other projects
A video, entitled ON THE SHOVEL: SONGS AND STORIES OF THE IRISH NAVVY,is currently in production. Featuring dramatic pictures, and interview extracts from Ultan's personal archive, it will soon be available on mail order.

Also available: A multimedia lecture,CONNAUGHTMEN & HORNED CATTLE,which uses evocative slides supported by songs and music from the soundtrack of Ultan's highly acclaimed 1995 Revue,A TRIBUTE THE NAVVIES (see Reviews below).

At present Ultan is working on a Migrant Labour Education video, for use in secondary schools,with a Teaching Pack designed by The Curriculum Support Service. This project is supported by The Irish Episcopal Commission for emigrants and funded by the Department of the Taoiseach


Reviews:


"Emotive and inspiring" - Irish Ambassador Ted Barrington

"Highly original, moving and entertaining" - Manchester Evening News

"A marvellous show...deserves to be seen far and wide" - Irish Post

"Should be seen by everyone with a drop of Irish blood in their veins" - Irish World

"A correct balance of feeling, experience, history and intelligence of the heart" - Irelands Own

"Informative and entertaining...the standard of talent was superb" - Director, Listowel Arts Centre

"This show says it all" - Joe Mulholland, RTE (MacGill Summer School)


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