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\u00d3 Bh\u00e9al<\/strong><\/span> at the <\/span>Cork<\/span> Harbour<\/span> Festival<\/span><\/strong><\/span> A Tribute to Danny Sheehy – \u00d3m\u00f3s do Domhnall Mac S\u00edthigh<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\nYou can listen to nine of Danny’s poems being read here<\/a>.<\/center>\n \n <\/p><\/span>\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n Clodagh Beresford Dunne<\/strong><\/p><\/center>\n\n “Clodagh Beresford Dunne is a young poet with an Old Soul. By that I mean she has ancient wisdom and thrust but also a modern, searching, brave sensibility.”<\/i> – Edna O’Brien<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Anthony Lawrence<\/strong><\/p>\n\nYou can listen to Anthony’s reading here<\/a>.<\/center>\n\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Kimberly Campanello<\/strong>\n<\/p> \nYou can listen to Kimberly’s reading here<\/a>.<\/p><\/center>\n<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n Niall McDevitt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nYou can listen to Niall’s reading here<\/a>.<\/center>\n\n <\/p>\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n Jessica Traynor<\/strong><\/p>\n\nYou can listen to Jessica’s reading here<\/a>.<\/center>\n\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Kate Newmann<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nYou can listen to Kate’s reading here<\/a>.<\/center>\n\n <\/p>\n\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n Randolph Healy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nYou can listen to Randolph’s reading here<\/a>.<\/center>\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al<\/strong><\/span> in association with <\/span>C<\/span>o<\/span>r<\/span>k<\/span> P<\/span>r<\/span>i<\/span>d<\/span>e<\/span> festival<\/strong><\/span> presents<\/span><\/p>\n Jim Crickard & Alana Daly Mulligan<\/strong><\/p>\n\nYou can listen to Jim’s reading here<\/a>.<\/center>
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\nJoin \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al for this very special bilingual tribute event to poet Danny Sheehy (Domhnall Mac S\u00edthigh), who tragically lost his life in a boating accident off the coast of Galicia in 2017. A number of regional poets including Ceait\u00ed N\u00ed Bheildi\u00fain, Eibhl\u00eds Carcione, Billy Ramsell, Br\u00edd N\u00ed Mh\u00f3r\u00e1in, Bernadette Nic an tSaoir, Marian \u00d3 Murch\u00fa, Julie Field<\/b> and Paul Casey<\/b> will read Danny\u2019s poems in the original Irish while translations are projected overhead. The readings will be accompanied by West Kerry musician Breannda\u0301n O\u0301 Beaglaoich<\/b> (Brendan Begley).<\/span>\n\n![](\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DannySheehySm.jpg\")
<\/span>Poet Danny Sheehy<\/strong> was born in West Kerry, on the Dingle peninsula. Coisc\u00e9im published Fan Inti: Naomh\u00f3ga \u00f3 Chorca Dhuibhne go C\u00e1b\u00e1n tS\u00edle<\/i> in 2003, and his first collection of poetry, S\u00fail Seilge<\/i>, with a CD recording in 2008, with music by Breannda\u0301n O\u0301 Beaglaoich. His other works include Allagar na gCloch\/Stonechat<\/i> (P\u00faca Press, 2006), and his poetry appears in the following collections published by An Sagart: Mil na Ceardlainne<\/i> (2008), Criathar Meala<\/i> (2009), and Mil ina Slaoda<\/i> (2011). \n
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\nSheehy undertook impressive sea journeys around the Irish Coast, in the North Atlantic, on the east coast of Italy and through the Mediterranean, along the islands of Scotland and, more recently, in 2011, he undertook Brendan’s Voyage. He was often to be heard on RT\u00c9 Raidi\u00f3 na Gaeltachta describing his journeys by land and sea, as well as folklore and local knowledge, and reviewing newly-published books. He wrote regularly for Briathar Beo<\/i> on RT\u00c9 Radio 1 and he won prizes at the Oireachtas for poetry and storytelling. He died tragically on 9 June 2017 while extending a journey which had been completed in 2016 by naomh\u00f3g, from Dingle to Santiago de\u00a0Compostella.