Showing posts with label St Mary's Church of Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St Mary's Church of Ireland. Show all posts

Friday, March 17, 2017

Ledwidge 1917-2017

Ledwidge 1917-2017

Noel French, James Linnane,
Gemma Macey and Carmel Murray
Thursday night last saw an evening of music, poetry, story and song at St. Mary's Church of Ireland in Navan with MC for the night Noel French introducing a number of guests ending with an ecumenical and inter-faith service of prayer and the playing of the Last Post followed by one minutes silence and Reveille. There was also a welcome to members of ONE, chairperson of  Navan Shamrock Festival, Mayor Francis Deane and local attendees. 

Performers
(1) Sean Lynch - Last Post - Minute Silence - Reveille
(2) Welcome to members of ONE, Chairperson of Navan Shamrock Festival, Mayor Francis Deane and local attendees.
(3) John Donoghue - "Francis Ledwidge"
(4) Colm Yore - The House of Gold
(5) Gary O' Hare - The Blackbird of Slane
(6) Bob Lee - The Dead Kings
(7) Comhaltas Musicians - Two Airs/Marches
(8) Paul Murphy - Soliloquy
(9) John Doyle - Passchendaele
(10) Tony Brady - Down by a lone long river
(11) Michael Connaughton - The Maid of Rosnaree
(12) Danny Cusack - Seamús Heaney's - In Memoriam Francis Ledwidge
(13) Paddy Pryle - The Green Fields of France
(14) Bill Slattery - June followed by a short air
(15) Conclusion - Musicians and singers. 

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Remembering Ledwidge!

Remembering Ledwidge!

There will be an evening of  history, story, poetry and song on Wednesday the 15th of March 2017 at 8 pm in St Mary's Church of Ireland, Navan. organized by The Navan Shamrock Festival and The Navan Singing Circle. So one to mark for your diary. Francis Ledwidge was an Irish war poet who was killed at the third battle of Ypres (Passchendaelle) on the 31st of July 1917 and was from Slane, County Meath.  

From Irish War Memorials
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