Kathleen Fee talks about this year's festival

SomeRiseSomeFall is an independent community of songwriters, musicians and creatives. Michael Fitzgerald Anna Mitchell talk about the project

Riots occurred in January 1907 during and following the opening performance of the play. The riots were stirred up by Irish nationalists and republicans who viewed the contents of the play as an offence to public morals and an insult against Ireland.

Lochlann Scott of Helplink Mental Health Services talks about the increase in demand for counseling services requested by the Irish Diaspora over the past 12 months and particularly the increase in requests for help during Covid.

Colm Brophy was appointed Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora on July 1st, 2020.

Tom Ganly was secretary of the Longford - Westmeath Argentine Association and had visited the Argentine more than 20 times. He talks about hurling in Argentina and the Dresden Affair and the Ganly connection

Columban Fr Liam Carey is originally from the Westmeath and his Grandfather was Argentinian. He worked in Brazil as a Columban missionary priest before journeying onto Peru.

Diego Kaplun Carmody

Una Byrne is the grandaughter of Bernard Gannon

Frances Black grew up on Charlemont Street in Dublin as the youngest of the late Patty and Kevin's five children. It was a very musical family, and she began singing with her older siblings, Shay, Michael, Mary and Martin, known as The Black Family