Laser show tribute to North Mon innovator
The event to honour Brother James Burke, which takes place as part of the North Monastery 200 celebrations, will be a modern re-enactment of a stunning 1877 light show which he created to demonstrate the potential of electricity.
Br Burke, who taught the inventor of the modern submarine, connected a battery of 120 callan cells to a massive lamp he mounted to the front wall of the monastery, and then flashed beams of light into the sky, stunning the city’s occupants.
