Sunday, July 6, 2025
There Are Too Many Saviors on My Cross!
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Mountains of Mourne, Don McLean - beautiful version with captions!
The Meath Writers' Circle ~ July 2025!
The Meath Writers' Circle ~ July 2025!
The next meeting of the writing group takes place this Thursday night coming the 3rd of July at 6.15 pm in Trim Library and everyone is welcome to attend. So whether you're interested in poetry or writing of any kind or just want to sit in and listen you're more than welcome to attend. Music no problem. Membership is free but we need ticket sellers for a draw if we're to publish a book for Christmas and all ideas that would generate some income - appreciated! Hope to see you there. FM.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
An Tobar ~ Poetry For Pleasure. June 2025.
An Tobar ~ Poetry for Pleasure.
Friends,
Monday, June 23, 2025
The Darby Ryan International Poetry Competition 2025!
The Darby Ryan International Poetry Competition 2025
Deadline: 31 Jul 2025The Darby Ryan International Poetry Contest was inaugurated this year by John Grogan and Claire Grogan Williams, descendants of the late Darby Ryan. The prize winner of this year’s competition will be announced during August 2025 and will be invited to give a reading of his/her work during August.
Diarmuid O'Ríain (Darby Ryan) was born at Ashgrove, Bansha, Co. Tipperary, in 1777 and was a poet and patriot. His most famous composition was undoubtedly The Peeler and the Goat, a ballad or satire which was popularly sung across Ireland and was taken worldwide by emigrants. Darby composed many songs and ballads across numerous topics not least Irish nationalism. Darby composed both in Gaelic and English and when any event of local or national importance took place, Darby was called on to immortalize it in verse.
Prizes: First - €300, Runner Up - €200, Second Runner Up - €100.
* Please go to the Poetry Ireland Competition page for further details on how to enter this competition and for conditions for entry. Link to the right. As it is the inaugural year there are no fees. Themes are the following: Community, Satire, Tipperary, Ireland.
Information above from the Poetry Ireland site. With thanks.