Further information: library@muckross-house.ie

Joe is one of Ireland’s best-known presenters, hosting both Liveline on Radio and Liveline Callback and Spirit Level on TV. He is the author of the Children of the Rising, the untold story of the young lives lost during Easter 1916.  Released in October 2015, the book topped the Nielsen Bookscan Hardback Nonfiction chart for several weeks.

Using family sources, newspaper reports, census returns, compensation claims, and birth and death certificates the list of the dead children is a glimpse into the lives of both poor and rich, living side by side in a cramped, crowded city.  One boy, known only as ‘Male’ O’Toole, was thought to have lived hand to mouth at a workhouse for many years.

The vast majority of the children died from gunshot wounds, according to their death certificates.  One died from “cannonading”.  There were no inquests. With the exception of some notorious atrocities like the North King street massacre, and a few events where the Rebels admitted the death of civilians, it is not possible to say which side’s bullets killed most of the children.

Children of the Rising, by Joe Duffy, is published by Hachette, €19.99.

Brendan O’Carroll has called for the book to be on “the curriculum for every child in school’.

Whether they want to sing, dance or act, give your kids the best start possible with DAPA – The Dundrum Academy of Performing Arts.

Based in the Ashfield College premises in Dundrum Town Centre, DAPA offers a fun, safe, professional space for children to express themselves through drama, song or dance. Qualified teachers, many of them performers themselves, will introduce your children to the joys of stage and screen – while you enjoy time to yourself in Ireland’s most exciting shopping and entertainment complex. Have a coffee, brunch, shop or visit the cinema – knowing that your child has the best fun in the best hands, learning confidence and life skills.

DAPA is affiliated with the TalentBase talent agency, which offers presenters, actors and extras for professional work.

For more, check out www.dapa.ie

Fees

€95 – 1 class
€135 – 2 classes
€165 – 3 classes

All classes will run for eight weeks. If your child is currently taking just one or two classes, our 3-class special offers the perfect opportunity to try something different for a fantastic low price – while you get three precious hours to yourself to explore Dundrum Town Centre. Please contact the DAPA office as soon as possible to secure your child’s place. Places are allocated on a first come, first served, basis.

Please contact the DAPA office as soon as possible to secure your child’s place. Places are allocated on a first come, first served, basis.

Contact… dapa@ashfieldcollege.ie

Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo and Cavan County Museum are among the venues staging performances of the show  written by RTE presenter and historian Myles Dungan.

Starring international soloists Simon Morgan and Lisa Lambe, this hugely-entertaining show for all the family features popular songs and stories from the Ireland of a hundred years ago, centering on the life and works of the celebrated Irish tenor John, Count McCormack.

The show can next be seen in Cavan County Museum, on November 2, and then in the Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo, on November 8.

Count McCormack, born in Athlone, was one of the world’s best-known and loved singers of the early 20th century, earning millions in his lifetime from record sales and appearances and winning the friendship of Hollywood stars
such as Errol Flynn, Will Rogers, John Barrymore and Basil Rathbone

The show includes world-famous fan-favourite songs by Lena Ford, Ivor Novello, Stanley Kirkby and George M. Cohan including…

Macushla
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
She Moved Through The Fair
Keep The Home Fires Burning
The Foggy Dew
The Sunshine Of Your Smile
Only The Rivers Run Free

The show features headline acts, including…

Simon Morgan: A world-renowned baritone, Simon has performed in venues across Ireland, the UK, Argentina, Chile, Barbados, San Diego, Chicago, New York, Monaco, Florence and Verona.  Here’s Simon in the role…

Lisa Lambe: A singer and actress, Lisa is best known for her work at the Abbey and the Gate, and as a member of international singing sensation Celtic Woman.

Brendan MacQuaile: Brendan is a classically trained baritone who performs widely in Ireland and internationally, and features regularly on TV and radio.

The pianist is Ronan Murray.

Pegasus Consulting is the company behind the hugely successful touring history projects The Fighting Irish (2010), The Great War Roadshow (2014/15) and Paths To Freedom (2016). The company has been recently announced as the new producer of The History Show on Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTE. The National Concert Hall; The Pavilion,
Dun Laoghaire; The Waterford Royal; The Watergate, Kilkenny; Hawk’s Well, Sligo; Draiocht, Blanchardstown; The Civic Theatre, Tallaght; The Mill, Dundrum; The Hay Festival, Kells; King House, Boyle and the Town Hall, Cavan are amongst the venues that staged Pegasus productions in 2014-17.

Pegasus Consulting and MusicSolutionsOnline.com have joined forces to shoot music videos with some of Music Solution’s best-known musicians. Three Tenors, The High Tails, Simon Morgan, David Shannon, Andy Mann, Nigel Linden and Drazen Derek were among the performers showing off their talents for a new series of short films.

Check out the 2017 compilation HERE

Music Solutions – Three Tenors

If you’re looking for a performer, a singer, a dance troupe – or a feature act – for your business or corporate event, contact… info@musicsolutionsonline.com

FEATURED ACT

Our featured act this week is The Andy Mann & Nigel Linden 3Piece…

For a fantastic dance duo, think no further than Nigel Linden & Andy Mann.

World-class musicians, they are regulars at all the big Irish clubs. Andy is a TV veteran known for The Voice and Eurosong. Nigel is a master of many instruments, a multiple prizewinner as an accordion player, pianist, saxophonist and violinist.

Nigel & Andy can provide chilled out, or high-energy modern songs as required. If necessary, we can add additional musicians to the band – including double bass and drums.

Check them out HERE

The general election of December 1918 saw women here voting for the first time – though they still had to be over 30 years of age and land owners, restrictions that weren’t lifted until ten years later, in 1928.

2018 is also the 100th anniversary of the election of Ireland’s first female member of parliament – Countess Markiewicz.

In commemoration of these historic developments, RTE broadcaster and historian Dr. Myles Dungan is putting together a team of Ireland’s most sought-after women historians to offer libraries, county councils, country houses, history groups and festivals a unique package of lectures and presentations on the changing lives and roles
of Mná na hÉireann a century ago.

Catriona Crowe, former Head of Special Projects at the National Archives of Ireland; Dr. Kate O’Malley, of the Royal Irish Academy; and author Liz Gillis will be among the key contributors.

This 2018 roadshow builds on Dr. Dungan’s hugely successful history roadshows The Fighting Irish (2010+), The Great War Roadshow (2014/15) and Paths To Freedom (2016/17).

We hope this new project will interest you. To discuss further, with no commitment, please contact… info@pegasusconsulting.ie

Author Liz Gillis

Paths To Freedom
Great War Roadshow

Dr. Myles Dungan

Liz, a central figure in the new Pegasus history roadshow, Mna na hEireann, is the author of seven books on Ireland’s early 20th century revolutionary period

This latest work, published by Kilmainham Tales, tells the story of the IRA’s 1921 attack on Dublin’s Custom House, then the heart of the British administration in Ireland.

This unique book tells the full story of the attack on and burning of the Custom House, bringing the fruits of eight years of research to the public in an entertaining, readable history.  Much use is made of the recollections of the men who carried out the attack and those who resisted, based on memoirs, witness statements and Crown forces’ reports.

Buy the book HERE

Aimed at promoting a college-going culture, and increasing the numbers who progress to third level, particularly in areas where that’s not usually the case, College Awareness Week is an important tool in spreading the word that having a post-secondary education plan is “both important and achievable”.

The campaign goals, supported by national agencies including the NAPD, HEA, Department of Education and Skills, Vincent de Paul, IGC and IBEC, include…

• Celebrate the importance of going to college
• Showcase local role models who have gone to college
• Helping students to become college-ready

Last year, there were 659 events across 27 counties. This year, Pegasus is offering county councils, libraries and schools collaboration on a new project – Ready For College.

Ready For College – University Preparation Courses

Our academic consultants, who have taught at second and third level in colleges across Ireland, the UK and the USA, have developed a set of modules aimed at introducing Leaving Cert students, new college entrants and mature students to the key writing, research and study skills that they will need to be successful in college.

These US-style modules cover key aspects including structuring an essay, taking notes, researching and referencing, and include… 

• Winning The Points Race – Choosing Colleges & Courses
• Writing for life – letters, emails, reports, CVs
• Writing for College
• Crash Course: Grammar, Syntax, and Usage
• Planning – Part I (Reading and Research)
• Planning – Part II (Brainstorming)
• Thesis Statements: Crafting a Clear Argument
• Outlining
• Drafting
• Conclusions
• Editing and Revising
• Citation, Attribution & Avoiding Plagiarism

Third level education is about learning at a higher level – developing skills relating to critical thinking, building supported, substantive arguments, analysing information and the critical use of data and multiple sources. These are university-level skills – but new college entrants will benefit hugely from working on the foundations of these skills, even before entering third level. Such skills will also help Leaving Cert students, and are key attributes that employers value.

Recent UK research suggests that courses designed to teach sixth form students essential university-level study skills also significantly improves their A-level results (University of East Anglia).

Lecturers

All the Pegasus training modules are delivered by leading academics, published authors and frontline media professionals, including…

Dr. Myles Dungan, historian, presenter, RTE’s The History Show, author of multiple books, including Irish Voices From The Great War (1995) and How The Irish Won The West (2006).

Dr. Jonathan Creasy, editor, publisher, teacher, author The Black Mountain Letters (2016)

Senator Marie Louise O’Donnell, BBC, RTE, TV3, The Vincent Browne Show

John O’Keeffe, criminologist, newspaper columnist and Associate Editor of The Garda Review

Brenda Power, barrister, presenter, Sunday Times/Daily Mail columnist, author The Noughties

Pegasus Consulting

Pegasus Consulting is an Irish media, PR and communications consultancy, representing a wide range of corporate and celebrity clients from television, theatre, politics, media, business and sport. Our expert staff, who have worked at senior levels in education, national newspapers, television, theatre, radio, business, politics and PR, offer a wide range of professional training modules, teaching the key skills of writing, presenting, social media management, producing video and working with the media. Pegasus works regularly with national TV, radio and theatre companies, and produces events across the country, supplying major corporations, local councils, libraries, festivals and historic properties with talent, expertise and technical facilities. Our clients include county councils in Cavan, Dublin, Dun Laoghaire, Galway, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Monaghan, Meath, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath and Wicklow.

www.pegasusconsulting.ie

info@pegasusconsulting.ie

Myles Dungan lecture tour to be a flagship event of Muckross House Spring Schedule

Killarney’s historic Muckross House will be the venue this May for a unique lecture series fronted by historian and broadcaster Dr. Myles Dungan.

