It is thought that Neainsín Bhán may have been composed circa 1860s. It was first collected by Séamus Ennis on behalf of the Folklore Commission of Ireland in the 1940s. Neainsín Bhán is a love song of a young man, though there appears to be a verse or two put in the mouth of a y

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Medal awarded to Richard (Dick) Tobin, member of the Kilkenny hurling team that won the 1916 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection—New York Collection Day Apr. 17 2016 | Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1923

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Recto: St. Patrick's Day 1916. 4th Batt. Royal Munster Fusiliers. Erin go bragh.' Text is in script and red ink. Poem at bottom celebrating Ireland is in blue ink and has a border of shamrocks.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--The Rising and Beyond | World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Irish

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1981 Receipt No. 1366 for P.O. Box No 39 for Cork Gay Collective from An Roinn Poist Agus Telegrafa. From 1/3/81 to 31/12/81. P.O. Boxes were frequently used as a contact address for groups.

LGBT Activism | Cork Gay Collective, 1980- | LGBTQ Organizations

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The collector Edward Bunting (Belfast Harp Festival, 1792) attributed Molly St. George to Thomas Connellan, Cloonamahon, Co. Sligo. Born in the mid-1600s, both Thomas and his brother, William, were well-known harpers of their time. Their compositions, including Molly St. George,

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Seán McCarthy, born in Listowel, Co Kerry, was a well-known songwriter, singer and colourful character who entertained thousands of listeners to Sunday Miscellany and Thought for the Day on RTÉ Radio. The Seán McCarthy Weekend Festival, held at the beginning of August in Finuge,

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Pat Lyons’ Reel is a composition of the late Tipperary fiddler, Seán Ryan. It is included in The Hidden Ireland, his first book of compositions, which was followed by a second publication, Seán Ryan’s Dream. Amongst his many compositions which were quickly absorbed into the tradi

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Invoices sent to Diarmuid O'Hegarty [Ó hÉigeartuigh], Secretary, Dáil Éireann Cabinet Secretariat, from the Sinn Féin Cooperative People's Bank at 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin for heating and metre rent at premises.

O'Hegarty (Ó hÉigeartuigh), Diarmuid, 1892–1958 | Dáil Éireann | Sinn Féin Co-operative People's Bank Limited, 1908-1921

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Father Tom’s Wager was included in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (c. 1880s) under the title, Close to the Floor. It was also appears as No. 220 in the collection, O’Neill’s 1001: The Dance Music of Ireland. A tune which was particularly popular with musicians in New York in the 1950s

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This first tune is often referred to as Across the Fence. It dates from the 1950s when it was composed by the virtuoso fiddler, Brendan McGlinchey. Other of his compositions include Farewell to London and Splendid Isolation. Born in Armagh, Brendan has resided in England for most

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Correspondence concerning 76 Harcourt Street, Dublin City, regarding furnishing of office for Dáil Éireann ministers; correspondence with Irish Women Workers' Union in relation to leasing the property; correspondence with Batt O'Connor, 1 Brendan Road, Donnybrook, Dublin.

O'Connor, Bartholomew (Batt, Phartalán), 1870-1935 | Dáil Éireann | Irish Women Workers' Union

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Dic Béimis has a long association with theatre and literature. Dic communicates how Yeats captures a sense of the great fiddlers of Sligo: the line ‘dance like a wave of the sea' could bring to mind North Connaught set dancers navigating their way through a Lancers’ Set. The line

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