Tenor Gavan Ring and pianist Louise Thomas will give the Irish premiere of Ballads of a Bogman produced by Cork Opera House at St Fin Bare’s Cathedral, Cork This is part of an ongoing project initiated by the Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin. Further details at this link.

Gavan Ring and Louise Thomas

Based on Ballads of a Bogman by Irish poet Sigerson Clifford, these songs explore the nature of identity and questing. With roots in Kerry in Western Ireland, the poems and songs relate a troubled world of a newly formed Irish state and the Travellers who populated its roads.

Ballads of a Bogman

In 2023 the project will be expanded and adapted into staged format. The Irish premiere will be at the Daniel O’Connell Summer School in Cahersiveen and the Wexford Festival.

Cahersiveen in Western Ireland (original photo)