Irish Heritage Promoting the best of Irish and Anglo-Irish literature, music and young performers since 1974 NEWSLETTER March 2011 Dear Friends, We are now star0n1%the%Sprin15Summer%pro1ramme%.ith%three%bi1%events%planned%for%April,% May%and%June%and%.e%promise%you%three%entertainin1%and%interes0n1%events.% Our immediate%;ocus is,%2-.ever,%Refuge in Rome,%the%story%of%Monsi1nor%Hu1h%ADFlaherty%and% his%Associates%in%the%Eome%Escape%Ar1anisaon.%Tellin1%the%story%itself%is%Huite%a challen1e% because%it covers%such%an%interes0n1%period%in%history%.ith%such%heroic%deeds.%%Iun1%it to% music%is%an%even%1reater%challen1eK%but such%is%the%in1enuity%and%eLperience%of%our%Founder%and% Ar0s0c%Director,%Ethna Mennedy,%that the%results%are%al.ays%successful,%entertainin1%and%ori1inal.%% Combinin1%Monsi1nor%ADFlahertyDs%love%of%Apera,%Delia MurphyDs%uniHue%style%of%Irish%Palladry% and%son1s%appropriate%to%the%0mes%is%just part of%Ethna’s%1reat sRill.%%Another%part is%in% iden0fyin1%the%best youn1%musicians%and%actors%to%present the%story,%alon1%.ith%Moyna CopeDs% professional%stagin1%sRills. Friday 8th April 2011 in St James’s Church, Spanish Place, London W1%.ill%be%a ni1ht to% remember%and%.e%ur1e%you%to%support it by%1en1%your%0cRets%as%soon%as%possible%from%Mathy% ADEe1an%Scontact:%%%Mathy.ore1anU2otmail.co.uR.%%Tel%020%7226%4578).%%All%the%relevant details% are%on%our%.ebsite%....irishheritage.co.uR. 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