Events & Festivals

The documentary film ‘Who is Dervla Murphy?’ will be broadcast on RTÉ One television on Thursday 22nd December  2016 at 11.20pm.

The film which was produced and commissioned by Mixed Bag Media Ltd in association with the Arts Office, Waterford City and County Council features exclusive footage of Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s most prolific travel writer at her home in Lismore and with her family abroad providing a rare insight into Dervla’s home life.

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The programme features interviews with her daughter Rachel, broadcaster and travel writer Manchán Magan, publisher John Murray and actor and writer Michael Palin.

Arts Officer, Margaret Organ says ‘This documentary has been succesful on the national and international film circuit as the subject of Dervla Murphy continues to enthral people. Mixed Bag Media have been tireless in their efforts to bring this film to audiences world wide and we are proud to be associated with it.’

The Mayor, Cllr. Adam Wyse, along with Council staff will wear red on Friday next December 16th for the WLR FM ‘Be a little star’ Wear Red Day.

Companies, business and schools from all over the city and county are signed up to take part with all donations collected going to help the needy in Waterford and West Waterford through the St. Vincent de Paul. If you wish to get involved sign up through www.christmasappeal.ie

Some excellent coverage from the Irish Examiner of the festivities here in Waterford for Winterval.

Download the Christmas Arts events schedule here

Venue: Town Hall Theatre, Dungarvan, Saturday 26th November at 8pm

Children of the Revolution is a unique concert series which brings together traditional musicians and singers from throughout Ireland who are descended from men and women involved in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Supported by the Arts Office, Waterford City and County Council it features four County Waterford performers. The line-up is a must for lovers of traditional music, song and history. The concert explores and celebrates the rich cultural legacy of Irish traditional music and song, aspects of our culture which were foremost on the minds of the political leaders of 1916.

Performers include Clodagh Kelly, Kilmanahan on fiddle and harp, along with Tramore sisters Jana & Rebecca McCarthy Kent on flute and fiddle. The concert will also feature traditional songs of revolution including original songs written to commemorate the 1916 Rising from Cúl na Smear’s Michéal Marrinan and Wexford singer Aileen Lambert.

Each of the performers will share their own personal connections to 1916 and the role their relatives played. Special guests on the evening will be schoolchildren from the county who will perform songs of 1916 such as All Around my Hat, The Foggy Dew and Óro ‘Sé do Bheatha ‘Bhaile.

The project is devised and produced by Michael Fortune and Aileen Lambert who have worked on a variety of traditional music & song projects in recent years, with the support of the Arts Council and in partnership with the National Library of Ireland. These include The 1916 Song Project earlier this year, which involved nine singers composing new songs of 1916 in the traditional style, a number of which will be included in the concert.

Tickets €10/€8 concession will be available on the door or phone 0877552593/0876470247 to book. For more information see www.childrenoftherevolution.ie or find us on Facebook.

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