Cathal Buí Poetry Competition 2021!
Dropped into the above via Zoom on Sunday last where the winning entry was Rainbow Inferno by Ojo Taiye, a poem about the Igbo genocide of 1966. The runner up and second prize went to Joanne McCarthy of Waterford for her poem Girls of Fairhill with third place going to Philip Quirke of Wexford for his poem Minor Roads. The Highly Commended prize went to Margaret Galvin also of Wexford for her piece Mothers Life in Terms of the Four Elements and there were commended awards as well.
The Igbo Genocide and the Biafran war that followed had extraordinary Irish connections and I remember talking to a priest once who was part of the relief efforts out of Sao Tomé. The airlift to bring supplies into Biafra was I'm told even greater than that of the Belin Blockade. For those interested and the part the Irish church played well worth looking up. Colonial interests have a lot to answer for in the deaths of so many people.
Minor Roads by Philip Quirke is a poem I like but I just like road poems. In a time of very few festivals and other restrictions well done to the Cathal Buí Hedge School.
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Thank you for that positive contribution. Of course the poetry competition is up and running again with a closing date of 1May 2022.
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