Stephen Rea 💚 & Ciaran Hinds onstage & reading The Minstrel Boy by Thomas Moore at Croi Na Cathrach

Stephen Rea 😍 and Ciaran Hinds 🤩 perform ‘The Minstrel Boy’ by famous 19th century Irish poet Thomas Moore (written in 1807) ✍️ and sat onstage at the front (!) for Croi Ni Cathrach | Heart of the City Belfast listening to the music 🎶 1-Aug-2026 Ulster Hall, Belfast, north of Ireland a concert 🎶 and spoken word celebration 🎊 (one day before the mighty Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann / Ireland Festival of Music for the first time ever in Belfast! which was announced already last year by Stephen Rea! it’s significant politically because it confirms that Belfast is part of Ireland, and not a British colony! ✊) Stephen 😍 also read ‘The Given Note’ by Seamus Heaney ✍️ (to Sean O Riada music 🎶 Port Na bPucai / Song of the Fairies) not in this video but here 👉    • Stephen Rea ♥️ & Ciaran Hinds onstage last...   Music by top Irish trad musicians: Matt Molloy flute 🪈, Paddy Glackin fiddle 🎻 the trad orchestra conducted by Neil Martin 🪄 with Neil’s daughter as first violin, and members of his West Ocean String Quartet; the Campbell College Pipe Band 🎺, solo sean-nos singer Roisin Chambers 🎤 There’s also an emotional speech by new Belfast Lord Mayor Róis-Máire Donnelly (off-screen); and the whole evening was hosted to perfection by broadcaster Lynette Fay (off-screen) 🎤 also not in this clip but here 👉    • Stephen Rea ♥️ & Ciaran Hinds onstage last...   more videos from this event : 👉 at the start of this concert Stephen Rea 😍 read ‘Pig Town’ 🐷 from ‘Last Night’s Fun’ by Ciaran Carson    • Stephen Rea 😍 read from Last Night’sFun by...   👉    • Stephen Rea 😍 & Ciaran Hinds (short) onsta...   (very short social media clip) 👉    • Stephen Rea 💚 & Ciaran Hinds read The Mins...   (another short edit of social media clips) #stephenrea #croinacathrach #heartofthecity #belfast #ulsterhall #lughnasa #1august #music #poetry #ciaranhinds #stephenreaforever 💙