Dear friends of Beara, Todays Irish Genealogy News brings us this item: --- Begin cited text --- Recordings of two more History Ireland Hedge Schools are now available, free of charge, as downloadable podcasts. They are: The Emigrants Song: the impact of Irish music on American culture, which took place at the Atlantic Aparthotel, Bundoran, Co. Donegal in January. Joining History Ireland Editor and Hedge School Master Tommy Graham were Mick Moloney (NYU), Marc Geagan (Northwest Regional College, Derry), Charlie McGettigan (1994 Eurovision winner), Rory Corbett (NUI Galway) and John Dempsey (Texas University). Policing in Ireland 1814 2014, which took place at the National Museum of Ireland-Country Life, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, also in January. Tommy Graham was joined by Jim Herlihy (Garda Siochána Historical Society), John Cunningham(NUI Galway), Sarah-Anne Buckley (NUI Galway) and Conor McNamara (Notre Dame). --- End cited text --- For links to the podcasts, see the full article at http://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2015/04/listen-up-to-two-recent-history-ir eland.html Im particularly interested in the first one, since Ive been known to commit Folk Music with the slightest provocation. Bill Gawne