\n<\/span><\/p> \nSaola\u00edodh Domhnall Mac S\u00edthigh<\/strong> (n\u00f3 Danny an tS\u00edthigh) sa bhaile i mBaile Eaglaise in Iarthar Dhuibhneach, Contae Chiarra\u00ed agus is ann a mhair s\u00e9 le beagnach deich mbliana fichead. Th\u00e1inig Fan Inti: Naomh\u00f3ga \u00f3 Chorca Dhuibhne go C\u00e1b\u00e1n tS\u00edle<\/i> \u00f3na pheann Nollaig 2003, foilsithe ag Coisc\u00e9im; Allagar na gCloch\/Stonechat<\/i> foilsithe ag P\u00faca Press, 2006 agus S\u00fail Seilge<\/i> le dl\u00fathdhiosca foilsithe ag Coisc\u00e9im, 2008. T\u00e1 cnuasaigh d\u00e1nta leis sna leabhair Mil na Ceardlainne<\/i> (2008), Criathar Meala<\/i> (2009), agus Mil ina Slaoda<\/i> (2011) foilsithe ag An Sagart. Bh\u00ed turais farraige iomr\u00e1iteacha curtha de aige ar ch\u00f3sta\u00ed na h\u00c9ireann, san Atlantach Thuaidh, c\u00f3sta thoir na hIod\u00e1ile agus tr\u00edd an Mhe\u00e1nmhuir, oile\u00e1in agus c\u00f3sta thiar na hAlban, agus an turas farraige iomr\u00e1iteach, Iomramh Bhr\u00e9anainn 2011. \n
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\nBh\u00edodh s\u00e9 le clos go minic ar RT\u00c9 Raidi\u00f3 na Gaeltachta ag caint ar a chuid eachtra\u00edochta ar muir is ar t\u00edr, ar bh\u00e9aloideas is ar sheanchas \u00e1iti\u00fail agus ag d\u00e9anamh l\u00e9irmheast\u00f3ireachta ar leabhair nuafhoilsithe. Scr\u00edobhadh s\u00e9 agus l\u00e9adh s\u00e9 m\u00edreanna don Briathar Beo<\/i> ar Raidi\u00f3 a hAon. Ghn\u00f3thaigh s\u00e9 duaiseanna Oireachtais sna com\u00f3rtais sc\u00e9ala\u00edochta, dreas cainte agus sa bhfil\u00edocht. Fuair s\u00e9 b\u00e1s go trag\u00f3ideach ar an 9 Meitheamh 2017 le linn d\u00f3 a bheith ag lean\u00faint le turas naomh\u00f3ige a bh\u00ed cr\u00edochnaithe aige i 2016 ar Camino an tS\u00e1ile \u00f3n Daingean go dt\u00ed Santiago de\u00a0Compostella.\n\n<\/span>Saola\u00edodh S\u00e9 Breannd\u00e1n<\/strong> an t\u00e1 is \u00f3ige de na\u00edon\u00far clainne at\u00e1 b\u00e1ite sa cheol i gCorca Dhuibhne. T\u00e1 sleamhn\u00e1in, polca\u00ed, amhr\u00e1in is foinn mhalla ag rith tr\u00ed’na chuisleana is in chuid fola. T\u00e1 cheithre dhl\u00fath dhiosca d\u00e1 chuid fh\u00e9in d\u00e9anta aige chomh maith le taifeada\u00ed le Boys of the Lough agus Beginish. T\u00e1 seimta agus taifeadta aige e Caoimh\u00edn \u00d3 Raghallaigh. T\u00e1 seimta aige le Glen Hansard agus John Sheehan is Rosie McKenzie sa Che\u00f3l\u00e1ras is i gCarnegie Hall chomh maith le’na al\u00e1n \u00e1iteana eile.\nSeimeann s\u00e9 chomh maith lena chlann Br\u00e9anainn ar ghuit\u00e1r, Cormac ar Chonsairt\u00edn, Conch\u00fabhair ar bhosca ceoil is p\u00edob uilinn is Cliodhna veidhl\u00edn, viola is r\u00ednce sean n\u00f3s.\n
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\nBrendan Begley<\/b> (Breannda\u0301n O\u0301 Beaglaoich) was born the youngest of a family of children who were all drowned in the music of Corca Dhuibhne. Slides, polkas, songs and slow tunes run through his pulse and live in his blood. He has made four solo discs as well as recordings of The Boys of the Lough and Beginish. He has played and been recorded with Caoimh\u00edn \u00d3 Raghallaigh and also with Glen Hansard, John Sheehan and Rosie McKenzie in the Che\u00f3l\u00e1ras<\/i> and Carnegie Hall, as well as at many other venues. He also plays with his musical family members, with Brandon on guitar, Cormac on the concertina, Conor on the accordion & uileann pipes and Cl\u00edona on violin, viola and sean n\u00f3s dancing.\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n![](\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MergedWIDE.jpg\"\/)
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<\/span>Clodagh Beresford Dunne<\/strong> received the 2016 Arts Council of Ireland Emerging Writer Bursary and her poem Seven Sugar Cubes was voted Listowel Writers’ Week Irish Poem of the Year at the 2017 Irish Book Awards. Her poems have been published and are upcoming in Irish and international journals including The Irish Times, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly<\/i> and Poetry<\/i> (Chicago). Her work has been broadcast on radio in Ireland and in the U.S.A. \n
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\nBeresford Dunne has also read and been interviewed about her poetry in The National Library of Ireland and in several American universities. A former lawyer and journalist, she lives in Dungarvan Co. Waterford with her husband and four children. She is currently at work on her first manuscript.
