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On Saturday, November 22nd at 11 o'clock, former Labour Senator, William P. Cashin will conduct a historical walking tour of the town of Kanturk. Interested parties are asked to meet at the car park at the Church of the Immaculate Conception before 11 o'clock and the tour will take approximately two hours. It will finish at the Trades Union Hall in Strand Street at around 13.00 where light refreshments will be served. There William P.will give a short talk on the Labour Movement in the Duhallow Area and the significance of the Trades Union Hall in History.

The Féile Week Programme is now confirmed and will go ahead as scheduled from November 17th until November 24th. The full programme can be seen by opening the PDF file attachment to this storybody. There is the possibility that more events will take place in addition to the schedule given and impromptu sessions may also occur. Details of accomodation, public and private transport arrangements can be got by contacting Féile Dúthalla 2008 Admin. preferably by e-mail request and full details will be forward by return.

The popularity of the Talks/Music Series has meant that the Series was revised on a number of occasions. Please see the attached PDF file of the revised series from September to the end of the series on November 23rd. Many thanks to all those who have supported and attended the sessions throughout the year. Special word of thanks to all the guest speakers and musicians who conducted the sessions and it is safe to say that every night was very enjoyable and a resounding success.

Féile Dúthalla 2008 T-Shirts are now available to buy on-line. They come in colour black in sizes medium and large and are 100% Fairtrade cotton. They cost €15 each plus postage and packaging worldwide delivery. No credit card purchases please. Cash, cheques or barter items accepted........

In mid-February 2008, letters were sent to thirty schools in the area, twentysix primary and four second level, advising them that it was the intention of Féile Dúthalla 2008 to involve as many young people as possible in the Féile and that a number of musicians had offered their services to provide music workshops in the various schools. Each school was requested to confirm if they were interested in the scheme and reply soonest in the envlope provided. Seven schools responded initially and five schools out of that seven followed up. The participating schools were, St.

Next Session in the Talks/Music Series is on Wednesday, October 15th, at 20.30 in the Trades Union Hall, Kanturk. The topic for the night is A Tragic Troubadour - LIfe and Collected Works of Folklorist, Poet and Translator, Edward Walsh. The guest speaker is Fr.John J. Ó Riordáin Muisc: Eoin Jordan & Tim Browne

An extra session has been added to the Talks/Music Series on Sunday, November 09th. Dr. Ruan O'Donnell of Limerick Univeristy will give a talk on Sarah Curran and Robert Emmett. Full details of the days event will be posted shortly via the usual channels.

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Another upcoming event in the Féile Talks/Music
Series is a bus tour which will be conducted by
Johnny O'Mahony, Tureendubh. The title of the tour
is called “Pobal Uí Caoimh and that way back “
and will be held on Sunday, September 28th. The tour
will commence at 13.00 and finish around 20.00.
The bus will pick up outside the post-offices in
Kanturk 12.00, Newmarket 12.15, Kiskeam 12.40,
Ballydesmond 13.00. The tour will visit Kilmurray

It is hoped that a comemmorative brochure will be published to mark the Féile Week. Advertisement space will be available on the publication and all interested parties are requested to contact Féile Admin. as soon as possilble at 029 51870/087 9484169 to place their advertisements on the brochure (nominal rates for full page and part thereof.....)

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Ethnomusicologist, Matt Crannitch has pledged his support for
the Féile and will give a lecture in the Trades Union Hall,
Kanturk on Wednesday, September 17th at 20.30. The title of his
talk is The Musical Heartbeat of Sliabh Luachra and Matt will
be joined on the night by guest musicians. No stranger to
Duhallow, playing and competing in several Féiles in the area in
the 1950's & 60's, he has ancestral links with Duhallow and will