MÓROÍCHE FILÍOCHTA AGUS CHEOIL / GALA POETRY AND MUSIC NIGHT

Tá an ghontacht sa chnuasach nua ó Louis de Paor, Cé a Mharaigh Emma Mhic Mathúna? a mbeifeá ag súil leis óshárfhile, an aoir fhaobhrach, an searbhas fiú, an greann agus an briseadh croí. Tugann Rince Aeir le Caitríona Ní Chléirchín ar thuras beatha sinn trí bhóithre corracha an ghrá agus an uaignis dhaonna.

Mhol an criticeoir Máirín Nic Eoin é mar chnuasach ‘a bheireann greim ar an Iéitheoir lena dhrámatúlacht liriceach agus a shamhlaoidí cumhachtacha”. Is geall le haislingí beaga na dánta sa chnuasach I Muinín na nDúI le Máire Dinny Wren; seoda smaointeoireachta, criostalaithe i bhfoirm an haiku, a thugann móimintí Iéargais dúinn.

Is amhránaí agus seinnteoir bouzouki as an Rinn é Macdara Ó Faoláin, a bhfuil aitheantas bainte amach aige as a chur chuige nuálach i gceol traidisiúnta na hÉireann.

Louis de Paor has been hailed by critic Máirín Nic Eoin as ‘a master of the short lyric in which the literal and the figurative combine in a tight nexus of images that distil the character of a particular individual, relationship or encounter’.

Caitríona Ní Chléirchín’s poetry was praised by the judges of the Michael Hartnett Award as ‘powerful, courageous, sassy and important’.. Máire Dinny Wren’s latest collection / Muinín na nDúI is a beautifully realised sequence of haiku exploring the landscapes of her native Donegal.

Macdara Ó Faoláin is a bouzouki player, fiddle player and singer, renowned for his innovative approach to traditional Irish music.