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This ‘docu-cantata’ examines a painful period for Ireland through compelling music

The Hunger: A mixed-media opera about the Famine

Production team and cast illuminate 1840s with sean-nós, economists and vivid footage

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Battery Park Famine memorial sparks pangs of modern recognition

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Mary McAleese to address Daniel O’Connell Summer School

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