Kate Nash on Irish history, heritage and covering Sinéad O'Connor
Kate Nash will perform at The Mac as part of the fringe programme for the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann
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"Sinéad gave me the whole history lesson that school never gave me, that I didn't really get at home either."
— Kate Nash , Celebrity
"The fact that one million people died in a part of the United Kingdom, which of course Ireland was in the 1840s... there isn't a really good knowledge of the context in which those terrible events occurred."
— Enda Delaney , Academic
Key People
Professor of modern history and director of research at the Edinburgh Futures Institute.
Singer-songwriter from London who explores her Irish heritage through music.
Sinéad O'Connor was an Irish singer-songwriter known for her powerful voice and political activism.
Artist and activist known for her creative expressions on social issues.
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Kate Nash will perform at The Mac as part of the fringe programme for the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann
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