The 10 Dark Secrets of the Irish Revolution

 

Why were 280,000 women denied the vital Treaty Election Vote of 1922?

What made 2 million Irish People turn from hating 1916 to supporting the War of Independence? What dark secret made Michael Collins sign the Treaty, and why is his assassination even stranger and more covered-up than JFK’s?

All these questions and more will be dealt with at Mullingar Arts Centre this Saturday night when Paddy Cullivan presents his show “The Ten Dark Secrets of the Irish Revolution”.

Paddy, of Callan’s Kicks, The Late Late Show, Leviathan and Kilkenomics will present an audiovisual spectacular on the 100th Anniversary of the Easter Rising.

Using satire, imagery, historical insight and song - Paddy reveals the 10 strangest things (and darkest secrets) that happened during our Rising, Revolution and Counter-Revolution (Civil War). He also draws parallels with those events’ effects on modern Ireland, drawing out the fundamental changes that need to happen, no matter what Government we end up with.

 

* Mullingar Arts Centre, 8 pm, Saturday June 24; box office: 934 7777.