PHOTOS: Laois school children launch song about Irish Famine in Errill

St Colmcille's NS in Errill have launched 'the Errill Famine Song: The Day the Music Died'.

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The launch of the Errill Famine Song: The Day The Music Died, a new song composed and performed by the children of St. Colmcille's NS with animation by Emily Miller and music by Music Generation Laois and supported by Creative Ireland Laois.

The Errill students have been working on a song to remember the Great Famine in their area, inspired by the work of the Errill Famine Commemoration Committee.

A series of song-writing workshops were facilitated in the classroom by Nuala Kelly of Music Generation Laois last year, in collaboration with Creative Ireland Laois.

The Errill Famine song ‘The Day the Music Died’ was performed to a very packed out St Bernadette's Hall.

To hear the Erill Famine Song: The Day the Music Died, click HERE.