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Kevin can be contacted on kevin@myfatherswake.com

He is also on Twitter @KevinToolis

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 Wake3 weeks 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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My Father's Wake5 months ago

Kevin

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24 hours ago
The coinage of appeasement - to reconcile yourself to the intemperate, the false, and the malign as this was the only political necessity or truth https://t.co/DkRQ9iCgCg

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3 days ago
Triumph of the Will from our #Poundland #Fuhrer https://t.co/ha6TnbWmJO

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4 days ago
Sort of like #Brexit then. We always think our world is born anew when all we ever do is repeat the past in the present with different words. #MyFathersWake https://t.co/80xrH4gq6n

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5 days ago
Great story. The evils of predatory lending and glib financial con men exploiting the poor. https://t.co/iVwpC0PG7t

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5 days ago
#RightToDie Those who purport to 'take control' of their own deaths by litigating to change the law on homicide often appear to be control freaks intent on retaining 'control' as a form of #deathdenial and as fruitless way of immortalising meaning to their own #death #eolc https://t.co/DVSxvJOGrp

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5 days ago
Summed up by #OrsonWelles in the #Thirdman. What has Switzerland given us in all those hundreds of years of stability - the cuckoo clock https://t.co/vYsAEGWrvP

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5 days ago
@johnharris1969 Always amongst the most astute of commentators.
The downside of his acute portrayal though is there is often always enough votes in reaction to do damage in the absence of an alternative leadership https://t.co/CdJlBsVmEm

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6 days ago
What a cool cat - clearly a lover of good literature #MyFathersWake https://t.co/IzCd6NWDfP

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6 days ago
Books are like children. You labour alone, give birth in an indifferent world, and then a friend sends you a bit of marvel from Farmington Public Library, Massachusetts https://t.co/mDYe1ztdVo

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6 days ago
We all die for sure. But not all of us are heroes or Stoics who have a clear sight of mortality. You might start with philosophers but soon the killing machine will move on to those deemed unworthy of continued living + the disabled. Let’s not pretend it doesn’t happen now. https://t.co/ZDOHqGmAdV

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7 days ago
Two weeks ago #WondersoftheWake played out @theduncairn @Cqaf Here is a fab review of the show from #hughjordan. Keening,bardic poetry Celtic laments with the totally magic @TheHenryGirls https://t.co/31j2SMY0YM

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1 week ago
#thegloryoflibraries #Vatican https://t.co/kh9OlkuM6I

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