Echoes of Erin 2016 is a vibrating, colourful show of Irish Traditional Music, Song, Dance and Storytelling > Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising This presentation by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann commemorates through our Irish song, music and dance, with narration and poetry, the long sequence of events that led to the 1916 Rising. It traces the quest for Irish cultural and political independence, beginning with the 1798 Rebellion, moving on to Young Ireland in the 1840s, Fenianism in the 1860s and the Gaelic Revival of the 1880s onwards. Echoes of 1916 culminates in the Easter Rising which consolidated republicanism as a central part of Irish nationalism. The Comhaltas Concert Tour of Canada is funded by Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs as well as Culture Ireland. Venues ===== Date | Time (pm) | Location | Venue | Contact —-|——–|—- Sep-18 | 8:00 | Dublin (Ireland) | An Chulturlann, Monkstown | 01 280-0295, [email protected] Sep-20 | 7:30 | Vancouver | Notre Dame School | 604 777-9943, [email protected] Sep-21 | 7:30 | Saskatoon | Holy Cross High School | 306 955-3599, 306 382-4443, 306 374-6966 Sep-22 | 8:00 | Regina | Royal Saskatchewan Museum | 306 757-5951, 306 519-9559 Sep-23 | 7:30 | Manitou | Manitou Opera House | 204 242-2727, 204 242-2794 Sep-24 | 8:00 | Winnipeg | Wes End Cultural Centre | 204 783-6918, 204 475-0483 Sep-28 | 7:30 | Shannon | Shannon Community Centre | 418 844-3287, 418 844-0033, 418 527-2238, 418 704-3404, [email protected] Sep-30 | 7:00 | Killaloe | Festival Hall | 613 735-2182 Oct-01 | 7:30 | Peterborough | Market Hall Performing Arts Centre | 705 775-1503, 705 742-9425 Oct-02 | 7:00 | Toronto | Gerry Gallagher Hall | 416 446-6993, [email protected] Performers ======= Name | Location | Role —–|——–|—– Joe Arkins | Clare | Fear a’ Tí Paul Clesham | Mayo | Concertina, Piano Tim Doyle | Dublin | Uilleann Pipes Annette Hannigan | Luton | Banjo Jana McCarthy-Kent | Waterford | Whistle, Flute Vincent Murphy | Wexford | Button Accordion, Melodeon Fíona Nic Conmara | Dublin | Fiddle Gráinne Nic Ghiobúin | Limerick | Harp Sarah O’Gorman | Waterford | Fiddle Séamus Tierney | Cavan | Whistle, Flute Eimear Arkins | Clare | Singer Séamus Ó Flatharta | Galway | Harp, Bodhran, Dancer Carla Hanafin | Kerry | Dancer Fernando Marcos | Rosario, Argentina | Dancer Cara Hegarty | Cork | Dancer Vince Jordan | Birmingham | Manager