Stories of the Rising from Wexford to Dublin

Sunday Miscellany by RTÉ

Mar 29, 20260:35:27Arts

A special live programme from Wexford Opera House, originally broadcast for the centenary of the Easter Rising, with Billy Roche, AM Cousins, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Prionsías Ó Rathaille and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, and mus...

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