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Project Children – The Play
October 9, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Brassneck Theatre Company Presents “Project Children” By Fionnuala Kennedy. Directed by Tony Devlin
9th October at 8pm & 10th October at 11am
Schools Rate €10 per student & Teachers Free
New York, 1975.
County Cork natives and NYPD police officers Patrick and Denis Mulcahy, watch news footage of the violence in the north of Ireland…and ‘Project Children’ is born.
Over the next 40 years, 23,000 Catholic and Protestant children would travel from Ireland to America during the summer months as respite from the conflict.
Through interviews with host families, participants and the passionate volunteers who gave their time to the project, playwright Fionnuala Kennedy has documented this extraordinary intervention that gave young people the opportunity to see another world outside of the conflict, creating a better future for all.
‘Project Children’ is a reminder of how activism and radical kindness can positively change the lives of children and young people.