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President Higgins and Sabina host New Year’s Eve performance to end the year of Covid
As a gesture to all those who have died, or who have lost a loved-one during the past year, President Higgins and Sabina have invited Dan McCabe to perform ‘The Parting Glass’ at Áras an Uachtaráin for New Year’s Eve. The performance serves to remember the year that was, and to bring 2020 to a close, with a thought for them all.
The performance is part of the President’s ‘Samhlaíocht agus An Náisiún / Imagination and the Nation’ initiative, which highlights the powerful and transformative role of art and creativity in society.
A high resolution version of the video is available for download on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/495718081/73da85601d
Mar bheart i gcuimhne ar na daoine go léir a bhásaigh, nó ar bhásaigh daoine muinteartha leo le linn na bliana seo caite, thug an tUachtarán Ó hUigínn agus Saidhbhín cuireadh do Dan McCabe ‘The Parting Glass’ a léiriú in Áras an Uachtaráin, chun cuimhneamh ar an mbliain sin, agus clabhsúr a chur ar 2020 agus iad go léir á dtabhairt chun cuimhne.
Is cuid de thionscnamh an Uachtaráin ‘Samhlaíocht agus An Náisiún’ atá sa léiriú, agus tarraingíonn sé aird ar ról cumhachtach aguas claochlaithe na healaíne agus na cruthaitheachta sa tsochaí.
Introduction by President Michael D. Higgins
“Agus muid ag fágáil slán le blain an Covid is cóir dúinn smaoineamh ar íad atá imithe úainn agus íad atá fágtha ina ndiaidh.
As we emerge from the year of Covid it is appropriate that we remember all those who have departed from us during the year, and those they have left behind and who did not have the opportunity of grieving for them in the way that is so traditional, and so central to Irish life.
As a gesture to them both, and on behalf of all of us, Sabina and I are so pleased to have Dan McCabe perform ‘The Parting Glass’ as we leave this tough year behind.
May we wish you all a year of health and fulfilment in 2021.
Beir Beannacht d’on bhliain nua.”