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Wed 12 Dec 2009Broadcaster Mac Mathúna taught us to treasure our music, poet tells mourners
CIARÁN MAC MATHÚNA was a great broadcaster and over a lifetime helped the population of Ireland realise the beauty, strength and value of their native cultural possessions, above all their musical culture, his friend Séamus Heaney said yesterday.
Paying tribute to the broadcaster at his funeral Mass in Terenure College, Heaney said MacMathúna belonged to history because he made a contribution to the nation’s sense of itself.
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