Revealing the little Irish girl who wrote a 1907 letter to Santa in New York
CBS Mornings 23 Dec 2016 Back in 1907, a 10-year-old girl living in a New York City apartment in Hells Kitchen wrote a letter to Santa. Following an Irish tradition,…
Recollections of Christmas Eve in rural Kerry in the 1920s
Seanachaí Eamon Kelly remembers his childhood Christmas in Kerry before rural electrification, when the candle was the only light source in a darkened world.
Handel’s Masterpiece, “The Messiah”, First Peformed in Dublin.
The first performance of George Frederic Handel's Messiah was first performed in Dublin in 1742, to instant acclaim. The performance also influenced ladies fashion and the abandoning of dress hoops!