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Wherever the Moon Is - Songs of Migration
Wherever the Moon Is - Songs of Migration
Released:
26 February 2019
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Wherever the Moon Is - Songs of Migration: Videos and Lyrics
1. Drop the O'
The O'Brien and the O'Neills leave Ireland for London in 1844
2. Wherever the Moon Is
Cathy asks her father the key question
3. Rookery Rock
The families find a home in the Dickensian St Giles area of London
4. Cathy Met Charlie
Cathy O'Neill meets Charlie O'Brien and start their family
5. The Costermonger's Song
Charlie O'Brien begins makes a living as a costermonger
6. Building Boomers
A celebration of the Irish who built Victorian London
7. Make It Worth It
Cathy and Charlie give each other courage to make it all worth it
8. Hold the Front Page
Charlie O'Brien, the son, joins the printing industry as a compositor, for Astor's Pall Mall Gazette
9. At the Double
Charlie O'Brien marries Louisa Banan and sister Ellen O'Brien marries Tom Banan
10. Come Into the Garden
Cathy, or Kitty, reflects in her new Wood Green home on the changing world
11. Old Times, Modern Times Richard Rhys O'Brien
Migration, the never ending story
11 songs charting how my Irish forebears made their way in London after migrating from Ireland in 1844. It was a tough journey. I owe them everything. This is my tribute.
