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Siobhán McKenna Image Name: Siobhán McKenna Description: Siobhan McKenna, famous Irish actress Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Siobhán McKenna Image Name: Siobhán McKenna Description: Head and shoulders of Irish actress Siobhan McKenna Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Siobhán McKenna Image Name: Siobhán McKenna Description: Half-length portrait shot of Irish actress Siobhan McKenna Copyright: RTÉ Archives
An Taibhdhearc, Galway Image Name: An Taibhdhearc, Galway Description: An Taibhdhearc theatre, Galway Copyright: RTÉ Archives

Tá An Taibhdhearc, amharclann náisiúnta na Gaeilge, 90 bliain ar an saol i mbliana agus anocht beidh Ian Lee ag díriú ar stair na hamharclainne sa chlár seo.  Osclaíodh na doirse ansin i 1928 agus ba é agus an chéad dráma a léiríodh ann ná Tóraíocht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne le Micheál Mac Liammóir.  Ar an chlár, beidh daoine a luaitear go mór leis An Taibhdhearc le cluinstin: Micheál Mac Liammóir, Siobhán Nic Cionnaith, Liam Ó Briain, Aodh Mac Dhubháin, Máirtín Ó Direáin agus neart eile.  Beidh míreanna fosta ó dhrámaí a léiríodh sa Taibhdhearc agus Mick Lally agus MacDara Ó Fatharta páirteach iontu, chomh maith le míreanna ó leagan ceolmhar de Dhiarmaid agus Gráinne a craoladh ar RTÉ (comhléiriú idir RTÉ agus An Taibhdhearc).  Beidh cúpla giota ó cheolchoirm a thaifead Ciarán Mac Mathúna sa Taibhdhearc sa bhliain 1963 le cluinstin freisin.  Is é Ian Lee a chuirfidh an clár i láthair.

Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe, the national Irish-language theatre, first opened its doors in 1928 with Micheál Mac Liammóir’s production of Tóraíocht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne. To mark its  90th birthday,  the programme tonight will feature actors and producers associated with An Taibhdhearc including Micheál Mac Liammóir, Siobhán MacKenna, Liam Ó Briain, Aodh Mac Dhubháin and Mairtín Ó Direáin.  A couple of extracts from An Taibhdhearc productions can be heard with the voices of Mick Lally and MacDara Ó Fátharta, as well as a musical co-production between An Taibhdhearc and RTÉ of Diarmaid and Gráinne. Also, some musical items recorded in An Taibhdhearc by Ciarán Mac Mathúna in 1963 will be aired.  Presented and produced by Ian Lee.