Mother Jones was featured on the long-running RTÉ Radio 1 programme Sunday Miscellany this Sunday (July 1st) with an excellent summary of her life by local writer / journalist Colette Sheridan who also mentioned the Cork Mother Jones Festival which takes place from July 31 to 2nd August in the Shandon area of Cork City. It also included Andy Irvine singing his ballad “The Spirit of Mother Jones”
Sunday Miscellany is one of Irish radio’s longest running and most popular weekly programmes which features a collection of essays, poems and other short items contributed by listeners, interspersed with appropriate music. You can listen to or download the programme by clicking on the link below. The item on Mother Jones begins at 00:29.15 minutes.
Our thanks and appreciation to Collette Sheridan, Andy Irvine and Sunday Miscellany series producer Cliodhna Ní Anluain.
The Spirit of Mother Jones Festival 