Visionaries 1916

Songs and music from the pens of the leaders of the 1916 rising and signatories of the proclamation: James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, Éamonn Ceannt, and Joseph Plunkett. "The ultimate musical tribute to 1916 " SLEEVE NOTES INTRODUCTION Plunkett, Pearse, Connolly, Mac Diarmada, Ceannt, Clarke, McDonagh… seven names which blaze in the firmament of Irish history. Clarke and Mac Diarmada, working in secret, represented a link with the old revolutionary traditions, but it was the writers with “the gift of fiery speech” who articulated the soul of the nation.