Brian Lynch was born in Dublin in 1945. His first book, Endsville (1967),
was shared with Paul Durcan, while his play, Crooked in the Car Seat, was
nominated for a Harvey Award in the 1979 Dublin Theatre Festival. Caught in
a Free State, a 1984 four-part RTÉ/Channel 4 series about German spies in
Ireland during World War II, won a Jacobs Award and the Banff International
TV Festival Award for best drama.
A feature film, Love and Rage, starring
Daniel Craig and Greta Scacchi, was directed by Cathal Black in 1999.
He Has published two books on the artist artist
Tony O'Malley. His novel, The Winnerof Sorrow, about the poet William Cowper, was shortlisted for the Hughes and Hughes
Novel of the Year Award 2006.
His long poem on Northern Ireland,
'Pity For The Wicked', was shortlisted for the 2007 Christopher Ewart-Biggs
Memorial Award.
He was elected to Aosdána in 1985,
nominated by Michael Hartnett and Samuel Beckett.
The White House Poetry Revival has being going now for almost four years.
Every Wednesday the famous old world bar is transformed into a centre of culture as poets recite their latest work.
Barney Sheehan and Dominic Taylor , the people behind the revival of poetry at the White House, continue to attract the best of Irish and International poetry to Limerick.
The White House Poets would like to acknowledge the involvement of the Arts Council, Poetry Ireland, Foras na Gaeilge, Limerick City Council and the White House Bar for their continued support that has helped make the White House one of the pre eminent venues for poetry in Ireland.
As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so. Complementary finger food is provided and proceeding commence at 9.30 pm
As usual the reading is preceded by an open mic session in which anyone who wishes to read is invited to do so.
For further information contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409
Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/ Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/
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Website: http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/
E-mail: whitehousepoets@eircom.net
Blog: http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/
Podcast: http://druidpaddy.blogmatrix.com/
Revival: http://revivalpoetrybook.blogspot.com/
How To get There
The White House pub is located in the centre of Limerick City at 52 O'Connell Street. Its exact location is on the corner of Glentworth Street and O'Connell Street, opposite the Ulster Bank and the Bank of Ireland. It is approximately 5 minutes walk from the train and bus station - exit the station and go down Davis Street, pass Taits Clock continue on down Glentworth Street and the White House is on the right hand corner at end of street.
Map http://www.limerick.com/streets/map.html
Visit the WhiteHousePoets and friends here:
http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/thepoets.html
Buy the White House Anthology http://www.limerick.com/anthology.html
