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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Saturday 17 January 2015
Lord Ardilaun Memorial Concert in Raheny
All Saint’s Church, Raheny, plans to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Arthur Edward Guinness, Lord Ardilaun, with a concert by Irish Harpist, the Revd Anne–Marie O’Farrell, the UCD Choral Scholars and Organist and Traditional Irish Musician, Donna Magee. The concert will take place in the church tomorrow (Sunday) evening at 7pm and will feature a varied programme from both traditional and temporary composers including some new works based on poetry from the Great War era.
The concert will form the backdrop for the launch by Minister of State, Aodhán Ó Ríordán, of a new Music Education and Development Project at All Saints’ aimed at enabling young people from north Dublin engage with choral and musical development. Advisors to the project include Dr Desmond Earley, Artistic Director (Music) of the Performing Arts Strand of UCD School of Music and Lt Col Mark Armstrong, Director of the Defence Forces School of Music. The concert will also be attended by the Archbishop of Dublin.
Lord Ardilaun died on January 20 1915 at his home at St Anne’s, Raheny. A great–grandson of Arthur Guinness, founder of the brewery, Lord Ardilaun was a businessman, politician and philanthropist and is best known for giving St Stephen’s Green to the people of Dublin. He also funded the building of All Saints’ church in Raheny which was built on the grounds of his estate at St Anne’s and is regarded as an architectural gem in the Dublin Diocese. The church was consecrated on 16 December 1889 by the Archbishop of Dublin, Lord Plunket.
The Ardilaun Music Project will be funded by subscriptions and by income from a regular series of concerts. Both the Concert and the Music Project are quickly gaining interest with a number of community leaders and professional musicians indicating their support. Further information may be had from the Rector of Raheny, the Revd Norman Mc Causland, at 086– 8370450 or [email protected]
The inaugural service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, organized by the Dublin Council of Churches, will be held in St Bartholomew’s church, Clyde Road, tomorrow (Sunday) at 3pm. The Archbishop of Dublin will attend and the preacher will be Fr Damien McNeice. On Tuesday the Bishop of Clogher will preach in St Peter’s Pro–Cathedral, Belfast, and on Wednesday in St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh. In Mullingar on Wednesday the former Dean of St Patrick’s, Dr Robert MacCarthy, will speak to an ecumenical clergy group on ‘Ministry in Ireland’, a subject which he has previously addressed in an article in The Irish Catholic.
Tomorrow (Sunday) the Archbishop of Armagh will preach at a service to mark the bi–centenary of St Columba’s church, Derrygortreavy, which is part of the Clonfeacle group of parishes where the rector is the Revd Johnny McLoughlin. The monthly series of organ recitals in St Patrick’s cathedral, Armagh, resumes at 4.15pm. The cathedral’s assistant organist, the Revd Dr Peter Thompson, Rector of Donoughmore, will pay a programme which will include works by J.S. Bach, Louis Vierne and the Irish premiere of a suite of pieces by the Leeds based composer, Tim Knight.
This month Zachary Harmon, a student from Virginia Theological Seminary in the United States, will be on placement in the Diocese of Cork, dividing his time between Douglas Union with Frankfield, and Ross Union. This link across the Atlantic, came about through the Revd Dr Robert Heaney, a member of staff at the Seminary, who began his ordained ministry in the Church of Ireland.
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’