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THE FLIGHT OF THE WILD GEESE

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Between the years 1091 and 1750 more than 450,000 Irishmen died in the service of France
(Abbe MacGeoghagan)
A ballad opera on the history of the Irish Brigade in the service of France from the Treaty of Limerick (1691) to the decline of the Stuart cause in the 1750s
Written by FRANCIS DILLON
Music composed and arranged by TRISTRAM CARY with the Ambrosian Singers
PROLOGUE
At the Court of Irish History
PART 1
The Road to Limerick
PART 2
Swordsmen of France
EPILOGUE
Soldiering On
Produced by Francis Dillon

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Written By:
Francis Dillon
Arranged By:
Tristram Cary
Produced By:
Francis Dillon
Source: Radio Times

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