{"id":624,"date":"2010-12-16T16:23:56","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T16:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.229.91.100\/libraryandarts\/library\/ehistory\/?p=624"},"modified":"2024-06-14T16:47:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:47:26","slug":"aeridheacht-at-kildare-1910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/aeridheacht-at-kildare-1910\/","title":{"rendered":"Aeridheacht at Kildare 1910"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Aeridheacht at Kildare 1910<br \/>\nJames Durney<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In June 1910 thousands attended one of the most successful Aeridheachtanna &#8211; an open air gaelic fete &#8211; that had been held in the Province since the revival of the national language started. Fr. Campion, P.P., opened the festival in Kildare town, which included participation of the Kildare Fife and Drum Band, Children of the Presentation Convent, and De La Salle Fife and Drum Band, in a field kindly given by Joseph Bergin near the Carmelite Church. On hearing of the coming event an un-named correspondent, in his enthusiasm for the Aeridheacht, wrote a ditty to the air of \u201cThe wearing of the green.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh, Major dear, and did you hear, the news that\u2019s going round.<br \/>\nThe likes of such an Aeridheacht has never yet been found,<br \/>\n\u2018Twill be held down in Cill Dara by the Gaelic Leaguers there,<br \/>\nWith the best of talent coming from Dublin and everywhere;<br \/>\nThere\u2019ll be pipes and reciters there\u2019ll be dancers too, go leor,<br \/>\nThere\u2019ll be Owen O\u2019Brien and Ingoldsby, McGinn and plenty more,<br \/>\nThere\u2019ll be ladies too from Dublin, whose fame for song is great,<br \/>\nThere\u2019ll be none but first prizewinners at this finest gaelic fete.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, then if you want to spend a pleasant afternoon,<br \/>\nJust trip along to Kildare on the twenty-sixth of June.<br \/>\nIt starts at half-past two pm, the charge is not too high;<br \/>\nWhile with music, song and dancing the evening\u2019s sure to fly,<br \/>\nAnd if God wills that Sunday next should happen to be wet,<br \/>\nOh, never fear to come along, for we\u2019ve a trump card yet,<br \/>\nWe shall hold a splendid concert in our own Kildare Town Hall,<br \/>\nSo, from every side in thousands come on Sunday next, that\u2019s all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em><strong>In June 1910 thousands attended one of the most successful Aeridheachtanna that had been held in the Province since the revival of the national language started.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><em><strong>In June 1910 thousands attended one of the most successful Aeridheachtanna that had been held in the Province since the revival of the national language started.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kildare Local Studies","author_link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/author\/localstudies\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}