The Parting Glass: Remembering Risteard MacGabhann
The Parting Glass: Remembering Risteard MacGabhann, the Derry writer, academic and musician who has died. His friend broadcaster Joe Mahon pays tribute to him.
The Parting Glass: Remembering Risteard MacGabhann, the Derry writer, academic and musician who has died. His friend broadcaster Joe Mahon pays tribute to him. A contemporary of Seamus Heaney's at St Columb's, Heaney remembered him in the poem βThe Gaeltachtβ.
"...and Paddy Joe, and Chips Rafferty and Dicky/Were there talking Irish"
Just a few weeks ago, despite ill health, he was at the launch of his book "the Great Irish Songbook" , a definitive new collection of Irish & Scots Gaelic songs from the 17th century to the present-day.
Also on the show an ambitious project led by disabled artists for disabled artists is delivering digital technology masterclasses to increase technology skills opportunities in Northern Irelandβs creative arts sector. Mark hears from stroke survivor and musician Peter Fleming and Edel Murphy who is leading the project for the University of Atypical
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- Mon 8 May 2023 12:03ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Foyle