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<\/span>Anthony Lawrence<\/strong> was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, in 1957.\nHe has published sixteen books of poems, the most recent being\n101 Poems<\/i> (Pitt Street Poetry, 2018). His individual poems and books \nhave won many awards, including the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry,\nthe Blake Poetry Prize, the New South Wales and Queensland Premiers\nAwards for Poetry, the Newcastle Poetry Prize and the Philip Hodgins\nMemorial Medal. He is a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University, Queensland,\nwhere he teaches Writing Poetry and Creative Writing.\nHe lives on Moreton Bay, in Queensland.
\n<\/span>‘His poems deliver the world enlarged and energised because his language moves beyond description and towards revelation. \nWhat matters to Lawrence is how one’s inward and organic energies can be transmuted\u00a0by\u00a0and\u00a0into\u00a0poetic utterance. Nature is often a source for transformation and redemption, a rich ground for vision and metaphors. His best work fuses language so well with vision that his poems take on mystical transport. His flair is in linking language with enchantment, in entering into \nand committing to his imagination.’ – Judith Beveridge, Poetry International<\/strong><\/i>\n\n\n\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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Kimberly Campanello<\/strong>‘s poetry books and pamphlets include Consent, Imagines, Strange Country<\/i> (on the sheela-na-gig stone carvings), and Hymn to K\u0101l\u012b<\/i> (her version of the Karp\u016br\u0101di-stotra). In April 2019, zimZalla Avant Objects released MOTHERBABYHOME<\/i>, a 796-page book of conceptual and visual poetry on the St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Ireland. Also in April 2019, above \/ ground press published her chapbook running commentary along the bottom of the tapestry<\/i>. She is Programme Leader for Creative Writing and a member of the Poetry Centre in the School of English at the University of Leeds.\n
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\n<\/span>Irish poet Niall McDevitt<\/strong> lives in West London. He is the author of three critically acclaimed collections of poetry, b\/w<\/i> (Waterloo Press, 2010), Porterloo<\/i> ( International Times, 2013) and Firing Slits: Jerusalem Colportage<\/i> (New River Press, 2016). His work appears in Wretched Strangers<\/i>, an anthology of non-UK born writers; Urban Shamanism<\/i>, poets from north, west, south and east London; Diamond Cutters<\/i>, poets in Britain, America and Oceania; and the STRIKE!<\/i> Anthology. \n
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\nMcDevitt is a walking artist who specialises in the historic poets of London, particularly Shakespeare\/Blake\/Rimbaud\/Yeats. In 2013, he read at Yoko Ono’s Meltdown in the Future Exiles: Poetry and Activism event<\/i>. \nIn 2016, he was invited to read his work in Iraq at the Babylon Festival.\nHis book BABYLON (a neoliberal theodicy) And Other Poems<\/i> is forthcoming from New River Press.\nHe blogs at poetopography.wordpress.com<\/a>\n<\/span><\/p>
\n<\/span>Jessica Traynor<\/strong>\u2019s debut poetry collection Liffey Swim<\/i> (Dedalus, 2014) was shortlisted for the 2015 Strong\/Shine Award. In 2016 it was named one of the best poetry debuts of the past five years (Bustle.com). She\u2019s currently under commission by the BBC, and also to write a libretto for Galway 2020 EU Capital of Culture, working again with composer Elaine Agnew. She\u2019s also working with Words Ireland on a multimedia poetry project for ILFD 2019, and editing \u2018Correspondences: An anthology to call or an end to direct provision\u2019<\/i> with actor Stephen Rea (upcoming, autumn 2019). Her second collection, The Quick<\/i>, was published in 2018. \n
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\nJessica was the recipient of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary in 2014. She was named Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year in 2013 and won the 2011 Listowel Poetry Prize. She was the 2010 recipient of a Dublin City Council Literature Bursary and in 2009, was chosen for the Poetry Ireland Introduction Series. She teaches creative writing for the Irish Writers Centre, Big Smoke Writing Factory and various festivals around Ireland. She reads her work regularly at literary festivals around Europe and the USA. Her poetry has been translated into Czech, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish and was projected in Edinburgh, Krakow, Prague and Dunedin in 2014-6 as part of the Unesco City of Literature Programme. \n
