Clare County Library Blog

Friday, 1 February 2013

Kilfenora Ceili Band with Michael Donnellan - 2013 New Year Concert

"Garry Shannon & Michael Donnellan compete! Glor, Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland, 5th Jan 2013." Posted on Youtube on the 9th of January 2013 by IsMiseKey.

Nollaig Theas - Tim Dennehy and Josephine Marsh

"TIM DENNEHEY: Vocals, Music and Lyrics accompanied by JOSEPHINE MARSH on Accordion: from the album OLD BOOTS AND FLYING SANDALS, A Compilation of Original Songs and Favorite Poems. SCELIG RECORDS, MILTOWN MALBAY, Co.Clare,IRELAND. WEBSITE: www.scelig.com. Lyrics and translations are on the this site." Posted on Youtube on the 24th of December 2012 by HEADSUPBERKELEY.

Let it go - Emer O'Flaherty

"New music from Co. Clare based singer/songwriter/musician. All rights reserved. (c) Emer O'Flaherty Music 2013. Check out other samples on www.myspace.com/emeroflaherty. Thanks for listening." Posted on Youtube on the 17th of January 2013 by Misemefein80.

Tulla - County Clare

Posted on Youtube on the 7th of January 2013 by mydestinationvideo.

Irish Folk Furniture

"IRISH FOLK FURNITURE: Debuting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and available only on YouTube. An animated documentary about repair and recycling in rural Ireland. Directed by Tony Donoghue. Funded by The Irish Film Board, RTE, The Arts Council." Not directly related to County Clare - but irresistible. Posted on Youtube on 16th of January 2013 by Tony W Donoghue.

Costa Book of the Year 2012

Bring Up the Bodies, the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize, has been named the 2012 Costa Book of the Year. Hilary Mantel has become the first author to win both awards in the same year. Bring Up the Bodies is the second part of a trilogy about Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to Henry VIII and concentrates on the three weeks in which Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, is arrested, tried and executed for treason. Wolf Hall, the first book, which won the 2009 Man Booker Prize, tells the story of Cromwell's rise to prominence in the Tudor court. Mantel is currently working on the final book in the trilogy to be called The Mirror and the Light. This novel will follow Thomas Cromwell from the heights of his power to his fall and execution in the summer of 1540. The Man Booker Committee described Bring up the Bodies, which has sold over 240,000 hardback copies already, as “One of the greatest achievements of modern literature.”