Artist In Ireland

If you know you’re Irish songs you’ll know exactly where my headline phrase is from.

And, ladies and gentleman, it is The Day before the Fair…in my books….

‘Cause tomorrow is the 2nd Written Word Weekend.

Large and juicy thanks goes to our sponsors-

South Leitrim Arts,

The Joe Mooney Summer School,

Leitrim County Council

And I must make a correction from my last entry- I spelled the word ” Fleadh”

wrong. For our non-Irish readers, a Fleadh  ( pronounced Flaw) is the Irish word for festival.

So come here , I’ll be attending the All Ireland Fleadh in Cavan Town August 21-22 nd

And with luck and hope I’;ll be seeing YOU at the

Written Word Weekend July 30-August 2 nd

Slante

P.S. The Day before the Fair is from the song Spancil Hill

ah but you knew that….

thanks for clicking in

always

eileen

Hi , last week of July.

Moved by the swift movement of time

just a little shook

Since the last entry the McGirls performance following the Demon festival reminded me that of a gift I had forgotten.

A gift more precious than entrance to University or high profiles.

Then there was Paris. Four days in the City of Lights gave me another gift

Reminded me of the beauty of friendship and grounded me in the dreamy sounds of wailing sirens

More work to return to.

More stars in the skies. Cardinal Cross T-Squares and the last 260 days before the next 9th Wave begins, we prayed and danced and danced and prayed and smoked and drank and laughed and danced and wondered why  and how and yes and yes and gave all of oursleves and sweat-ed like haired horned beasts and glided through ponds and sat at the beach and pushed the Wave along.

Then the music came to town. Night after night

Morning after morning

Tunes and songs and more tunes

Tunes to eat by Tunes to piss by Tunes to walk the dog buy the paper, look for a light, see a friend, call a name , there is a tune that belongs to that action.

The Joe Mooney Summer School raged like it never raged before.

Now , the weekend draws near- the 2nd written word weekend approaches.Get a book

A clean page

A good pen

A sharpened pencil

Go in

push the nerve

hold backyour hair

bite your lip

tell me something real

Friday night -Open Stage Open Mike – whatever you call it- its

The Salon des Refuses..…………………………

anyone can read

Saturday morning 11:30 -1pm at the library Writing Workshop for small people with me as workshop leader

Saturday afternoon 2pm- at Paddy Mac’s old Pub- Conor MacManus reads stories from Drumshanbo through a boy’s eye and Eamon Day  and Noel McPartland give a history about the High Street

3:30- Pig Executive Meeting.. in the pub please god or failing that and if some one has something to contribute ( Snowball- that be you) then in to Mrs Mac’s diner we go.

Saturday Night- The Cabaret of the Enchanted Reel featuring

The Poetry Chicks with Connor Kelly on piano

Sunday August 1st 7pm Historical walk around town with  Noel and Eamon

Sunday Night 9pm The Published Writers

Ananda Caffery, Belinda McKeon, Eion McNamee. Tony Curtis

Monday 2pm The Poetry and Prose Brunch at Berry’s Tavern

final wrap up for this year.

Please god nobody dies and everyone get paid.

Then what? Then I promised the local kids I organize a fun day for them-

An Ice Cream Olympics, as i like to call it. So we must set up the game course and do that.

Then the All -Ireland Fleach  is on in Cavan Town and we must make an apperance

Then I take one week to lock myself in the Tyrone Guthrie Centre with a book I promised to finish writing

Then its the Electric Picnic where the Pigs are performing at the Word Tent.

Then then then then

Makes me sad to think that Tracey Wright has died

She was one of those strong silent actors . A big presence but in a surprisingly petite frame.

Kind, she was kind person. Very kind. One of a kind.