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Pet O'Connell

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Iriseoir leis an Irish Examiner. Worcester woman.

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Pet O'Connell@petoconnell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... #Cork #spéirghorm #ireland Hammy Hamilton: "Singing is such a personal thing. When I sing I think not just of the emotion of the song but where I learned it and the occasions I sang it before, so these are all songs that really mean something to me very deeply."

Hammy Hamilton: 'Sectarianism in the North was completely ignored by traditional musicians'

Co Cork-based Belfast native Hammy Hamilton has released a new CD

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Pet O'Connell@petoconnell.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Photographs by the unassuming Macroom native, who died last January, aged 59, graced the covers of albums by artists including Lúnasa, John Spillane, Jim Murray and the late Séamus Begley. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... #Macroom #Cork

Photography exhibition pays tribute to late Macroom photographer Con Kelleher

Before he died recently, Con Kelleher's photographs graced the covers of albums, and were even turned into stamps by An Post

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Pet O'Connell@petoconnell.bsky.social · 6mo ago

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Tales of climate change and Ramadan fasting, mountain climbing, and the wonders of Irish seaweed @hachettechildrens.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie

Children's book reviews: News travels fast as readers are left between a rock and a hard place

Pet O’Connell rounds up a selection of the latest children’s books, with tales of climate change and Ramadan fasting, mountain climbing, and the wonders of Irish seaweed

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Pet O'Connell@petoconnell.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This weekend’s Féile na Laoch sees a reprise of Ceoltóirí Chualann, featuring Seán Ó Sé. @catherinegalway.bsky.social addresses a celebration of Fuinneamh na mBan, or female energy, where Cór Ban Chúil Aodha perform Peadar Ó Riada's Laoi na Laoithe. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Voice of women to be heard as Féile na Laoch festival looks to future

Artificial intelligence, climate change, and employment are among discussion topics at the gathering in Cúil Aodha, writes Pet O'Connell

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Pet O'Connell@petoconnell.bsky.social · last yr.

Cork fiddle player, academic, and authority on Sliabh Luachra music Matt Cranitch will this weekend be presented with a TG4 Gradam Ceoil for lifetime achievement. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @tg4.bsky.social

Matt Cranitch takes a bow for lifetime of musical achievement

Cork fiddle player, academic, and authority on Sliabh Luachra music Matt Cranitch will this weekend be presented with a TG4 Gradam Ceoil award for lifetime achievement

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Pet O'Connell@petoconnell.bsky.social · 2y ago

'The Last Boy' is at once a story of darkness and hope as Brewster wishes on each star that he will be the last climbing boy. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @everywithwords.bsky.social @evemcdonnell.bsky.social @susancahill.bsky.social @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Children’s book reviews: Dickensian child poverty meets Victorian scientific advancement

Pet O’Connell rounds up a selection of the latest children’s books, featuring history, rhymes, and the surreal

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Pet O'Connell@petoconnell.bsky.social · 2y ago

UCC’s first female music lecturer and the first woman in Ireland or Britain to be awarded a non-honorary doctorate in music, Annie Patterson was instrumental in the foundation of Oireachtas na Gaeilge and Feis Ceoil. @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @ucc.bsky.social

Remembering Annie Patterson, the trailblazer who was UCC's first female music lecturer

As the anniversary of Dr Annie Patterson's death approaches, Pet O'Connell recalls the life of the incredible woman who also was instrumental in the creation of the Feis Ceoil and Oireachtas na Gaeilg...

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