{"id":29431,"date":"2024-03-20T03:02:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T03:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/percys-party\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T03:02:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T03:02:31","slug":"percys-party","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/percys-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Percy\u2019s Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><strong>Percy\u2019s Party\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>With County Leitrim Percy French Society\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Wednesday 1st May 2024, 7.30pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Caf\u00e9, National Famine Museum<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Strokestown Park House &amp; Gardens<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Percy French \u2013 born 1st May 1854, Clooneyquinn, Co Roscommon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>170 years after his birth, barely a sing-song takes place in this country that doesn\u2019t feature at least a couple of Percy French songs. Who doesn\u2019t know the famous opening line \u2018Oh Mary this London\u2019s a wonderful sight\u2019, the beautiful ballad of \u2018Come Back Paddy Reilly\u2019 or the rousing \u2018Phil the Fluter\u2019s Ball\u2019. Perhaps not everyone can identify the composer of these famous Irish folk songs but most will recognise the lyrics and the melodies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With performances across the country, including two sell-out shows in the National Concert Hall and featuring on the BBC\u2019s Britain\u2019s Great Railway Journeys, this charming show will now be performed in the Caf\u00e9 of the National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park House to celebrate the 170th Birthday of Percy French. The show is performed by twelve members of the County Leitrim Percy French Society, in period costume. Songs are linked with stories from the life of Percy French, explaining the background and inspiration behind the music, giving the show a warmth and authenticity. Under the direction of Tish Dunleavy as musical director the show is presented in a fun-loving and good-humoured way with audience participation welcomed and encouraged along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":29432,"template":"","class_list":["post-29431","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>Percy\u2019s Party - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Percy\u2019s Party\u00a0With County Leitrim Percy French Society\u00a0Wednesday 1st May 2024, 7.\" \/>\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\/percys-party\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Percy\u2019s Party - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Percy\u2019s Party\u00a0 With County Leitrim Percy French Society\u00a0 Wednesday 1st May 2024, 7.30pm Caf\u00e9, National Famine Museum Strokestown Park House &amp; Gardens Percy French \u2013 born 1st May 1854, Clooneyquinn, Co Roscommon 170 years after his birth, barely a sing-song takes place in this country that doesn\u2019t feature at least a couple of Percy French [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/percys-party\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/percys-party\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/percys-party\/\",\"name\":\"Percy\u2019s Party - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/percys-party\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/percys-party\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/03\/percy-french-.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-20T03:02:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/percys-party\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/percys-party\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/percys-party\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/03\/percy-french-.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2024\/03\/percy-french-.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":2000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/percys-party\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Percy\u2019s Party\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. 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