Munster Slam Championships

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Tobias Manderson-Galvin and Tom McCarthy

21 September 2009

18 poets from across Munster competed in two rounds last night at Ó Bhéal to produce this year’s Munster Slam Champ, Tobias Manderson-Galvin, and runner-up, Tom McCarthy. Congratulations to both, who will represent Munster in the 2009 All-Ireland Slam Championships held this year in Galway on the 26th of October. North Beach Nights will be hosting the event, which alternates annually between the four provinces.

Congratulations to all the contestants who were all on top form, Rosalyn Blue, Donna Coogan, John Carmody, Ed O’Dwyer, Marie Coveney, Paddy Doyle, Seamus Harrington, Tobias Manderson-Galvin, Lorcan Murray, Mary O’Connell, Ciaran O’Driscoll, Jonni O’Gorman, Rosie O’Regan, Stephen O’Riordan, Christy Parker, Tom McCarthy, Colm Scully and Patricia Walsh.

 


Videos of the Evening


Five poems from guest Poet Bernadette Cremin (who co-judged the slam)



Jack’s Caf


Nowness


Hotel


Kaiser Strasse


Perfect Mess



Round 1


Christy Parker

A Love Story


Marie Coveney

Scissors


Seamus Harrington

The Hunters and Regatta Prayer


Rosalyn Blue

Blasphemy


Colm Scully

God’s Football


Lorcan Murray

Skipping Stones


Jonni O’Gorman

Fuck Off Dublin


Mary O’Connell

Royal Flush


John Carmody

Young Guns


Ciaran O’Driscoll

Please Hold


Tobias Manderson-Galvin

Someone Tell Me


Paddy Doyle

Mushrooms


Stephen O’Riordan

Slam Poetry


Patricia Walsh

Sugar Fix


Tom McCarthy

Hey Diddle Diddle


Donna Coogan

Someone



Round 2


John Carmody

Alfie the Atom who Dared to Dream


Tobias Manderson-Galvin

The Wasp


Lorcan Murray

Searching for Silver


Ciaran O’Driscoll

The Poem I Wrote Today


Tom McCarthy

A Lasting Impression