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On the very topic of my previous post…
Guess there’s always hope now.
#declanorourke
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September 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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We are honoured to have renowned Irish singer-songwriter, Declan O'Rourke, recently visited our studio. Dublin born, O'Rourke has captivated audiences worldwide with his soulful voice and masterful storytelling.

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March 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Lovely Mass & commemorative event for #TomHyland in #Ballyfermot today. @PresidentIRL @joeliveline, @adriangegan @AfriPeace + musician #DeclanORourke amongst those paying tribute from #Ireland. From Timor Leste @JoseRamosHorta1. May Tom rest in peace. #VivaTimorLeste
January 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Last post on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine @declanorourke #GoDomhainIDoChuimhne Más féidir linn cuimhniú,
Is teacht ar an tuiscint, Is Más féidir linn tuiscint, Maith an croí (Good the heart) woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/01/19/g...
Go Domhain I Do Chuimhne | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Go Domhain I Do Chuimhne, there is no shortage of Irish songs about British mistreatment of the Irish, it took 170 years for someone to create a whole album
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January 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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12thpost on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine @declanorourke
#GreatSaintLawrenceRiver Seek me not among the tombstones, for I sleep beneath the waves, or lie
with friends and family, in some lonely unmarked grave.
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Declan O’Rourke Great Saint Lawrence River | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Declan O'Rourke Great Saint Lawrence River Before the Famine Ireland numbered 8 million. A million people died between 1846-1851 and 2,000,000 emigrated
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January 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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11thpost on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine @declanorourke
#Childrenof16 #ConnaughtOrphan #Quakers #CentralReliefCommittee #WilliamEFoster If they see me
with your nice new clothes, They'll think I'm telling lies
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Declan O’Rourke Connaught Orphan | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Declan O'Rourke Connaught Orphan O'Rourke returns to the Great Famine's horror and its helpless young victims with The Connaught Orphan.
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January 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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10thpost on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine @declanorourke #JohnnyandtheLantern Young Johnny’s hands were freezin’, But he held the lantern high, As the dead man lay there gazin', And the flame danced in his eyes. woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/01/16/d...
Declan O’Rourke Johnny Hold Lantern | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Declan O'Rourke Johnny Hold Lantern The album displays a group of eight. We could easily misinterpret the scene as that of a rescue. It is not.
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January 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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9th post on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine @declanorourke excoriates captain of the cowards #TheVillainCurryShaw as Bob Dylan did to Wm Zantzinger #coffinships #PassengerAct #Hannah #WilliamGraham #CabotStrait woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/01/15/d...
Declan O’Rourke Villain Curry Shaw | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Declan O'Rourke Villain Curry Shaw It is easier to mistreat others as long as we paint "them" as inferior, non-human. The British did just that with the Irish.
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January 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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8th post on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine @declanorourke #RattleMyBones, Providence chose to wean us from life, With the longest, and slowest, and bluntest of knives. (No sound ever comes from the Gates of Eden) woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/01/14/d...
Declan O’Rourke Rattle My Bones | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Declan O'Rourke Rattle My Bones, Starvation, the death of loved ones, the mistreatment of children, and political laissez faire are no laughing matters
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January 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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7th post on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine @declanorourke #LaissezFaire Sir #CharlesTrevelyan "The judgement of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson" woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/01/13/d...
Declan O’Rourke Laissez Faire | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Declan O'Rourke Laissez Faire, The notion that one should love your neighbor as yourself is obviously as old as the milk of human kindness.
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January 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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6th post on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine @declanorourke #MaryKate #HenryGrey famine of hopelessness, And Too-ria my Mary Kate woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/01/12/d...
Declan O’Rourke Mary Kate | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Declan O'Rourke Mary Kate, As much as we listeners might want to skirt the pain and however gently presents "Mary Kate" to us, it is an arrow to the heart.
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January 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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5th post on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine @declanorourke #Indianmeal #VanDiemensLand #NicholasCummins While here on the works we make botharin bui, For the yella’ or barely a shillin’ a piece. woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/01/11/d...
Declan O’Rourke Indian Meal | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Declan O'Rourke Indian Meal, It is easy to think that during the Great Irish Famine--caused mainly by the potato blight--that there was no other food available
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January 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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3rd post on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #BuriedIntheDeep #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine @declanorourke Human ballast, Ach o mo bhroin. Famine ships, woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/01/09/d...
Declan O’Rourke Buried Deep | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Declan O'Rourke Buried Deep
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January 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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2nd post on #DeclanORourke's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine. #AlongtheWesternSeaboard We begged, we prayed, but no one listened. Great Emancipator #DanielOConnell @declanorourke woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/01/08/d...
Declan O’Rourke Along Western Seaboard | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Declan O'Rourke Along Western Seaboard
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January 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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It is time for my annual series of posts on #DeclanORourke 's 2017 masterpiece #ChroniclesoftheGreatIrishFamine. No other collection of tunes better expresses horror of an Gorta Mór. @declanorourke

Day 1: #ClogmansGlen woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/01/07/d...
Declan O’Rourke Chronicles Great Irish Famine | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley
Declan O'Rourke Chronicles Great Irish Famine, Clogman's Glen, Macroon, Ireland, Clachan lake, potatoes, William Butler Yeats, Terrible Beauty, Blight
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January 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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I’m currently producing the #CultureCafe end of year special for BBC Radio Ulster and I’ve just been listening to #DeclanORourke in session. Had to pause while Declan was playing Sarah Last Night In A Dream cause the tears were welling up in my eyes. It’s such a beautiful thing. Some man our Declan.
December 5, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Looking forward to a great weekend here in #Swinford #Mayo @declanorourke playing in @swinfordculture Sat nte #live
November 22, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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Any @declanorourke fans here? He is playing in @swinfordculture #Swinford #Mayo Sat 28th Nov. Not to be missed!
November 22, 2024 at 6:30 PM