The Miami Showband Massacre: Memory, Truth, and Legacy

What: In this intimate conversation, Stephen Travers sits down with Frank Shouldice to discuss his book The Bass Player: Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre —a deeply personal account of a night that changed everything, and the decades of personal struggle that followed.

📍Where: Naas Library and Cultural Ccentre, Main Street, Naas

📅When: October 7th 2026 @ 7.00PM

Description: Travers reflects on survival amid senseless violence, the emotional and moral weight of memory, and the long pursuit of truth in the shadow of The Troubles. As a journalist and as a producer/director with the RTÉ Investigations Unit, Frank Shouldice has the necessary skills and expertise to create a space for a powerful dialogue on justice, resilience and reconciliation, as Stephen Travers not only confronts the past, but explores the possibility of healing and peace beyond it.

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Cost Free

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