A poetry workshop through Irish with award-winning poet Dubhán Ó Longáin, suitable for beginners and for those already writing.

Ceardlann é seo atá fóirsteanach do thosaitheoirí agus do dhaoine a bhfuil píosaí scríofa acu cheana. Amharcfar ar achan ghné de scríobh na filíochta sa cheardlann seo, ó spreagadh (nó cad a ba chóir a dhéanamh nuair nach bhfuil sin ann), go scríobh, go heagarthóireacht. Beidh seans ag na rannpháirtithe dánta agus línte a scríobh agus an tuiscint atá acu ar an rud is filíocht ann a phlé.

Cumfar dánta agus línte filíochta ar dhóigheanna éagsúla agus pléifear tionchar thimpeallacht an scríbhneora mar aon leis an tionchar a imríonn ceol agus léitheoireacht ar an bhfile.

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This workshop suits both beginners and those who already have work on the page. It covers every aspect of writing poetry, from inspiration (and what to do when it is nowhere to be found) through drafting to editing. Participants will write poems and lines of their own, and discuss what poetry means to them.

The session looks at different ways of composing, at how a writer’s surroundings shape the work, and at the influence music and reading have on a poet.

Lunch is included.

The workshop runs mostly in Irish, but participants are welcome to write in English if they prefer.

Limited spaces. Just 12 seats. Please book early.

Dubhán Ó Longáin

Dubhán Ó Longáin is a poet, short story writer, researcher and teacher of Irish. He has won awards for his academic research, his poetry (both traditional and slam) and his short stories. He is currently Scríbhneoir Cónaithe, writer in residence in the Irish department, at Maynooth University, and has lectured in Irish or related topics at Ulster University, the University of Limerick, Atlantic Technological University, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza in Poland and Uppsala University in Sweden. He facilitates writing workshops for children and adults, has served as chairperson of Aontas na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge, and contributes regular articles on Irish folklore to the journal Nós.

File, scríbhneoir, taighdeoir agus teagascóir Gaeilge é Dubhán Ó Longáin. Tá duaiseanna bainte amach aige as a thaighde acadúil, a chuid filíochta (dánta traidisiúnta agus slam araon), agus as a chuid gearrscéalaiochta. Éascaíonn sé ceardlanna scríbhneoireachta dírithe ar pháistí agus ar dhaoine fásta. Is é Scríbhneoir Cónaithe Roinn na Gaeilge in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad faoi láthair é.

Sponsors

Festival sponsors: Donegal County Council and the Finn Valley Voice.

About the Frances Browne Literary Festival

The Frances Browne Literary Festival celebrates the life and legacy of Frances Browne (1816 to 1879), the "Blind Poetess of Ulster". Rooted in her hometown of Ballybofey-Stranorlar, Co. Donegal, the festival brings together poets, writers, musicians and communities from Ireland and beyond to share in her spirit of creativity, inclusion and multilingual expression.

Frances Browne is the most important writer to emerge from Donegal’s Finn Valley. Her masterpiece, the children’s storybook Granny’s Wonderful Chair, was a bestseller all over the world, but she also deserves to be remembered for her unswerving opposition to slavery and all sorts of injustice. The festival works to bring Frances’s writing and astonishing life story to new generations, and to celebrate contemporary writers who continue in her tradition.

Full programme and festival information: www.francesbrowneliteraryfestival.com

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