{"id":15315,"date":"2020-06-25T10:19:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T14:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15315"},"modified":"2020-06-25T10:19:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T14:19:43","slug":"niall-oleary-joins-a-cast-of-irish-stars-for-infinite-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15315","title":{"rendered":"Niall O&#8217;Leary Joins A Cast Of Irish Stars For &#8216;Infinite Hope&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/music2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/music2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/music2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><em>Each week we will highlight one artist from Paddy McCarthy\u2019s regular Music And Entertainment Guide for your reading pleasure. To read the full weekly guide, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishexaminerusa.com\/digital\">ePaper<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What can I say about Niall O\u2019Leary? He is a man for all seasons and he is sensational in what he does best and that is dance? He can also play a few instruments as well, not too sure about the drums as I am better, watch out.<\/p>\n<p>He has asked me to let you know about this event, so here we go. \u201cInfinite Hope: Irish traditional musicians, singers and dancers performing in support of our black and brown brothers and sisters in their long struggle for social justice, human rights and freedom from oppression\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mick Moloney invited Niall to take part and he did a piece involving spoons and percussive dance! Jake James and Kahiry Bess from the Niall O\u2019Leary Irish Dance Troupe are performing their own pieces in the concert also! The concert has a brilliant line-up of internationally-known musicians, singers and dancers.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Free\u2019 concert was livestreamed on Wednesday, June 24 at 6pm EDT, 11pm in Ireland and the UK, 12 midnight in mainland Europe. You can also watch it now on the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cjbAQ9Nz6TU\">Green Fields of America YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thegreenfieldsofamerica\/posts\/3905990186108840\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Artists featured include Kahiry Bess, Timmy Britton, Liz Carroll, Donie Carroll, Karan Casey, Jimmy Crowley with John Crone, Tony DeMarco, John Doyle, Seamus Egan, Liz Hanley, Jake James, Kieran Jordan with Matt and Shannon Heaton, Jimmy Keane, James Keane, Joanie Madden with Joe Dwyer, Gabriel Donohue, Josh Dukes and Emedin Rivera, Billy McComiskey with Mikey and Sean McComiskey, Mick Moloney, Michelle Mulcahy, Dan Neely with Eugene Bender and Seagda Coyle, Robbie O\u2019Connell, Niall O\u2019Leary, Dan O\u2019Rourke, Haley Richardson, John Roberts, Tommy Sands, Leni Sloan, Eve Telford, Athena Tergis, and Gerry Timlin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-15315\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15315&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-15315\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15315&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-15315\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15315&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15315\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will highlight one artist from Paddy McCarthy\u2019s regular Music And Entertainment Guide for your reading pleasure. To read the full weekly guide, visit our ePaper. What can I say about Niall O\u2019Leary? 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