New Poetry Jukebox Commemorates Complex Shared History in Derry~Londonderry
New Poetry Jukebox Commemorates Complex Shared History in Derry~Londonderry A new temporary sound installation has been placed outside the Verbal Arts Centre in Derry~Londonderry. The Poetry Jukebox contains recordings of twenty poems reflecting on
New Poetry Jukebox Commemorates Irish History in The People’s Park Limerick
L-R: Aoife O'Connell (Arts Office), Liz Kelly (Poetry Ireland), Evelyn Flanagan (UCD Library), Cllr. Francis Foley (Mayor of Limerick City & County), David McLoghlin (poet), Mike Mac Domhnaill (poet). Poetry as Commemoration Poetry
Poetry as Commemoration video released
https://youtu.be/sKsu3Lka7IM A new video capturing the various strands of the Poetry as Commemoration initiative has been released on the UCD Special Collections YouTube channel. The video includes a sneak preview of Stephen Sexton
Great-granddaughter of James McDonnell pens commemorative poem
James (Seamus) McDonnell (RIC), his wife Anastasia and children at their home in Murgasty, Co. Tipperary. In July 2022, Anna O Laoghaire took part in a Poetry as Commemoration workshop at the
Poetry on the Prom: Cobh welcomes installation
On Friday, 16th December 2022, the local community in Cobh, Co. Cork, welcomed the installation of the Poetry as Commemoration Jukebox during a launch event on the Promenade. The Poetry Jukebox contains recordings of
Poetry as Commemoration Workshops
The story of Ireland is preserved in archives across the island and beyond. Records, letters, photographs and ephemera provide powerful contemporary evidence of events and lives that shaped our collective past. Since June 2022,
In the Media
Poetry Jukebox pops up in Limerick park . Live95FM, 17 May 2023.
New Poetry Jukebox Commemorates Irish History in The People’s Park, Limerick.ie, 17 May 2023.
New installation in Limerick park has people scratching their heads. Limerick Leader, 16 May 2023.
Museum commemorating 1916 Rising leader celebrates 10th anniversary Offaly Express, 4 May 2023.
Poetry as Commemoration participant, Anna O Laoghaire, discusses her poem ‘Sentinels’ on Tipp Mid West Radio. Listen at 38min 28 secs. 23 Jan 2023.
Civil War poem by Wexfordman Ned Culleton included in national collection in the James Joyce Library at UCD. Irish Independent. 10 Jan, 2023.
Poetry Programme: how poems deepen our understanding of the past. RTE.ie 4 Nov 2022.
Blood Pulled My Shoe Off: The Birth of the Free State in the Words of Maire Comerford. The Irish Times. 31 Oct. 2022.
The Irish Times Books Newsletter, 30 Sept. 2022.
Imagine Arts Festival Waterford, 25-30 Oct. 2022.
Sound, thanks, Cork Independent. 24 Aug. 2022.
Cork to host poetry jukebox to commemorate centenary of conflicts. Irish Independent. 18 Aug. 2022.
Word on the street is Cork to get poetry jukebox. Irish Examiner. 12 Aug, 2022.
The Crescent Arts Centre to host Poetry as Commemoration Poetry Jukebox throughout Belfast Book Festival. 17 May, 2022.
Poetry as Commemoration Commissions. Poetry Ireland, 6 May 2022.
Poetry as Commemoration Commissions Announced. Irish Times Weekly Round up. 29. Apr. 2022.
New initiatives will bring poetry about commemoration to the fore. Irish Independent. 2 Sept, 2021.
‘Poetry as Commemoration’ – A new partnership for the Decade of Centenaries with the Irish Poetry Reading Archive at University College Dublin (UCD) Library. Gov.ie. 26 Aug, 2021.
‘Poetry as Commemoration’ – New partnership for Decade of Centenaries with Irish Poetry Reading Archive. UCD.ie. 26 Aug, 2021.
Poetry as Commemoration – an all island project. Artscouncil-ni.org. 26 Aug, 2021.
