Experience Ireland: Song, Music, Dance, Art and Comedy
Presentation with Sean Murphy

Friday, September 18 at 2:00 PM
In-person in Community Rooms AB

Local Irish historian, musician, and dance teacher is coming to CPL to give a presentation with some uplifting pieces featuring some wonderful examples of Irish people keeping their culture and history alive.

You will get a mixture of Irish history, music, dance, ancient art, and comedy all blended into a show about Ireland through the ages. He will use video clips of traditional Irish music and dance that will let you see how this aspect of Irish culture is thriving. Images of ancient art, many dating back thousands of years, will be accompanied by a narrative that helps you to understand their origin and history.

There will be a quick overview of the history of Ireland that includes information on the physical formation of Ireland, and some ancient and recent historical events.

It would not be possible to have an Irish night without some humor. There will be some clips of family-friendly laughs by one of the greatest Irish comedians, the late Brendan Grace.

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About our Speaker:

Sean Murphy was born and reared in Dublin and came to live on Cape Cod in 2005. He has a passion for his homeland and loves to share his knowledge and interest about his heritage through classes, workshops and conversation. He worked as a math teacher in public schools until he retired in 2017.

He is a teacher of Irish history, music, and dance. Over the past fifteen years he has taught courses at the Irish Cultural Center of New England in Canton, Cape Cod Sons of Erin, Cape Cod Cultural Center, the Cotuit Center for the Arts, and at venues on Nantucket.

Sean Murphy has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Trinity College Dublin’s department of Economic and Social Studies; a BSC in Mathematics and Physics from London University; and qualified as a Management Accountant with the Dublin Business School. He is a nationally certified Business Mentor.