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» THE GREAT BIG SURPRISE PARTY

Everybody knows the jeopardy of organising a surprise party. You want to organise an event for someone close to you because you know that they really deserve it. However, how will you manage to pull off the organisation and get them to the chosen location on time without them suspecting anything!

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Forty years ago two Californian anthropologists George and Sharon Gmelch lived for one year in a barrel top wagon with travellers on a halting site in Dublin….

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John Sheahan – a Dubliner

The documentary film John Sheahan: A Dubliner is a revealing and beautifully made portrait of a man who was an integral part of the national institution that is The Dubliners. As Barney McKenna once said, John is the ‘memory chip’, the part of the band who never forgets, ‘the mortar between the bricks’ that kept the band together.

THE GREAT BIG SURPRISE PARTY

Everybody knows the jeopardy of organising a surprise party. You want to organise an event for someone close to you because you know that they really deserve it. However, how will you manage to pull off the organisation and get them to the chosen location on time without them suspecting anything!

Finbar Furey: Free Spirit

For many Irish people Finbar Furey is an institution…. RTE ONE Monday May 14th  2012 9:35pm

UNSETTLED:FROM TINKER TO TRAVELLER



Forty years ago two Californian anthropologists George and Sharon Gmelch lived for one year in a barrel top wagon with travellers on a halting site in Dublin….

Blood of the Travellers

Olympian Francie Barrett uncovers new information about the origins of the Irish Travelling Community by tracing their DNA…….