Archive for the 'Poetry' tag

The People’s Republic of Gerry Murphy

When Morgan Jones handed me a CD by Gerry Murphy and told me it was hilarious I doubted it. Just look at it…. That’s what I did. Maybe it was the name. Maybe it was the fact that he...
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Competition Closed: Soundings

**Competition closed, congratulations to Emer.** If you were in secondary school in the ’80s or ’90s then you probably had a copy of Soundings. It was the go-to poetry anthology for...
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On the Main: An Epic Tragedy in Six Halves

Last night, Darren sent out an email to all us culchies to see if anyone had any interest in covering the match. There was an unprecedented response, so expect to see about thirty-seven posts about...
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Pat Ingoldsby’s new book ‘I Thought You Died Years Ago’

I was only delighted to be wandering down Westmoreland Street on Saturday and see that Pat Ingoldsby has a new book out. His latest collection of poetry (with some prose) is called I Thought You...
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To get you in the mood for Nick Cave in Vicar St soon

Steph has already posted about Nick Cave’s evening of readings and live music, with Cave joined by Warren Ellis and Martyn Casey to coincide with the publication of The Death of Bunny Munro....
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Olivia O’ Leary pays tribute to Seamus Heaney

I witnessed something lovely least night. Something rather special. At the opening event of the Dublin Writers Festival, poetry readings by Seamus Heaney, writer and broadcaster Olivia O’...
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Is This A Woman I See Before Me?

Author Carol Ann Duffy, has been named the first ever female (and first Scot coincidentally) to be appointed to the post of Poet Laureate in over 340 years since the posts creation. The 53 year...
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