Jean O'Brien was born in Dublin and has recently moved to the midlands, after being writer
in residence for Co. Laois in 2005.
She has published widely in magazines and journals in Ireland, the UK and the USA.
She has taken part and read at various venues and festival both
here and abroad and has
read as far afield as New York and Maylasia.
Her work has featured on RTE Radio !, The Poets Chair, The Arts Show and on The Darkness Echoing
she has also broadcast on Lyric FM, Midlands Radio and many local radio stations.
She has had two chapbooks published and two full collections,
The Shadow Keeper (Salmon 1997 and her most recent Dangerous Dresses (Bradshaw Books 2005).
Jean holds an M. Phil. in creative writing from Trinity College Dublin and was a founding member
of the celebrated Dublin Writers Workshop. She was the administrator for Poetry Ireland for a year,
and administrator of the National Poetry Competition/Friends Provident for three years.
She currently runs creative writing courses in the Irish Writers Centre and has run courses for various
county council, and in Mountjoy and Portlaoise Prison. She is part of the writer in school scheme.
The White House Poetry Revival has being going now for three 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
