Museum of Literature Ireland
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UCD Naughton Joyce Centre
86 St Stephen's Green
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Spreading the Words
3'14"
Read by Andrea Palandri
According to a ninth-century Irish poet, the sure signs of winter included the sound of a barnacle goose. This episode is a revealing look at this and other matters to do with geese.
‘Spreading the Words’ is a series on the histories of Irish words from literature and everyday life written by Sharon Arbuthnot and Máire Ní Mhaonaigh and produced in association with the book A History of Ireland in 100 Words and the electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
(www.dil.ie).
Conversations with the Contemporary
Christodoulos Makris and Kimberly Campanello look at concrete poetry and process.
Bluiríní Béaloidis
For the 16th instalment of Blúiríní Béaloidis, hosts Jonny Dillon and Claire Doohan set forth upon the waves to Teach Duinn (The House of Donn), to which the souls of Ireland's heathen dead were said to travel with the setting of the sun.
Cúirt International Festival of Literature
Eimear McBride reads from and discusses her recent novel, Strange Hotel.
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