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Archives for December 2017

Lamentations

December 11, 2017 By Mike Geraghty

Lamentations

Paul Muldoon The Churchyard at Creggan The Lament for Art O’Leary Ben Gunn Typhoid Mary Olagón A translation of a classic 18th-century Irish poem introduces a dramatic reimagining of the heartrending rage of ‘The Lament for Art O’Leary’; a sequence of lyrics from musicals about Ben Gunn and ‘Typhoid Mary’ Mallon (an asymptomatic carrier who, after […]

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Given Light

December 11, 2017 By Mike Geraghty

Given Light

Michael Coady Given Light, Michael Coady’s most moving book to date, incorporates — in his own inimitable style — poetry, prose and photographs. Increasingly alert to ‘time’s undertow’, Coady finds intimations of transcendence in the everyday. ‘Dear Afterlife’ is his account in verse of the funeral of Dennis O’Driscoll; ‘A State of Light’ is a Connemara […]

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Remembering John Montague

December 10, 2017 By Suella Holland

Remembering John Montague on the first anniversary of his death and recalling what Seamus Heaney said on 14 May 1998 on the occasion of John’s appointment as inaugural Ireland Professor of Poetry: ‘In the course of the past few months, therefore, it has been a moving and confirming experience for me to re-read John’s era-defining […]

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The Lost Brothers and Friends: 10th Anniversary Gig: 8/9 December

December 7, 2017 By Suella Holland

The Lost Brothers and Friends: 10th Anniversary Gig: 8/9 December

The Lost Brothers and Friends – 10th Anniversary Gig Friday 8 & Saturday 9 December, 8:00pm Main Auditorium, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co Meath Tickets: €22.50  Solstice are delighted to welcome back The Lost Brothers for a two-night double whammy celebration of their now famous annual Winter hootenanny. The Lost Brothers are 10 years […]

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December 2017 – Poem of the Month

December 4, 2017 By Suella Holland

December’s Poem of the Month comes from Michael Coady’s latest collection of poetry, prose and photographs, Given Light.     Last Tryst After she’s showered she stands before the glass to make up her face, adjusts her hair and earrings, applies a rose lipstick — the kind that boasts of perfect pout, hydrating shine. She puts […]

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