on EMI
The House Band “The Four Courts/The Fox on the Prowl” from Groundwork (1993) on Green Linnet
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The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem “A Medley Commemorating the Easter Rising of 1916” from Freedom’s Sons on Columbia Legacy
Feature — Proclamation of the Irish Republic
Sibeal “Mise Eire” from Mise Eire – Single (2016) on Unknown
Relativity “Gile Mear” from Relativity (2006) on Green Linnet
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Feature — Helena Moloney (of Cumann na mBan) remembering her part in the attack on Dublin Castle and City Hall, death of Sean Connolly
Martin Hayes “O’Connell’s March / Galway Bay Hornpipe / The Banshee’s Wail / Over the Mangle Pit” from Under The Moon (2006) on Green Linnet
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Feature — Maurice Brennan – “I happened to be sentenced to be shot” – courts-martial in Kilmainham Gaol, death of Eamonn Ceannt
The Bothy Band “The Blackbird” from Out of the Wind, Into the Sun (1977) on Compass Records
Silly Wizard “The Blackbird of Sweet Avondale” from A Glint of Silver on Green Linnet
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Feature — Min Ryan of Cumann na mBan – “We never thought this would be the end” – Sean McDiarmada in Kilmainham Gaol
Feature — Roddy Connolly (son of James Connolly), Irish Citizens Army
The Wolfe Tones “James Connolly” from Live Alive-Oh on Shanachie
The Blarney Pilgrims – James Connolly’s Last Speech
Black 47 “James Connolly” from Fire of Freedom (1993) on SBK
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The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem “Oro se do Bheatha Mhaile” from In Person At Carnegie Hall (2009) on Legacy
Sinead O’Connor and The Chieftains “The foggy Dew” from The Long Black Veil (2004) on Circa Rea Teo
