Derek Keaveney - 60 years in Canada with no regrets

As an immigrant myself, I have always had a great interest in those who have come to these shores before me, whether they were the diaspora of Black '47 or those of more recent vintage. On learning that my good friend Derek Keaveney was celebrating 60 years in our adopted land, I knew that here was...

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Robert Kearns - Take A Bow

Sixty years ago upon leaving school in Dublin I knew relatively little about the Irish Famine. Later I was to learn that in Ireland many topics tended to be glossed over in the teaching of Irish history, among them the 1916 Rebellion and subsequent Civil War, and the Potato Famine. It’s only...

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Colm O'Brien - The Long Note Man

Discerning Toronto radio listeners know that the choice 8 o'clock Sunday evening spot is CKLN FM 88.1. That's the home of The Long Note, Colm O'Brien's inventive hour of music in the Celtic tradition. Now in its 22nd year, The Long Note is a rare bird indeed, a programme that answers only to the...

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