Ms Maura Barrett, (Cashel Library) reports on two upcoming events:-
Event No.1
Following on from the wonderful Cashel, “Our Playground” project with Cashel Arts Festival this year, Cashel Library will screen the documentary by Mark Fitzell in the Library building, on tomorrow morning, Saturday October 12th, beginning at 11:00am until 12:15pm.
So, please do drop in and take a trip down memory lane, while enjoying a ‘cuppa’ with the liberary tomorrow morning.
Event No. 2
Cashel Library will host a talk entitled “Harry Gleeson and the Criminal Procedures – was Harry a saint?” by Eddie Dalton, on Tuesday evening, October 29th at 6:30pm.
Eighty-three years after he was wrongfully executed for murder, the remains of Harry Gleeson were laid to rest in his native village of Holycross, this summer, to the accompaniment of music from his own fiddle. He was granted a posthumous pardon by the Irish State in 2015, having always protested his innocence.
You canlocate the Cashel Library building, situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (G487+RX) Note: Booking for this FREE event is essential please to Tel: 062-63825.
UPDATE OCTOBER 16th:The “Harry Gleeson and the Criminal Procedures” lecture by Eddie Dalton, due to be held in Cashel Library on Tuesday 29th October at 6:30pm, is now fully booked out, with an existing waiting list, so unfortunately we have reached max capacity for this event.
FREE Culture Night Event in Cashel Library “An evening with Patrice Davern”. Friday 20th September from 6.30pm.
Ms Maura Barrett, (Cashel Library) Reports:-
You canlocate the Cashel Library building, situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (G487+RX) Please Note: For this free event hereunder booking is essential to Tel. No.:- 062, 63825
Ms Patrice (O’Connor) Davern studied music at Maynooth University at both degree and Masters level, before taking up a place at the world-renowned Sorbonne University in Paris, where she attained a professional Masters in both music and performance.
She has toured extensively with both ‘To Dance on the Moon’ and ‘Spirit of Ireland’, performing at home and in Germany, Denmark, New Zealand and Australia.
She sang as a soloist at the Eucharistic Congress in Croke Park and at the opening Mass for the ‘World Meeting of Families’ and also performed for the visit of Pope Francis to Ireland, along with regular performances on RTE’s televised Masses.
Feels Like Home To Me.
Lyrics: American singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer and conductor, Randy Newman. Vocals: Patrice(O’Connor)Davern.
Feels Like Home To Me.
There’s something in your eyes, Makes me wanna lose myself. Makes me wanna lose myself, In your arms. There’s something in your voice, Makes my heart beat fast. Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life. And if you knew how lonely my life has been, And how long I’ve been so alone. And if you knew how I wanted someone to come along, And change my life the way you’ve done. It feels like home to me. It feels like home to me. It feels like I’m all the way back where I come from. It feels like home to me. It feels like home to me. It feels like I’m all the way back where I belong. A window breaks down a long dark street, And a siren wails in the night. But I’m alright, cause I have you here with me, And I can almost see the dark, there is light Well if you knew how much this moment means to me, And how long I’ve waited for your touch. And if you knew how happy you are making me, I never thought that I’d love anyone so much. It feels like home to me. It feels like home to me. It feels like I’m all the way back where I come from. It feels like home to me. It feels like home to me. It feels like I’m all the way back where I belong.. It feels like I’m all the way back where I came from.
END
Ms Patrice (O’Connor) Davern and her sister have performed as a duo and their wedding rendition of the ‘Rattlin Bog’ received world-wide attention, receiving over 100 million views on-line; earning them an invite to perform at a music festival in Wisconsin, USA.
Ms Davern regularly performs with the ‘Fuaimlaoi Choir’, based out of St Teresa’s Church, Clarendon Street, Dublin and has recorded a studio album and composed music for liturgical celebrations, along with recording individual songs released with her sister.
This is an evening of entertainment truly not to be missed.
Brian Murphy’s ‘Sheela na Gígs of Tipperary’ exhibition continues in Cashel Library over the month of September. As promised ‘The Sheela Na Gigs of Ireland and Britain’ by Joanne McMahon & the late Jack Roberts are currently for sale in Cashel Library for €15 on a ‘first come first served’ basis.
Mercier Press have sent a dozen copies to enhance the understanding of these enigmatic figures.
You canlocate the Cashel Library building, situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (G487+RX)
An invitation to an exhibition and talk on the Tipperary Sheila na Gíg’s, by artist Brian Murphy, on next Tuesday, 3rd September at 7:00pm, at Cashel Library – all are welcome – refreshments served.
RememberBOOKING is Essential to gain access to this FREE event, so do please contact Cashel Library, TEL: 062 63825, during normal business hours.
You canlocate the Cashel Library building, situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (G487+RX).
Ms Maura Barrett (Cashel Branch Librarian) Reports.
For the very first time in local recorded history Tipperary’s Sheela Ni Gig’s complete collection have been historically reproduced in clay with some other complimentary antiquity stones.
The aim of the production was to tie together folklore, local history and the replica stones for all to see in one place at the same time.
The Sheela Ni Gig installation was created and produced over the past year by local Tipperary Tattooist Brian Murphy. It’s the first time that all Tipperary’s Sheela’s imagery and complexity can be viewed for all to see in a singular space and discussed as a whole collection, rather than a single statue.
Invitation Shrouded in mystery and mostly lost to history, this elusive figurine has baffled the minds of many for centuries. Come join us in a discovery journey and delve into some of the unanswered questions of these Hibernian Mystery Stones. Where folklore history and mysticism meet, the mind is sure to follow.
Make sure not to miss this unique and free interpretation and presentation of one of Ireland’s most esoteric characters, the magical Sheela Ni Gig.
Mise le meas, Maura Barrett (Branch Librarian)
Note: Of the 124 known examples of Sheela Ni Gig’s throughout the 32 counties of Ireland; some 24 of same stone carvings are or were located within the boundaries of Co. Tipperary. Addresses for all Tipperary Sheela Ni Gig’s are published in an Excel file shown HERE.
Heritage Week in next week 17th to 25th of August 2024
Below is a summary of events at Cashel Library, (adults only).
Please do remember that booking for the above freeevents is essential. Contact Ms Maura Barrett at Tel: 062 63825. You canlocate the Cashel Library building, situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (G487+RX).
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