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Circling The Square

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Date & time Fri 18 — Sun 20 Oct 2024
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Weekend Ticket 36euro: If interested in booking all 3 events, each event must be booked individually at the concession price of 12e each.

The 3rd annual Circling the Square Festival comes back to The Source on the weekend of 18th-20th October.

The festival honours Thurles-born poet Dennis O'Driscoll and welcomes many of the foremost poets from this country and beyond.

Three main performances on Fri evening, Sat afternoon and Sat evening will intersperse powerful and inspiring poetry with magical music and song. The star-studded line up of poets includes Thomas McCarthy, Rita Ann Higgins, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Louis De Paor, Mark Roper, Anne Tannam, Thomas Lynch, Molly Twomey, Victoria Kennefick, Jackie Lynam, Aidan Matthews, Victoria Melkovska, Eithne Lannon, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Iggy McGovern.

All complemented by musicians and singers across several genres, including Gina Oberoi-Engela, Hugh Buckley, Lorcan Lyons, Ed Dwan Quartet, Ceola, Pat O'Callaghan, Daniel Byrne, Tim V Smyth, Ashraf Taghiyev (percussion) and Anna Stepanova (saxophone, vocals) and more.

The program will also feature a school seminar, with Molly Twomey visiting Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed on Friday 18th October to enthuse English students and inspire potential young poets. A poetry workshop for emerging poets will be presented by Anne Tannam, Poet-in Residence with Poetry Ireland titled 'Trusting Your Process' dealing with the process of writing poetry and what works for each poet. Sunday will see a guided walk around Dennis O'Driscoll’s Thurles, and the festival will be wrapped up with a fun afternoon of poetry and music, including open mic poetry from emerging poets.

Individual session details see below.


Introduction: Jimmy Duggan

Part 1

Opening Uillean Pipes: Diarmuid Meagher
Poet: Mark Roper
Music: Ceola
Poet: Molly Twomey
Music: Tim V Smyth
Poet: Anne Tannem
Music: Gina Oberoi-Engela

Part 2

Music: Lorcan Lyons
Poet: Victoria Kennefick
Music: Daniel Byrne
Poet: Thomas Lynch
Music: Ed Dwan Quartet

Introduction : Jimmy Duggan

Part 1

Music: Ashraf Taghiyev (percussion) and Anna Stepanova (saxophone, vocals
Poet: Jackie Lynam
Music: Hugh Buckley with Pat O' Callaghan and Daniel Byrne
Poet: Aidan Matthews
Music: Gina Oberoi-Engela
Poet: Victoria Melkovska
Music: Ed Dwan

Part 2

Music: Trad Tunes
Poet: Rita Ann Higgins
Music: Tim V Smyth
Poet: Louis De Paor
Music: Hugh Buckley with Pat O'Callaghan and Daniel Byrne.

Introduction: Jimmy Duggan

Part 1
Poet: Eithne Lannon
Music: Ceola
Poet: Thomas McCarthy
Music: Lorcan Lyons
Poet: Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe
Music: Gina Oberoi-Engela

Part 2

Music: Trad Tunes
Poet: Iggy McGovern
Music: Hugh Buckley with Daniel Byrne
Poet: AnneMarie NÍ Churreáin
Music: Ed Dwan Quartet

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