Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs correspondent of The Irish Times is himself a Roscommon man. He has worked for Independent Newspapers, the Irish Press group, Magill magazine, and freelanced briefly for RTÉ. In 1989 he set up the first independent radio newsroom in the Republic at Capital Radio (now FM104) in Dublin, having previously worked for four years on pirate station …
Teresa O’Donnell
For the past fifteen years, Teresa O’Donnell has worked as a freelance harpist and singer throughout Ireland, Europe and USA, having graduated with an Honours Degree in Music and Irish from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in Performance and Musicology. Teresa began her harp studies with the late Sr. Eugene McCabe at Mount Sackville School, and later studied with …
Foreword by the The President of Ireland and Honorary President of The Percy French Summer School Michael D. Higgins – 2009
Foreword by the The President of Ireland and Honorary President of The Percy French Summer School Michael D. Higgins – 2009 When I was a youngster I admired the songs of Percy French that were most familiar to County Clare. Sweet Marie was the most important one I think because the Parish had a certain connection with horses. If you …