Thomas Moore: Bard na hÉireann

TG4 HD

9:30 PM to 10:57 PM

Wednesday 8 January

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Documentary looking at Moore's intriguing life and work, while considering new interpretations of many of his best-known songs such as The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer, from contemporary artists such as Duke Special and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha. Thomas Moore's life remains a mystery some 250 years on. A writer, poet and lyricist, his multi-faceted life was much more than the sum of his melodies. His life was full of contrasts, from his early years at Trinity College as one of the few Catholics admitted, his life as an Irishman in England to his mixed-religion marriage