EPISODE · Feb 3, 2017 · 40 MIN
Down with jazz - Anti jazz campaign of the 1930's
from Documentary on One Podcast · host RTÉ
January 1st 1934, Fr. Conifrey led a march through Mohill, County Leitrim, in which demonstrators shouted "down with jazz" and "out with paganism" and called on the government to close the dance halls and ban all foreign dances in Ireland. (Broadcast 1997)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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January 1st 1934, Fr. Conifrey led a march through Mohill, County Leitrim, in which demonstrators shouted "down with jazz" and "out with paganism" and called on the government to close the dance halls and ban all foreign dances in I...
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