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The Children Of Lir: Gaelic songs and stories of Ireland

0	EXETER: Farringon Gardens
P	Saturday 12th March, 2022
N	6:30pm

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A unique melding of traditions with Gaelic songs and stories of Ireland by Patrick Devine-Wright and friends

Saturday 12th March Faringdon church, 7pm
Farringdon, East Devon EX5 2HY
Drinks and canapes in the garden from 6.30pm.
Parking and toilets in village hall next to church

Patrick Devine-Wright is a Professor in Geography at the University of Exeter, conducting research on sustainable energy and climate change. He is an IPCC lead author, Chair of the Devon Net Zero Task Force and Director of the ACCESS project. Born in Dublin and raised in the village of Dalkey on the shores of Dublin Bay, he learnt the Irish (Gaelic) language from his mother Deirdre, a fluent speaker from Galway in the west of Ireland. He inherited a love of singing from his father Pat, one of a family of singers from Glasgow. He began piano lessons at the age of 5 before studying trumpet at the Dublin College of Music. Patrick began singing as a student at Trinity College Dublin and has sung with choirs including the Trinity College Singers, Anúna, the Cambridge Taverner Choir and Bel Canto. He has won several prizes for the solo singing of Gaelic songs, including the All-Britain Feis Ceoil. He was an understudy in the Riverdance show during its first West End run in the Hammersmith Apollo theatre and his musical influences include Iarla Ó’Lionaird, Muireann Nic Amhlaidh, Séamus Begley and Martin Hayes.