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through the medium of the theatre an attractive means of accessing our rich cultural heritage. … The Irish language enshrines a vast reservoir of story, poetry and song that is unique among the cultures of the world. Irish scholars, collectors and musicians have left a veritable library of Irish songs and dance tunes, many of which have never been sung or played to the living generations." Siamsa Tíre was to seek ways "of bringing these lost treasures to the ears of future audiences, in new and evocative settings, thus making them familiar again and musically interesting to the contemporary ear."
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for RTÉ radio, entitled ‘Network’. Recalled to Kerry in 1973, he was released from parish work by his bishop to devote himself to his work on folk theatre. In 1965 he had founded the group Siamsóirí na Ríochta out of which in 1972 developed Siamsa Tíre , the Folk
Theatre of Ireland. Ahern was artistic director until he retired in 1997. He brought the company all over Ireland and travelled the world with it, enchanting audiences wherever they went. He retired in 1997, but continues to organise concerts and stage productions.
125:. His mother played traditional fiddle, as did his cousin Barney Enright of Moyvane. Pat's brother Seán is a singer and plays the uilleann pipes. Pat learnt the fiddle from his mother, and Irish step-dancing from the famous Kerry dance master Jeremiah Molyneaux. Pat attended primary school in Moyvane (1938–1944), subsequently enrolling at St Michael's College, Listowel (1944–1948). He studied for the Catholic priesthood at
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filter-point where the native talents and folk wealth of the district would be assembled and researched. The first house, "Teach Siamsa", opened in 1974 at Finuge, north Kerry; it focused on the north Kerry dance tradition. The second opened the following year at
Carraig in the west Kerry Gaeltacht, with a focus on the Irish language tradition.
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roots. The search for truth, that great intellectual excursion, often gains its momentum in the search for identity. In a time when identity cards are plastic and processed, Siamsa is a banner of cloth, of an old weave, from a timeless loom. And at the same time it's a very enjoyable evening's theatre.
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Somewhere in there when the dance is high and the music lively there's an echo of all times past, remembered and forgotten. Times that are getting more remote in a world that's intent on bringing news of the future at great speed to people of the present. But there's a need for the past, a need for
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as his piano teacher. He graduated in 1962. In 1967 he was sent to the
Catholic Communications Centre, Booterstown, Dublin, to study Radio and Television production and to set up and direct a Radio Production and Training Unit for clergy and religious. He produced a weekly religious radio programme
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1982 American Tour: Fordham
University, Bronx, New York; Spring Valley, New York; Amherst, Massachusetts University of Massachusetts; Ohio Theatre, Columbia; Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet, Illinois; Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis; Civic Centre, Des Moines, Iowa; Alverno College, Millwaukie; Northern
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The establishment of rural training centres was a key concept of Siamsa Tíre's
Founding Document of 1972. The rural centre, Tithe Siamsa (Siamsa houses), was to serve as a meeting-place for the people of the district, to provide experience of and training in music, dance and story-telling, and a
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In 1974 Siamsa Tíre was incorporated as a company, funded by Bord Fáilte, the Irish
Tourist Board, and by Roinn na Gaeltachta (the government department for Irish-speaking districts); Pat Ahern was artistic director and Martin Whelan the manager until his death in 2002. Ahern's aim: "To provide
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In 1978 Siamsa Tíre moved into the refurbished
Theatre Royal Cinema in Tralee. From 1982 Ahern began collaborations with artists from other folk traditions, among others with Argentinian, Bulgarian and Spanish dancers. Up to 1985 the members of the company had all been amateurs, employed on a
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173:, involving the parish choir, parish societies and theatre groups, in a celebration to mark the centenary of the Lourdes apparitions. It was presented in the Catholic Young Men's Hall, Tralee. In 1959 he produced a second parish pageant:
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part-time basis; now a core group of four professionals was established. An educational programme for school visits was devised. In 1991 the company moved into a specially built theatre in Tralee. It opened with a new production,
218:, the story of salvation, to celebrate the new millennium in the diocese of Kerry; cast of 200, choir of 800 recruited from all the parishes of the diocese Music score by Aidan O’Carroll, 12,000 attended
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theatre, in April 1972. The following year Bishop Casey recalled Ahern from Dublin to Kerry, and released him from diocesan commitments to work full-time on the new folk theatre project in Tralee.
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Seminary (1950–1957); while there he studied piano and organ under Charles O'Callaghan. He was ordained in 1957, and that year appointed curate in St. John's Parish
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In 1968 the first Folk Theatre production was presented by the group in Tralee, twice weekly through July and August. They called the new show,
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2014 Plaque in Siamsa Theatre marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of Siamsa Tíre; unveiled by Pat Ahern
181:, the story of the Passion of Christ, involving a cast of 120, in the style of the celebrated Passion Play at
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1981 English Tour: Stevenage, Manchester, Ilford, London, Leicester, Liverpool
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Irish Moves – An Illustrated History of Dance and Physical Theatre in Ireland
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produced by Dublin theatre director, Michael Scott with Siamsa Tíre, RTÉ TV
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1992 Siamsa Tíre collaborate with Bill Whelan and Maria Pages for the
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in Tralee to mark the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Lourdes.
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1986 Siamsa Tíre choir sings at the funeral mass for the actress
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Staged Folklore: The National Folk Theatre of Ireland 1968-1998
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2004: "Siamsa Tíre at the Cork International Choral Festival",
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1981 Rome, performance for Pope John Paul II at Castel Gandolfo
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An Leanbh Óg: OMEP Ireland Journal of Early Childhood Studies
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Cork International Choral Festival 1954–2004 – A Celebration
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Cork International Choral Festival 1954–2004 – A Celebration
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The significance of Siamsa Tíre was summed up by the writer
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1969/8: "Where is the Scoraíocht Movement Getting To?"
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was presented at the Dublin Peacock Theatre and at the
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404:1981 Four 30-min. radio programmes recorded for
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843:– theatrical tribute to Blessed Edmond Rice
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936:Companion to Irish Traditional Music
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