Archive for October, 2008

Special Thanks

October 28, 2008
My News

A spe­cial thanks to all who made it to my Out to Lunch read­ing in the Irish Writ­ers’ Cen­tre last Fri­day (see pre­vi­ous entry). I had for­got­ten it was a bank hol­i­day, so a lot of friends fam­ily and acquain­tances couldn’t make it. Some of them were work­ing through the lunch­hour. So it was a pleas­ant sur­prise to greet a 20+ audi­ence in the lovely room down­stairs made avail­able to …Read the Rest

Out to Lunch — Philip Casey

Out to Lunch — Philip Casey
October 19, 2008
My News

To those of you who reg­u­larly dip in — and there are a few — apolo­gies for my long silence …Read the Rest

Coney Island (Sligo) of the Mind

Coney Island (Sligo) of the Mind
October 19, 2008
Art

Many moons ago, I met the artist Eileen Fer­gu­son at the Tyrone Guthrie Cen­tre in Anna­mak­er­rig, the retreat for writ­ers, …Read the Rest

Sydney Bernard Smyth 1936–2008

Sydney Bernard Smyth 1936–2008
October 15, 2008
Books

This sad news from Poetry ire­land: Syd­ney Bernard Smith Poetry Ire­land was sad­dened to hear of the pass­ing of poet …Read the Rest