Celia de Fréine is a poet and playwright who writes in Irish and English. She was born in Northern Ireland and now lives in Dublin and in Connemara.
Two collections of poetry in Irish Faoi Chabáistí is Ríonacha (2001) and Fiacha Fola (2004) have been published by Cló Iar-Chonnachta. A collection in English Scarecrows at Newtownards was published by Scotus Press in 2005.
Her poetry has won several awards, including the Patrick Kavanagh Award and Gradam Litríochta Chló Iar-Chonnachta; she has three times won the Oireachtas na Gaeilge award for best play, most recently for her new play Tearmann, which also won Duias Fhoras na Gaeilge at Listowel Writers’ Week in 2006.
She was awarded Arts Council Bursaries in 1997 and in 2000
Further information: www.celiadefreine.com
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
