Ag tnúth go mór leis an bhFéile Bheag Filíochta ar an mBuailtín an mhí seo chugainn. Is breá lem chroí an fhéile seo agus is cúis áthais dom go mbead féin i mbun na ceardlainne Gaeilge i mbliana. Beidh an t-ealaíontóir agus an rinceoir Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín ag léiriú trí scannán faoi thriúr ban: Máire Ní Chéilleachair, Áine Moynihan agus Ríonach Ní Néill. Is í an tOllamh Emerita Patricia Coughlan a thabharfaidh léacht na féile ar shaothar Mháire Mhac an tSaoi. Seolfar leabhar dátheangach le Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin dar teideal Lig don nGiorria Suí / Let the Hare Sit: Rogha Dánta / Selected Poems mar a bhfuil aistriúcháin le Paddy Bushe. Cloisfear ceol ar an Aoine le hEoin Duignan agus Noelie Ó Maoileoin. Maidin Shathairn a bheidh na ceardlanna, mé féin i mbun na ceardlainne Gaeilge agus Billy Ramsell i mbun cheann an Bhéarla. Beidh seimineáir san iarnóin ar shaothar Mháire Mhac an tSaoi mar a labharfaidh Máirín Nic Eoin, Louis de Paor, Bríd Ní Mhóráin agus Róisín Ní Ghairbhí. Beidh an sárcheoltóir Inni-K ag seinm oíche Dé Sathairn agus beidh a thuilleadh ceoil an mhaidin dar gcionn le Niamh Varian Barry. Beidh go leor deiseanna ag filí dán a reic ag na maidhceanna oscailte a bheidh ar siúl le linn an deireadh seachtaine. An clár iomlán le fáil anseo.
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RTE Arena and Merriman Summer School
I was interviewed about the upcoming Merriman Summer School on RTE Radio 1’s arts show, Arena, on Wednesday 5 August. You an listen back here.
Linda Connolly is this year’s director of the Summer School and she has assembled a great programme on the theme of ‘Cumann agus Céileachas: Love and Marriage Revisited’ encompassing talks on literature, society, folklore, culture and a musical gala.
There are three free poetry readings as part of the Summer School in Glór theatre in Ennis, County Clare called Cúirt an Mheán Lae (12.15pm). I’m reading in English and Irish on Thursday the 13th August, Rita Ann Higgins is on Friday the 14th, and Doireann Ní Ghríofa is on Saturday the 15th.
The always entertaining Cónal Creedon will giving his take on the Summer School’s theme in a talk called ‘Love OR Marriage’ on Friday and Dónal Ryan will be interviewed by Doireann Ní Bhriain on Saturday. I’m particularly looking forward to hearing Máire Ní Annracháin and Pat Coughlan on Thursday morning.
The full programme is available here.
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