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The concert is\u00a0composed and arranged by our long-term collaborator West Cork musician Jessie Kennedy, working this year with West Cork musicians the Celestial Strings. This year the concert was inspired by the life and work of Agnes Clerke, a pioneering astronomer and scientist born in Skibbereen in the 1840s. It includes a number of specially composed pieces and also music contemporary to Agnes\u2019 time and which she might herself have performed. The concert had its premiere at the\u00a0West Cork History Festival in August and on 25th November will be performed at the\u00a0Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP). AOP is one of the island of\u00a0<\/span><span>Ireland\u2019s leading centres for astronomical research and education and an appropriate place to celebrate one of Ireland&#8217;s leading female astronomers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>Performing the concert in Armagh will showcase the considerable talents of four West Cork-based musicians \u2013 Jessie Kennedy, a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and writer; Tess Leak, an artist and musician; Diana Llewellyn, teacher and musician and Susan McManamon, teacher and musician.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>Booking information available <a href=\"https:\/\/armaghobservatoryplanetarium.ticketsolve.com\/ticketbooth\/shows\/1173633179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22542,"template":"","class_list":["post-22541","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jessie Kennedy and the Celestial Strings in the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Dome Theatre - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Each year the West Cork History Festival features a concert with\u00a0new music responding to historical themes and personalities.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/jessie-kennedy-and-the-celestial-strings-in-the-armagh-observatory-and-planetarium-dome-theatre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jessie Kennedy and the Celestial Strings in the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Dome Theatre - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each year the West Cork History Festival features a concert with\u00a0new music responding to historical themes and personalities. 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