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<\/span>Kate Newmann<\/strong> is a graduate of King\u2019s College Cambridge, where she studied English after spending a year in Crete. She was Junior Fellow at the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen\u2019s University, Belfast, where she published the Dictionary of Ulster Biography<\/i> (Institute of Irish Studies, Q.U.B., 1994). She has held residencies with the Down Lisburn Health Trust; with Donegal County Council for the Flight of the Earls commemoration; with the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC and, on behalf of the Arts Council, in Ballycastle, Mayogall, Lisburn and in Carrickfergus for the Louis MacNeice Centenary Celebrations. \n
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\nAmong other prizes, Newmann was short-listed for the UK National Poetry Competition.\u00a0In 2016 she was commissioned by the Pushkin Trust to compile Nearness of Ice, memories of Arctic Convoy<\/i>. Ask Me\u00a0Next Saturday<\/i> (Summer Palace Press, 2018)\u00a0is her fifth collection of poetry and among her many collaborations with artists in other media, she has produced two CDs: How Well Did You Love?<\/i> And, with musician and composer Bill Campbell, The Both and The Neither<\/i>.\u00a0
\n<\/span>Randolph Healy<\/strong> was born in 1956 in Irivine in Scotland. In 1958 his family moved to Ireland where he has lived since. He has published the chapbooks 25 Poems, Rana Rana, Arbor Vitae, Flame, Scales, Daylight Saving Sex, Rattling the Bars<\/i>, and Hex<\/i>. His collection Green 532<\/i> was published by Salt in 2001. His work has appeared in anthologies such as Etruscan Reader VIII, Other, Anthology of Twentieth Century British<\/i> and Irish Poetry (Oxford)<\/i>, and The Backyards of Heaven<\/i>. \n
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\nHe runs the small press Wild Honey Press. He is currently retired and is archiving his writings at google.com\/view\/randolphhealy\/home<\/a>. Two of his poems, Frogs<\/i> and Primula veris<\/i>, are on the Leaving Certificate English syllabus.\n<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/span>Jim Crickard<\/strong> writes poetry in a camp, entertaining style which explores various flamboyant scenarios and gives us an honest glimpse into his experience. In 2018, he won the Cuirt Spoken Word Platform and was awarded a slot to perform at Electric Picnic. Jim Crickard has been invited to perform his poetry at events and venues such as The Crossover, The Friary, Connolly’s of Leap, the \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al Winter Warmer festival, and Zoolala. He was shortlisted for the 2018 \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al International Five Words Competition. His poetry has been published in Automatic Pilot<\/i> and Contemporary Poetry<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n![](\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AlanaDalyMulliganSm.jpg\")
<\/span>Alana Daly Mulligan<\/strong> is an award-winning spoken-word “artivist” and filmmaker hailing from Waterford, Ireland. Alana’s work targets heartstrings; battling brutal realities with the desire to connect, feel and love as a human being before everything else. She is the co-founder of the open mic Modwords Cork<\/i> and Europe’s first young writers’ festival The Lit Young Writers Festival<\/i>. \n
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\nDaly Mulligan has performed at festivals across the country and features in Kathy D’Arcy’s acclaimed collection Autonomy<\/i> (Apr. 2018), volume VI of the audio magazine Solstice Sounds<\/i> (Dec 2018) and The Quarryman Collection<\/i> (Apr. 2019). Her performance at the C\u00fairt International Poetry Festival 2019 Spoken Word Stage won her a place to perform at Electric Picnic in September 2019. She has worked alongside Stephen James Smith, Emmet Kirwan, \u00c9rin Fornoff, Abby Olivera, Kevin Gilady and Dave Lordan. Her spoken word activism films are nationally acclaimed and have garnered over 80K views across a variety of social media platforms. She was included in a map of notable spoken word artists from the UK and Ireland in October 2018. Alana studies English and History in University College Cork and is an Active Citizenship Scholar under UCC’s Quercus Talented Students’ Programme.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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