At Ó Bhéal’s 65th open-mic, the camera came out for the night as Matthew Sweeney was filming for his new documentary, so we couldn’t let the opportunity pass to capture some of our famous open-micers.
Alan Coakley
On Kevin Myers
I want to tell you
Brian Ó Murchú
I am Tree
Konrad Fischer
The Glen
Niall Herriott
Song for a Pueblo Blanco
Land of a Hundred Thousand Welcomes
Patricia Walsh
Untitled
If you still exist, sing me a song
Our featured guests for May, i.a.w. Foras na Gaeilge are Joanne McCarthy and Eoin Mc Evoy. Joanne is co-editor of The Waxed Lemon magazine. She was awarded the Máire Mac an Saoi Award in 2022 and her poem won the Féich Dhuibh 2023 competition. Eoin teaches courses in translation and creative writing in Scoil na Gaeilge, Celtic Studies and Folklore UCD. He won first prize in the Foras na Gaeilge 2020 poetry competition and in the Chraobh Aimhirghin 2014 poetry competition. For more details click here >>>
Ó Bhéal’s 11th Winter Warmer (and 3rd hybrid) poetry festival programme is now archived online and available to view. For more click here >>>
