Swift Satire Festival Trim County Meath.

Battle of the Books

The Swift Satire Festival is now in its sixth year and for those who like a little something that is perhaps not so politically correct then this could be the place to be! That said however the Battle of the Books has been relegated to the opening night and will cost you only the princely sum of €5 to get in. The President, Michael D Higgins is there for the Sunday Lunch and a "Bite of Satire" though the bite on the Thursday might be more agreeable, and being a well read man would have no difficulty with the long word or the lean out into the left field. It promises to be an interesting weekend though and if you find yourself in the vicinity of Trim or its environs why not drop in for a while.

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Swift Satire Festival

Trim County Meath

www.swiftsatirefestival.com

Launch of Swift Satire Festival 2012

Swift Satire Festival 2012




Samba Man



Michael Farry



Pat Dunne, Noel Dempsey and friends.



In the absence of President Higgins, Noel Dempsey got proceedings of the ground last night with an interesting speech on the subject of humour or in this instance "satire" and wondered just what Jonathan Swift would make of it if he were to return to Trim of the present day. I'm sure he'd be more than a little pleased with a festival in his honour but you can never tell! A town that throws long shadows and someone famous on every corner. All of this was interrupted by the introduction of the samba band who if any hint of criticism could be leveled was that they were overdressed for the occasion. Tall and tanned and young and lovely and all that and never mind the rain. A number of the "others" mingled through the crowd if that's the correct term of expression and if not then it should be. The wine was plentiful and as the samba band wound its way down Castle Street we decided there was no need to rehearse after all, though the six man midfield might pose the odd problem but what was that to men of our calibre. Meanwhile up the street....