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A talk on an all but forgotten Edenderry family, the Bennetts of Monasteroris, will be given by Rhode native and New York resident Danny Leavy on Friday, May 19.
The acclaimed new contemporary folk musical ‘In the Midst of Plenty’ will tour to the Town Hall Theatre on June 7 and 8 as part of Roscommon-based Enchanted Croí Theatre’s Irish tour. The work of a women-led creative team, the piece amplifies the seldom-told stories of impoverished women and the choices they made as they fought to survive 19th-century cottier life.