Festival Programme Friday 28th July 2023
10:30 a.m. Niamh Guiry. 11:30 a.m. Eoghan Daltun. 1:00 p.m. Jimmy Crowley & Eve Telford. 2:30 p.m. A Sense of Wonder (Rachel Carson) 4:15 p.m. Mother Jones and Her...
View ArticleMick Lynch Receives the 2023 Spirit of Mother Jones Award.
The 2023 Spirit of Mother Jones Award was presented yesterday to Mick Lynch by James Nolan at the Spirit of Mother Jones Festival in Shandon in front of a capacity at the Dance Cork Firkin Crane.
View ArticleThe Cork Ukrainian Choir Sings with the Lord Mayor of Cork.
The Cork Ukrainian Choir yesterday opened the Spirit of Mother Jones Festival with a stunning musical performance. The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy accompanied them on “Danny Boy”. It was...
View ArticleFestival Programme Saturday 29th July 2023.
9:30 a.m. Peter Foynes historic walk. (meet at Maldron) 11:00 a.m. Secrets from Putamayo. 2:00 p.m Luke Dineen. 3:15 p.m. Pat Murphy 4:30 p.m. Maggie O’Neill. 6:00 p.m. Mother...
View ArticleCork Chilean Community Remembers Victor Jara (1932-73).
The Spirit of Mother Jones Festival continued in Shandon on Friday, all speakers were excellent. Again, we had some packed attendances and we had great performances from Jimmy Crowley, Eve Telford,...
View ArticleEveryone Should have a Home.
Cork Singer Songwriter, Martin Leahy brought the curtain down on the Spirit of Mother Jones Festival 2023. Martin travelled to Dublin every week for a year, to stand close to the Dáíl and sing his...
View ArticleSpirit of Mother Jones Festival 2023. Some Highlights.
A look back at some of the many highlights of the 2023 Spirit of Mother Jones Festival which finished on Saturday evening July 29th at the Maldron Hotel, Shandon. If anybody has further photographs to...
View ArticleSpirit of Mother Jones Festival 2023. Further Highlights.
We include further photographs from the wonderful 2023 Spirit of Mother Jones Festival. Eoghan Daltun spoke about his recent book, “An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, A personal journey into the Magic of...
View ArticleNeighbour’s Children in Cork. Mick Lynch speaks about his Irish Roots and...
Mother Jones (Joan Goggin) meeting with Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the RMT Union at the 2023 Spirit of Mother Jones Festival. Joan’s dad, Bill Martin was a branch secretary of the ITGWU for...
View ArticleThe dates for the 2024 Spirit of Mother Jones Festival have been announced.
The 13th Spirit of Mother Jones Festival will be held in and around the Shandon Historic Quarter from Thursday 25th July until Saturday 27th July 2024 inclusive. The festival will be organised by the...
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