Christine Tobin: Letters Home

Letters Home is a documentary film, which will be interspersed with live music and songs played on stage by Christine Tobin & Phil Robson. The film features images and clips from interviews with Irish Elders based in County Roscommon, all of whom emigrated to the UK during the 60’s -90’s, to find work and then returned home to Ireland. You will hear them recount their stories and experiences in their own words. This concert will celebrate experiences of immigration and will pay tribute to the contribution Irish immigrants who came to work in England, made to Britain and to the Irish economy back home. Popular songs of farewell from that era will be sung by Christine –  some of the songs you’ll hear her sing will be “Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore”, “Mountains of Mourne” and “Come Back Paddy Reilly”. (Running time 1 hour including live songs).