Larne Museum and Arts Centre are helping to remember and celebrate the life of one of Larne\u2019s most famous past residents, Richard Hayward.<\/p>\n
Richard Hayward film actor, musician and writer was born in Southport but lived in Larne for a while, attending Larne Grammar School.\u00a0 He appeared in such films as The Luck of the Irish (1935) and A Night to Remember (1938).\u00a0 His travel books include In Praise of Ulster (1938) and This is Ireland (1949-64).\u00a0 His best known songs were \u2018The Humour is on Me Now\u2019 used in The Quiet Man, and \u2018Six Miles from Bangor to Donaghadee\u2019.<\/p>\n
The Linenhall Library and Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) \u00a0are presenting a free symposium celebrating the life of Richard Hayward.\u00a0 Journalist and author Paul Clements will outline the life and work of the celebrated writer, actor and singer who died in 1964.\u00a0 Larne Museum and Arts Centre are organising a group visit for anyone interested in attending this special talk. The event takes place on Friday 17th<\/sup> October 2014, 1pm-2.30pm at PRONI, Titanic Quarter, Belfast.\u00a0 A free bus will leave Larne Museum & Arts Centre at 12.00pm returning after the talk.<\/p>\n As part of this celebration of Richard Haywards Life, Larne Museum and Arts Centre also plan to show one of his films in the Museum in the upcoming months. Please watch local press for further details.<\/p>\n Places for the free symposium and bus are limited and must be booked in advance.\u00a0 To book your place contact Larne Museum & Arts Centre\u00a0 by Friday 3rd<\/sup> October 2014 at 4.00pm by telephoning\u00a0 028 28 279482 or E-mail:\u00a0 kelsom@larne.gov.uk<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Larne Museum and Arts Centre are helping to remember and celebrate the life of one of Larne\u2019s most famous past residents, Richard Hayward. Richard Hayward film actor, musician and writer was born in Southport but lived in Larne for a while, attending Larne Grammar School.\u00a0 He appeared in such films as The Luck of the … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8082,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8080\/revisions\/8082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}