Come back to Crossakiel 2002
Come back to Crossakiel
on Sunday 5 May 2002 
from 12 to 8pm
for the Red Flag MayDay
a free family festival
in commemoration of 
Jim Connell
the man who wrote





 

 For the index to the website on THE RED FLAG: the song, the man, the monument,
click here

For more about the 
life of Jim Connell 
and the 
history of the song, 
click here

For more about the monument in Crossakiel 
and how it came to be,
click here

For the song itself, 
lyrics, click here
and  sound files, 
click here
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
For 3 days, the 3rd, 4th & 5 th of May 2002, there will be events in Kells, Kilskyre and Crossakiel to commemorate the 150th anniversay of the birth of Jim Connell.

There will be speeches and music on 3 stages in Crossakiel.

Artists include

Billy Bragg & the Blokes
Kila
De Jimbe
Turn
(and lots more)




For more information, contact Kay Ward at 046-41081.
 
 

E-mail to the Jim Connell Memorial Committe: 
          alangrimes@eircom.net
 
 

E-mail to Bread and Roses Productions:
         breadandroses2@eircom.net
 

This website is constructed by Dr Helena Sheehan
E-mail:   helena.sheehan@dcu.ie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
For the index to whole website on SONGS OF IRISH LABOUR, 
click here

For information about Bread and Roses Productions, 
click here

For news of the CD, Songs of Irish Labour, which includes several versions of The Red Flag, 
click here

For information about how to buy the CD, 
click here

For links to related websites, 
click here