The Manchester Irish Festival: 4th - 19th March 2006
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Saturday 4th March
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Irish History Walk
Assemble outside
Oxford Rd Station
10am
£5
This walk will take in city centre sites associated with the history of the Irish in Manchester including Little Ireland, Peterloo, the Town Hall and Bridge St. It will illuminate Manchester’s connections with leading Irish historical figures such as William O’Brien, Eva Gore Booth, Constance Markiewicz, James Connolly, Jim Larkin and Michael Collins. It will last approximately two hours. Led by Michael Herbert, author of The Wearing of the Green and The Green: a Political History of the Irish in Manchester. Michael is currently Chair of the Working Class Movement Library Trust in Salford.
I, Keano
The Lowry
Salford Quays
www.thelowry.com
2.30pm & 7.30pm
0870 787 5790
The Manchester Irish Festival are proud to bring the UK premier of ‘I, Keano’ described as Up Pompeii meets Father Ted (with a hint of Spitting Image). “Unmercifully Funny” The Irish Times, “A masterfully executed musical comedy” The Times.
Kieran Cunningham
Union Inn
Stockport Road, Levenshulme,
0161 224 1271
8pm-late Admission:
FREE
Fresh from his appearances in the nations
TV Soaps, local actor and singer Kieran Cunningham provides an evening of
Soapstar superstar’ with his unique blend of Irish classics paying
homage to everyone from the Chieftains to the Saw Doctors.
Sponsored by Guinness
Green Hot Clover
O’Shea’s Irish Bar,
Princess St, City Centre
0161 236 3906 - www.osheasirishbar.com
8pm – 1am £2
GHC are one of the youngest and most enthusiastic bands on the circuit. Combine this with their doubtless talent and you have a great band playing great Irish music.
J.I.B Sound
The Irish Association Club
Chorlton,
0161 881 2898
8pm
Kennedy School of Irish Dancing
St Kentigerns
11am
Ulster Province Dance
English Martyrs Parish Centre
Alexandra Rd South, Whalley Range
0161 226
1107 - www.empc.org.uk
8pm
£2 Advance, £3.50 Door
Music by Pat Jordan & Finnians Rainbow
Phoenix
Whalley Hotel
Whalley Range
Festival Party Disco
with Tom Dee
The Pack Horse
Stockport Road, Levenshulme
0161 224 4355
8pm-1am
Free
Tom Dee hosts this special Irish Festival club night with Prizes and Give-aways.
Sponsored by Budweiser
Whistle
in the Dark
by Tom Murphy
Royal Exchange Theatre
Box Office 0161 833 9833
www.royalexchange.co.uk
England, the early 1960s, somewhere in Coventry; into the home of Michael Carney and his English wife come his brawling family of brothers and their father, the fire-breathing Dada. Michael came to England for a better life but as the Carney brothers gear up to confront a rival gang for control of the area, Michael is forced to take a stand as age old resentments and tensions begin to explode. Written when he was 25, A Whistle in the Dark launched Tom Murphy onto the stage in London and Dublin to a storm of shock, controversy and applause. Now regarded as a classic of Irish drama it remains a devastating portrait of the pull of tribalism and violence in men and the desperate need to stand against it. The show features Gary Whelan as Dada, with Patrick O’Kane as Michael.
Johnny Reidy Ceili Band
The Irish World Heritage Centre
Queens Road, Cheetham Hill
8.30pm
Contact 0161 740-4675 or 07930810710 for further details.
Shirley
Dunicans Bar
(The Great Western), Moss Side.
Tel: 0161 226 2724
8pm
Tony Cagney
St Ann’s Social Club
Cross Street, Stretford. 0161 865 3739 or 865 9247
4pm
New Street Talk
Talbot Catholic Club
Eldon Place, Eccles
Tel:0161 789 1021
8pm