May 26 is the date set for the next event at Muckross House, in the heart of Killarney National Park, Kerry’s premier visitor attraction. Myles Dungan will be the main draw at a special evening in The Muckross House Schoolhouse.

The lecture series is organised by Patricia O’Hare, Research and Education Officer at Muckross House Research Library, which plays a key role in documenting the traditions, life, and history of the people of Kerry. 

A Terrible Beauty: Ireland After The Risingis aimed at explaining the many “shades of green” that developed in the wake of the Easter Rising, showing that the ‘long decade’, 1912-1923, was a pivotal period in our nation. Fronted by RTE presenter and historian Dr. Myles Dungan, the Terrible Beauty programme brings together a team of broadcasters, authors and key academics with important things to say about the legacy of 1916. The tour is produced by Pegasus Consulting – the company behind the hugely successful touring history projects The Fighting Irish (2010+), The Great War Roadshow (2014/15) and Paths To Freedom (2016).

The full schedule is…

March 24

Liz Gillis: What Did The Women Do Anyway?

Liz has written a series of books about the Irish Revolution, including Ireland Over All, The Fall of Dublin, Revolution in Dublin, Women of the Irish Revolution, We Were There: 77 Women of the Easter Rising and The Hales Brothers and The Irish Revolution. Liz has a Degree in Irish History, worked as a Guide in Kilmainham Gaol and developed a Revolutionary walking tour of the Liberties.

April 28

John O’Keeffe: The Psychology of 1916

A Criminologist and Forensic Psychologist, John is Head, Colleges of Criminology & Psychology at City Colleges, Dublin. A graduate of University College Dublin and the University of Cambridge, he is Chief Executive of AdVIC, Advocates for the Victims of Homicide, Deputy Editor of The Garda Review and a regular contributor to TV and radio.

May 26

Dr. Myles Dungan: The 1916 Courts Martial

Myles is a broadcaster and historian, best-known as the presenter of The History Show on RTE Radio 1. He is the author of multiple books, including Irish Voices From The Great War (1995), Mr. Parnell’s Rottweiler: Censorship and the United Ireland Newspaper (2014) and How The Irish Won The West (2006).

More information, and bookings… library@muckross-house.ie

Film, theatre and TV professionals – directors, actors and performers with experience of working on shows such as Gold (Film, 2014), Great War Diaries (TV, 2014), RTE’s Young People’s Programmes and Fair City – will teach students the key skills of movie-making.

Students will be given the opportunity to try various roles in the film-making process, and will get hands-on experience of…

- Film Production: the various roles and responsibilities on a film/TV set

- Pre-Production: how to plan, research and script

- Camerawork: basics of camerawork, dos and don’ts; how to film on mobile phones/tablets

- Presenting/Acting for camera

- Post-Production/Editing: selecting the best shots, editing, adding music; the best apps

- Broadcast: how to upload films to YouTube

DAPA’s Make A Movie Summer Camp will run at The Mill Theatre, Dundrum, from Monday 21 – Friday 25 August, 2017.

Cost: €150 per pupil 

For more info, and bookings, contact us anytime at… dapa@ashfieldcollege.ie

SEPTEMBER TERM

New DAPA classes in DANCE, DRAMA AND SINGING will begin in the week of September 16.

Fees

• €95 – 1 class
• €135 – 2 classes
• €165 – 3 classes

All classes will run for eight weeks. If your child is currently taking just one or two classes, our 3-class special offers the perfect opportunity to try something different for a fantastic low price – while you get three precious hours to yourself to explore Dundrum Town Centre. Please contact the DAPA office as soon as possible to secure your child’s place. Places are allocated on a first come, first served, basis.

DAPA

Whether they want to sing, dance or act, give your kids the best start possible with DAPA – The Dundrum Academy of Performing Arts.

Based in the Ashfield College premises in Dundrum Town Centre, DAPA offers a fun, safe, professional space for children to express themselves through drama, song or dance. Qualified teachers, many of them performers themselves, will introduce your children to the joys of stage and screen – while you enjoy time to yourself in Ireland’s most exciting shopping and entertainment complex. Have a coffee, brunch, shop or visit the cinema – knowing that your child has the best fun in the best hands, learning confidence and life skills.

DAPA is affiliated with the TalentBase talent agency, which offers presenters, actors and extras for professional work.

For more, check out www.dapa.ie

Please contact the DAPA office as soon as possible to secure your child’s place. Places are allocated on a first come, first served, basis.

Contact… dapa@ashfieldcollege.ie

If so, you’re favourite neighbourhood agency is looking for you.

Financial, legal, arts or media experience would be a bonus.

Contact… info@pegasusconsulting.ie