Events 2008
Festival
8pm Adm: €25
"The Lyric Cry - An Guth Glé"
An Leabhar Mór is a glowing tribute to the bardic tradition, a compendium of
marvels from the past and the present. Gabriel Rosenstock, one of Ireland’s
foremost writers, reads from this illuminating collection and invites some
featured poets to join him in an evening of bardic enchantment.
The evening will continue with jazz by Richard Druce and Neil Buckley in
Maggie Dan’s Pizzeria and wine bar till late.
8:30pm
Adm: Free
"Delight in the Eye"
Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh
Seoirse’s art exhibition will continue in Maggie Dan’s till 31st October
‘08. Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh, one of finest seers, an artist who
paints his world with an attitude of gratitude shows a selection of recent
paintings. A popular singer who has breathed new life into the Gaelic song
tradition. He will perform from that rich repertoire.
8pm
Adm: €10
"Face to Face with Colmcille"
Brian Lacy, consummate chronicler of our
past brings Colmcille, an ancient bard and crosser of borders back to life
in this heady, hypnotic talk.
Workshop admission is €45 which includes lunch
10am to 12 noon
Creative writing workshop with Aonghas Dubh MacNeacail with emphasis on
poetry in song.
2pm to 4pm
Workshop: Writing for radio
With Gerda Stevenson with emphasis on the dramatisation of your
writing/poetry for radio.
Saturday 18th
October 2008
8pm
Adm: €10
"A Stillness of Mind, a Strength of Heart"
Aonghas MacNeacail, the
great Gaelic poet of Scotland, broods on the past and present with gusto and
greann. Like Sorley McLean he has attuned the bardic tradition to the needs
of today. Tonight this magisterial poet will be accompanied by the
superbly gifted Gerda Stevenson.
SUNDAY 11am Sunday morning service “Amazing Grace”
Church of Ireland, Killult, Gortahork, Co.Donegal with Canon Brian Smeaton. Songs of the soul, poems of praise and words of wonder! A joyous celebration of the God in man and the man in God.
Sunday 2pm FREE Open Forum: writers & musicians in Maggie Dan’s
Booking: 086 1088397 / 086 3793503