The Meath Writers' Circle ~ September Meeting 2022!

 The Meath Writers' Circle ~ September Meeting 2022!

The next meeting of the group is on Thursday next at 7 pm in Navan Library. All are welcome to attend. Just bring a story or poem of your choice and if you can find the lyrics of a song you enjoy with a little backstory, all the better. Should be fun. Hope to see you there.

World Peace Walk - Verona Pentony!

World Peace Walk!

Verona Pentony is organizing a peace walk on the 11th of September 2022 to highlight world peace awareness. Further details can be had by contacting Verona at the email address below.

 verona@momentumsupport.eu. 

ROUTE: The route chosen will be any route available through the website www.trails.ie see category of your choice. Each participants KM walked will be accumulated to achieve the total goal of 3171KM. This is the actual distance to walk around the entire All Ireland Map PARTICIPATION: Momentum Support Teams representing All Ireland so we can achieve our goal to walk the map of Ireland.

 #thewhiteroseofpeacewalk2022 The White Rose of Peace Walk 2022 Sunday 11 September 2022

 OBJECTIVE: Highlight world peace awareness through The White Rose of Peace Walk 2022. We will walk together in unity for world peace on any of the routes around All Ireland. To raise awareness and gather momentum we will carry a single White Rose for World Peace “Ireland will lead Peace for a Better Humanity”. We ask participants to send a photo holding a White Rose as you complete the walk on the 11th September 2022 as a symbol of peace awareness to CSR: verona@momentumsupport.eu  

https://momentumsupport.eu/white-rose-of-peace-walk

Verona is a member of The Meath Writers' Circle and we wish her every success in her endeavour.

Hannah Greally International Literary Awards 2022!

 SiarScéal Festival 2022

Hanna Greally International Literary Awards

Prizes

Overall prize of €400, two €200 prizes, one for the winning short story/prose entry and one for the winning poetry entry.  Two Highly Commended prizes of €50 each. Special Student Category of €100 for the best entry in any of the above mediums.

Theme

This year’s theme is Sunlit Mornings, Ebbing Tides. Entries submitted in any of the writing disciplines of poetry, prose, short story will be considered.

Competition Rules of Entry

·         All entries must be the author’s own, unpublished work, on the theme provided

·         Entries are limited to one per person

·         Poetry submissions should be no more than 100 lines; short story/prose not to exceed 2000 words

·         Entries submitted must be typed and titled

·         Name/address/contact telephone number to accompany each entry, written on a separate page and not to appear on the same page of the entry

·         Entries will not be returned and the judges’ decision is final

·         Festival organizers are not eligible for entry

·         Entry into the competition implies acceptance of the competition rules and guidelines

·         There is no Entry Fee.

 

 If submitting a hard-copy, submit to: SiarScéal Festival Group and send to:

SiarScéal Festival Committee, c/o Roscommon County Council, Library Services, Abbey Street, Roscommon, Ireland

Email submissions at:  siarsceal@live.ie addressed to SiarSceal Festival Group

Closing Date

All entries (postal or online) must be received on and before 5.00pm on Friday, 14th^th October 2022.

Liam Clancy- Poem-Cill Chais

Dáibhí O' Bruadair 1625 ~ 1698 (Poem)

Liam manages to get in a couple of poems here and the performance is from the Joe Heaney Memorial Concert in the National Concert Hall in 1994. There is a great back story to all three and worth looking up and no better than Liam to tell you. Loaded by 'commonslob' and I wouldn't say that now. With thanks, 

Father John Lane ~ Cill Chais. Died 1776.

Joe Heaney ~ 1919 - 1984. Sean Nós singer from Galway

The Jonathan Swift Creative Writing Awards 2022!

The Jonathan Swift Creative Writing Awards 2022!

Hope you can read the information on the uploads but the closing date for this competition is Monday the 19th of September and entries should be sent to Margaret Ennis "Teach Giuise" Boherboy, Saggart, Co. Dublin. They also have a Facebook page. 

 

Noel Joyce - The Day I Scored The Winning Goal!

The Day I Scored The Winning Goal!

Came across this while surfing through the web and it has over one hundred and thirty thousand hits which tells its own story. Great delivery from a man who is an All Ireland Champion at the game. Recorded in Fr. Casey's clubhouse in Abbeyfeale, down there in Hurling country (Better mention rugby as well) and is well worth a listen. He has other videos loaded to Youtube as well. This one credited to Marie Keating.  

The Meath Writers' Circle ~ August Meeting!

The Meath Writers' Circle ~ August Meeting!

Numbers creeping back up slightly with seven in attendance but nowhere near where we used to be. An interesting theme suggested for the next meeting, as well as your own material of course, is to read something written by a popular artist from the musical sphere and the back story that goes with that should be interesting given that everyone has different tastes. When we were in the Trim Castle I can remember someone reading a piece by Nick Cave (The Mercy Seat) so it will be interesting to see what comes up!