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My Father's Wake

How The Irish Teach Us to Live, Love and Die

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Kevin can be contacted on kevin@myfatherswake.com

He is also on Twitter @KevinToolis

 

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Grieving doesn’t have to be borne alone. Share your stories of death and the dead via our #DigitalWake

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My Father's Wake
The Wonders of the Wake with Kevin Toolis

Admission: £14 | BOOK HERE The Wonders of the Wake is a unique celebration of one of the oldest rites of humanity, the Irish Wake: in song, music, bardic poetry and story-telling. From the ancient Neolithic graves on Achill Island on the Atlantic seaboard, to...

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My Father's Wake
My Father's Wake2 months ago
My Father's Wake
Kevin

Bringing back the oldest music of humanity in the Wonders of the Wake; keening, poetry and song. Get in touch if you want to hear more. Rehearsing with the amazing @HenryGirls and @PaulineScanlon for a gig in Duncairn Arts in

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My Father's Wake2 months ago
Patty

This is an beautiful, touching, thought-provoking look at how the Irish love their family and friends into Heaven. As an American of Irish heritage, some of my earliest memories of extended family are from wakes and funerals. Warm, affirming, comforting and a normal part of...

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‘A powerful and immensely moving narrative’

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kevintoolis @KevinToolis
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The great rock of ages. A constant in a shifting world https://t.co/jdZIHO7YAe
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2 days ago
#SongsofSorrow #SongsofJoy #Homer #Yeats #Neruda The Henry Girls Niamh Parsons Kevin Toolis #WondersoftheWake #Skibbereen Do Join us July 28 https://t.co/zZgjwZJGj9
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2 days ago
We will be there to lament the fall of #Troy, the war dead, and the eternal #WondersoftheWake Plus a bit of Yeats, Homer and Neruda. #SongsofJoy #SongsofSorrrow https://t.co/zVjd0E70Ae
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2 days ago
The dawning of the day and the sound of surf running river in the air #myfatherswake https://t.co/1Dwdp0s4Tg
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The dawning of the day and the sound of surf running river in the air #myfatherswake pic.twitter.com/1Dwdp0s4Tg

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3 days ago
Magnificent man! https://t.co/9StpxO3YGk
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4 days ago
The evening pilgrimage from lake to mountain heather https://t.co/LqHn7hZVZj
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The evening pilgrimage from lake to mountain heather pic.twitter.com/LqHn7hZVZj

— kevintoolis (@KevinToolis) July 12, 2019
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4 days ago
If you happen to be passing I will be running through the #NineRules on how to Live, Love and Die and singing a lament for the fall of #Troy and other recent eternal events https://t.co/biCqCdphcZ
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5 days ago
#TideTreasures Iridescent purple-blue Moon Jellyfish #Mayo https://t.co/Dy5UhlePjI
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5 days ago
Mick I will be joining you to sing about the war, the #Trojan war that is, and the wonders of the #IrishWake https://t.co/nz8BtMuSao https://t.co/2QMkqviVgU
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7 days ago
Homer, Yeats, Heaney and the keeners of an Irish Wake. So looking forward to being there https://t.co/VS9eJMK6YR
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7 days ago
Join us to sing of the fall of #Troy and the glories of the #IriahWake @The_JHS
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1 week ago
What a difference a few hours can make #guess https://t.co/TLO572kTSp
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What a difference a few hours can make #guess pic.twitter.com/TLO572kTSp

— kevintoolis (@KevinToolis) July 9, 2019
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