Tomorrow St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, will host the Church of Ireland’s national service to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising.
The service, which will begin at 3.15pm, will follow the order for Evensong, and include music from Irish composers Charles Villiers Stanford and George Hewson. It will take place in the presence of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd Eamon Martin, and the aide-de-Camp of the President of Ireland. The preacher will be the Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.
Tomorrow morning there will be 1916 commemorative services in Christ Church, Taney, and in St Nahhi’s church, Dundrum, where the preacher will be Canon Patrick Comerford from the Church of Ireland Theological Institute.
There will also be commemorative services in Cashel cathedral and in St Mary's church, Tipperary, where the Co Tipperary Ryan Youth Orchestra will perform the Irish premiere of Salute to 1916 by the late Danny Ryan.
Today marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare on April 23th, 1616. Canon Comerford, in his monthly column in two diocesan magazines – the Church Review (Dublin and Glendalough) and the Diocesan Magazine (Cashel, Ferns and Ossory) – looks at Shakespeare's Irish connections.
Prof Comerford gives particular attention to Irish characters in Shakespeare's plays, his use of Irish phrases and colloquialisms, and his supposed links with Dalkey, Co Dublin, through his friend the composer John Dowland. This feature on the bard and Ireland is also available at: http://www.patrickcomerford.com/2016/04/ england-and-world-celebrate- shakespeare.htmlTomorrow morning RTÉ will broadcast Morning Service from Conwal parish church, Letterkenny, led by Canon Stuart Wright.
In Dublin, ANZAC day will be remembered at Choral Evensong in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, where the New Zealand Ireland Association will attend.
At 8pm in St Patrick’s cathedral, David Leigh will continue his series of organ recitals to mark the centenary of the death of Max Reger.
The Armagh Diocesan Choral Festival will be held in St Patrick’s cathedral at 4pm.
At lunchtime on Tuesday the final lecture in the series about music in St Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, will be held. The speaker will be Prof Harry White from UCD, who will talk about Dublin's Cathedral Musicians in the Long 20th Century.
In St Coman’s church, Roscommon, on Wednesday at 8pm there will be a Service of Thanksgivings for the Flocks of the Field which will mark the beginning of the annual Lamb Festival
On Thursday, the Archbishop of Dublin will open St Andrew’s national school, Lucan, and on Friday Dr Jackson will be in Rathdrum to officially open the newly-extended St Saviour’s national school.
In St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, on Thursday at 7.30pm there will be a gala concert in aid of the Grammar School Building Programme. Compared by Tim Thurston, the concert will feature the choirs of the cathedral and grammar school, with special guests David Adams, Peter Kerr, Judith Lyons, Eric Sweeney, the Allgeria Singers and the Close Singers. Tickets at 089-7022662.
On Friday evening in the Adelaide Memorial Church of the Redeemer, Myshall, Co Carlow, there will be a prayer service for peace, reconciliation and tolerance.
Music will be by the Jason Dowty Gospel Band and the preacher will be Trevor Sargent, former Green Party TD and currently an ordinand in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute.