Poet Nessa O’Mahony leads an ONLINE creative workshop responding to archival items from the War of Independence & Civil War.
Poetry as Commemoration is a project that engages poetry as a means to deepen our collective understanding of Ireland’s past and to explore a challenging period of history relating to the War of Independence and Civil War. It is an initiative of the Irish Poetry Reading Archive at UCD Library and supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media under the Decade of Centenaries programme.
In partnership with Poetry Ireland, Poetry as Commemoration is hosting series of creative writing workshops across Ireland and around the world in 2022 and 2023. Creative writing and other forms of creative expression will be collected and archived in UCD Special Collections to provide future generations with a snapshot of how the centenary of these wars was marked in 2022-2023.
Join poet Nessa O’Mahony in a special two hour online poetry workshop, via zoom, to explore your own understanding of, and engagement with, the history of the War of Independence and Civil War. Nessa will be talking about how her own family history inspired her poetry and will be leading participants through some of the stories that have shaped our understanding of this tumultuous period in Irish history. Participants will leave the workshops with an insight into particular events and will have engaged creatively with the historical moment. No prior knowledge or experience necessary.
