Introductions | Céadlínte Night One

Introductions | Céadlínte is a Poetry Ireland showcase of 15 of the most exciting new poets writing in English and Irish in Ireland today. The poets were selected by Victoria Kennefick and Aifric MacAodha. We’ll have a musical guest along on the night.

Night one of the Poetry Ireland Introductions / Céadlínte showcase will feature poets Eoin Kelly, Pauline Flynn, Mai Ishikawa, Courtney Darby, Joshua Beatty, Eoin P. Ó Murchú and Orlaith Ní Icí.

Seóthaispeántas de chuid Éigse Éireann is ea Introductions | Céadlínte de 15 de na filí nua is spreagúla a bhíonn ag scríobh as Gaeilge agus as Béarla ar oileán na hÉireann faoi láthair. Ba iad Victoria Kennefick agus Aifric Mac Aodha a roghnaigh na filí. Beidh aoi ó shaol an cheoil inár dteannta freisin ar an oíche.

Ar an gcéad oíche de sheóthaispeántas Introductions / Céadlínte Éigse Éireann is iad na filí a bheidh ann Eoin Kelly, Pauline Flynn, Mai Ishikawa, Courtney Darby, Joshua Beatty, Eoin P. Ó Murchú agus Orlaith Ní Icí.

We are also delighted to have John Francis Flynn join us as the musical artist on both nights.

John Francis Flynn is a singer and multi-instrumentalist who creates contemporary music using traditional and folk material. His debut album “I Would Not Live Always” was released on Rough Trade imprint River Lea Records in 2020, earning rave reviews and winning 2 awards at the RTE Folk Awards.

His latest album “Look Over the Wall, See the Sky” picks up where “I Would Not Live Always” left off. John masterfully unpicks traditional songs and rearranges them with an emotional force. They float in a surreal space between the past and the present, the analog and the digital, between love and tragedy. Look Over The Wall, See The Sky is a re-imagining of traditional Irish music: powerful, hopeful and free.