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Episode 5, broadcast on August 11th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Diarmuid Breatnach sings Kevin Barry.

To tie in with the documentary series Citizens: Lockout 1913 to 2013 three live discussions about the lockout will feature on the Today with Myles Dungan show. In the first feature broadcast on August 9th Myles was joined in studio by Padraig Yeates, author of Lockout: Dublin 1913 and a member of the 1913 Committee, Mary Daly Professor of History and Archives at University College Dublin, Ciaran Wallace historian at Trinity College Dublin and Ann Matthews writer and historian at NUI Maynooth who all feature across the series.

Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Fergus Russell singing James Connolly.

Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Michael Gallen singing Freedoms Pioneers

Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Michael Gallen singing Who Fears To Wear the Red Hand Badge

Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Michael Gallen singing We Only Want the Earth

Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Michael Gallen singing The Watchword of Labour

Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Francis Devine singing who fears to wear the red hand badge

Episode 4, broadcast on August 4th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. It is a century since these events occurred and our three sung heroes in this episode Jim Larkin, James Connolly and Roger Casement are at the heart of contemporary history and politics. But what of the songs they inspired both at this time and since. In this episode of Herosongs presenter Therese McIntyre, explores the lives and legacies of these three men and the songs written about them. We hear from UCD professor Diarmaid Ferriter, author of Lockout 1913 Padraig Yeates, tour guide and author of James Connolly: Sixteen Lives Lorcan Collins and James Connollys great grandson James Connolly Heron. Fergus Russell, of the Goilin traditional singers club gives his opinion on why he likes one particular song about Connolly written by Paddy Galvin; So I sing the song and it would be one of the songs that I most enjoy singing, and am inspired most when I sing it because, Connolly is my hero and singer Frances Black shares the Black familys version of the song. We also hear from labour historian and traditional singer Francis Devine about the song The Ballad of Jim Larkin while the singer and member of the Young Wolfe Tones, Derek Warfield tells us the story of how he added an extra verse to the song about Roger Casement The Lonely Banna Strand in 1965.

Episode 2. Herosongs is an eight part series presented by Therese McIntyre and traces the journey of Irish ballads from the 16th century to today, and explores how the shape or distort our understanding of history. The oral ballad tradition dates back to the twelfth century but its not until the introduction of print in Ireland around 1760 that we begin to see a record of traditional songs in both the Irish and English language.In Episode Two of Herosongs presenter Therese McIntyre, explores the hero behind

the songs. Jerry O Reilly sings The Bold Robert Emmet.