
Monaco-Ireland Arts Society
Promoting Irish Literature and the Arts in Monaco
PERFORMERS
Actors: Present & Past

Nick O'Conor

Andrew Riley

Lynn Sharpe

Frank Dubuisson

Birgitt McDonagh

Sean Webb

Miranda Dawe

Derek Smith

Frank Megginson

John Luigi Megginson

Silke Muston

Kathy Livesey

Stewart Reading-Kitchen

Adrian Shaw

Ashley Muston

Maya Shaw

Casper Kielland

Ian Livesey

George Rybarczyk

Diana Rees

Jane France

Felice Locker

Rachel Fenwick-Smith

Amanda Fenwick-Smith

Joanna Merchi

Rice Prendiville

Clyde van der Beek

Paulina van der Beek

Eric van Ginkel

Shireen McKee

Claire d'Arcy

Michael Davies

Patsy Maloney

Geoffrey Woodhouse

Audrey Whitehead

Merville Spiers

Anne Mosley

Anne Batt

Mike Muston

Carol Williard

Anne Fafoutakis

Paul Connell

Bernadette O'Farrell
Musicians & Singers

Erin's Trio
Musicians

The Flowing Tide
Irish Musicians from Clare

Des Burke
Bodhràn player

Nick O'Conor
Singer

Robin Brock
Accordionist

Barry Coffey
Singer

Mary-Anne Karlsson
Pianist
Culture Snippets

Seanchaí
The distinctive role and craft of the seanchaí is particularly associated with the Gaeltacht (the Irish-speaking areas of Ireland), although story-tellers recognizable as seanchaithe were also to be found in rural areas throughout English-speaking Ireland.

Traditional Irish Music
In Gaelic Ireland, there were at least ten instruments in general use, which were the cruit (a small harp) and clairseach (a bigger harp with typically 30 strings), the timpan (a small string instrument played with a bow or plectrum), the feadan (fife), the buinne (oboe or flute), the guthbuinne (a bassoon-type horn), the bennbuabhal and corn (hornpipes), the cuislenna (bagpipe), the stoc and sturgan (clarions or trumpets), and the cnamha (bones).

Brendan Behan
Behan’s fortunes changed in 1954 with the appearance of his play The Quare Fellow, his major breakthrough at last. Originally called The Twisting of Another Rope and influenced by his time spent in jail, it chronicles the vicissitudes of prison life leading up to the execution of the quare fellow, a character who is never seen.
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Le Sardanapale
2 Avenue Princesse Grace
Monte-Carlo
98000 Monaco