The process will be a painful one, but in the city of Cork,
the musicians will sound a call to hope and courage, reminding the people and
the nation, that neither bad bankers nor poor governance, can snuff out the
spirit of the Irish.
“Everyone is
affected one way or another,” says harpist, Ruth Mc Donnell. “We just want to say we are down
but we’re not out. We have a wonderful tradition of music, literature and the
arts in this country, and when times look somewhat bleak, we should remember
how much more there is to us than mere financial forecasts. Some of the music in the tower is on a
YouTube clip at http://www.positivelycork.ie
or http://www.ucc.ie
Video Hub and we invite people at home and abroad to respond by posting
YouTube clips of themselves making music (dancing, reciting a poem etc) on the
public forum of the Positively Cork website where a dedicated section is in
place.” Mc Donnell, who works in
University College Cork will be joined in the tower by primary teacher, Máire
De Cógáin who plays the tin whistle and uileann pipes.
Mc Donnell is one of many people in Cork who have responded
to Positively Cork, a group set up to improve the city, even during a
recession. “We cannot solve the
global or national financial crises.
We hear so much negativity that we can lose our perspective,” says
Deirdre Seery of Positively Cork.
“Yet, we know there are wonderful things happening locally. That is why we will make 2011
Positively Cork Year. We believe that Cork is a great place to live, invest in
and visit. And it can be even better. We set up Positively Cork so that people
like our musicians can use their skills and energies to inspire others.”
“On an
otherwise difficult day for us, it shows that the show must go on,” says Seery
who reminds people at home and overseas that Cork City was rated by Lonely
Planet as one of the ten best cities in the world to visit in 2010.
Picture: Ruth
Mc Donnell, Irish harp and Máire De Cógáin, uileann pipes and tin whistle
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