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March 4, 2000
Live from RTE studios in Dublin, Ireland, A Prairie Home Companion welcomes traditional Irish singer Niamh Parsons with Graham Dunne, Cathal McConnell along with Big John and Valerie McManus, and Frank Harte.
View a "behind the scenes" slideshow of the Scotland and Ireland tour.
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Fear a Bhata
News from Lake Wobegon
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recorded on March 4, 2000, from Dublin, Ireland.
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| 00:00 | Logo |
| 00:12 | Tishomingo |
| 01:01 | Opening Credits |
| 02:12 | GK talk about Dublin |
| 04:21 | GK talk with Frank Harte |
| 07:21 | Thank you Frank Harte - applause |
| 07:44 | Tom Keith SFX |
| 13:25 | Applause - GK intro band |
| 13:52 | Doctor Jazz |
| 15:27 | Applause - GK back announce, intro Cathal |
| 16:14 | Hurricane of Reels |
| 18:56 | Applause - Cathal intro next tune |
| 19:43 | There's the Day |
| 23:30 | Applause - GK back announce |
| 24:00 | GK talk about Joyce with Frank Harte |
| 26:10 | The Brown and the Yellow Ale |
| 29:09 | Applause - GK talk with Frank |
| 30:44 | Persse O'Reilly |
| 32:37 | Applause - GK back announce |
| 33:01 | Powdermilk Biscuits |
| 34:17 | Comin' back from station break |
| 34:42 | GK intro Niamh Parsons |
| 35:27 | Fear a Bhata |
| 41:36 | Applause - talk of GK's Irish heritage |
| 46:05 | Guy Noir - Searching for Stepdancers |
| 56:55 | Applause - GK intro Pat Donohue |
| 57:24 | The Dead |
| 100:32 | Applause - GK segue to intermission |
| 101:22 | Some of these Days |
| 104:57 | Welcome back to the second half, |
| 105:50 | Andy Stein's Fifty Favorite Classics |
| 107:50 | Applause - Greetings |
| 111:10 | Mom |
| 117:00 | Lovesick Blues |
| 119:39 | James Joyce Business School |
| 122:26 | Applause - GK welcome back Niamh Parsons |
| 123:22 | Alexander |
| 125:50 | Applause - intro Monologue |
| 147:55 | Crowley's and O'Rourke's |
| 150:10 | Applause |
| 150:33 | YWCA |
| 154:00 | Applause - credits |
| 156:18 | In Dublin |
| 157:19 | That's Our Show! |
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Photos from the show
Click images to view photos. (Photos: Alan Frechtman, Michael Danforth)
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| RTE Radio Centre studios in Dublin |
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Sue Scott and Tom Keith rehearsing in the studio |
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| Technical Director Scott Rivard's view of studio |
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Traveling Ireland by bus |
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