Tourism Ireland is celebrating the release of Music of Ireland – Welcome Home, an exciting new documentary telling the definitive story of contemporary Irish music, and is giving you the chance to win a trip for 2 to Ireland!

Music of Ireland – Welcome Home, which will be broadcast on PBS from February 2010, focuses on the Emerald Isle’s greatest musical exports, their influence on America and the music’s global impact. Hosted by Clannad’s Grammy Award-winning Moya Brennan, the performance documentary features six Grammy Award winners, Academy Award and Golden Globe winners, and three Rock & Roll Hall of Famers. Beginning in 1960 with the Clancy Brothers, Music of Ireland – Welcome Home traces the origins of Irish music and features exclusive interviews and never-before-seen performances with a diverse range of talents including U2’s Bono and Adam Clayton, Bob Geldof, Sinead O’Connor, Pete Seeger, The Chieftains’ Paddy Moloney, and Jim Sheridan, as well as the late Liam Clancy in his final US television interview.

A companion CD/DVD to Music of Ireland – Welcome Home, available exclusively at Barnes & Noble, provides a fitting soundtrack for generations of Irish music, featuring new material from Moya Brennan, Sinead O’Connor, The Chieftans, Glen Hansard, Damien Rice, Irish Tenor Ronan Tynan, Andrea Corr, Damien Dempsey, Shane McGowan (The Pogues), the late Liam Clancy, Paul Brady, John Sheahan, Dona Lunny, and Andy Irvine.

To mark this truly unique celebration of Irish music and heritage Tourism Ireland is offering you the chance to win a trip of a lifetime to Ireland! Simply fill in the form below before May 31, 2010, for your chance to win!

Grand prize: Roundtrip airfare for 2 to Ireland, 5 nights accommodation, car-hire for 6 days.

For more information on the Music of Ireland – Welcome Home visit www.musicofireland.com.

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