Aistear an Amhráin

RTE One +1

8:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Tuesday 24 June

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Garry Mac Donncha explores the history and cultural legacy of one of Ireland's best-loved Irish language songs, An Poc ar Buile. Written in the 1940s by Donal Ó Mulláin, a native of Cúil Aodha, An Poc ar Buile is rooted in a 17th-century satirical poem that originally parodied a local landlord. Now, over five decades later, An Poc ar Buile continues to resonate with a new generation and can still be heard in Gaelscoileanna and Coláistí Samhraidh all over the country. In Irish