Tag: Éilis Ní Dhuibhne

An evening of women’s literature at the Irish Writer’s Centre (06/01/2012)

The Irish Writer’s Centre, last evening 06/01/2012, hosted along with Dublin City Council a celebration of women’s poetry, music and literature to mark Oíche Nollaig Na mBan (Women’s Christmas). The event was presented by June Considine. And what a night it was. The event was bi-partite in structure, with readings by three poets and story-tellers to…

January 7, 2012
‘All Things Can Tempt Me From This Craft’ a poem by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne.

All Things Can Tempt Me From This Craft by Eilis Ní Dhuibhne Rain twists like a tornado in my distracted head. Ideas drip slow as saline into my dreaming bed. from Mark my Words, Meditations by Eilis Ní Dhuibhne,The Night Garden Alice Maher. 2007 RHA, Ely Place.

July 9, 2011
The Night Garden II. Eilis Ní Dhuibhne and Alice Maher.

Alice Maher’s exhibition at the RHA is called The Bestiary, The above image is from a little book of meditations, The Night-Garden, by Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, which accompanies the work. I am always fond of artistic and poetic collaborative work and have thus gotten myself a copy of the book for the little shelves.

July 25, 2008
The Night Garden I. Meditations by Éilis ní Dhuibhne, images by Alice Maher.

Alice Maher, artist extraordinaire exhibited at the RHA last year in Dublin, the show was entitled, ‘The Night Garden‘ and it was an interesting evolution and development of her themes. I reviewed it elsewhere. A small book of meditations by Éilis Ní Dhuibhne and drawings by Maher were a part of that show. Eternal Lines to Time Mairfidh mo ainm go brách…

July 24, 2008