Come back to Crossakiel 2009



Crossakiel 2008

Come back to Crossakiel
on Saturday & Sunday 2 & 3 May 2009

for parades, speeches & songs
a mini-festival
in commemoration of 
Jim Connell
the man who wrote





 About Jim Connell and The Red Flag


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 photos of Crossakiel in 2002 and video of Billy Bragg singing on the day, click here
 
 
 
 

 




Sat 3 May 2008 in McCabe's Bar, Crossakiel

9pm:  Weapons Inspectors

Sun 4 May 2008 in the village of Crossakiel

2pm children's entertainment

3pm: parade of trade unions and bands to the Jim Connell monument
followed by speeches by Bob Crow & Helena Sheehan
and singing of The Red Flag by Jimmy Kelly

4pm on: music including John Spillane




   

For more information, contact Jim O'Brien at 046-9022339
or Cllr Tommy Grimes at 087-9806688
or e-mail to crossakiel@gmail.com
or 
jimbo337@hotmail.com
  

 

Website 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