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  • Poem of the Week S01 E29 : Ex, written and read by Andrej Kapor
  • Poem of the Week S01 E28 : I am more lonely when I am with people than I am when I am alone looking at the internet, by Mira Gonzalez. Read by Lewis Kenny.
  • Poem of the Week S01 E27 : Auschwitz, written and read by Katie Donovan.
  • Poem of the Week S01 E26: Still I rise, by Maya Angelou. Read by Sara Bennett
  • Poem of the Week S01 E25 : ‘Quarantine’ by Eavan Boland. Read by Noel Mac Canna.
  • Poem of the Week S01 E24 : ‘A Penitent Considers Another Coming of Mary’ by Gwendloyn Brooks. Read by Rachel Hegarty.
  • Poem of the Week S01 E23 : Samoa – Into the future, read and written by Jean O Brien.
  • Poem of the Week S01 E22 : Oiche Nolliag, by Maire Mhac an tSaoi. Read by Father Bryan Shortall
  • Poem of the Week S01 E21 : Lennie and Joyce, read and written by Declan Collinge
  • Poem of the Week S01 E20 : A Farewell to English, by Michael Hartnett. Read by Cormac Moore.
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Category: Poem of the Week

Poem of the Week invites you to listen to contributors recite some of their favorite poems and talk about what these poems mean to them. Presented by Morgan O’Reilly, this podcast series, originally broadcast on Near FM 2017/18, features some of Ireland’s most exciting new voices such as Jessica Traynor, Kate Dempsey, Kenneth Nolan and Alan Jude Moore alongside local people and community activists from the North Dublin area, this series offers a unique and diverse range of contributors.

Each week the featured poem will also commemorate a significant date in the calendar year fostering new and challenging perspectives into poems you thought you knew. The poems have been selected with the advice and support of Ireland’s outgoing Professor of Poetry Paula Meehan.

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Poem of the Week S01 E09: The Tiger’s Tail written and read by Angela T. Carr

Episode 26: The Tiger’s Tail written and read by Angela T. Carr Almost every political and economic scandal of the last 10 years can trace its roots to that fateful night in September 2008. I will give Fianna Fáil one thing though.…
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Poem of the Week S01 E08: If by Rudyard Kipling read by Julianne McKeigue

If by Rudyard Kipling read by Julianne McKeigue What better way to celebrate the GAA than with Kipling’s epic, If. You might know it from the famous GAA television or you might just enjoy your poetry and know it anyway. If is…
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Poem of the Week S01 E07: Outside History by Eavan Boland, read by Lorraine Harton

Eavan Boland is of such a stature that her work has been quoted on the international stage by figures such as Barack Obama and our own Bertie Ahern. However, a whole host of new readers have started to read her work as…
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Poem of the Week S01 E06: The Hare Steamship, written and read by Francie Devine

Definitely one of my favourite chats in the whole series. Poet, balladeer, Labour historian and self-avowed lifelong Marxist, Francie Devine is a man of the world who could have regaled me for hours on end with stories from his life and research.…
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Poem of the Week S01 E05: An Chead Drama by Johnny Choill Mhaidhc, read by Aodhán O’Riordan.

For this week’s podcast, I sat down with Senator Aodhán O Ríordáin to discuss Irish language poetry, Irish language policy and the iconic Abbey Theatre founded in August 1904. As a former minister of State and as a former school principal, the…
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Poem of the Week S01 E04: Wounds by Michael Longley, read by Brian McDonagh

Poem of the Week S01 E04: Wounds by Michael Longley, read by Brian McDonagh After Heaney, it’s difficult to think of a more important voice that came out of Northern Ireland than Michael Longley. On the public and political responsibilities of being a Northern…
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Poem of the Week S01 E03: I Hope To Dream More by Kevin Bateman

Poem of the Week S01 E03: I Hope To Dream More by Kevin Bateman There are few poets in Ireland today as well known and hardworking as Kevin Bateman.  A tireless champion of the arts, his poetry events have literally explored every nook and…
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Poem of the Week S01 E02: Twenty Golden Years Ago by James Clarence Mangan, read by Kenneth Nolan

Poem of the Week S01 E02: Twenty Golden Years Ago by James Clarence Mangan, read by Kenneth Nolan This week’s podcast takes a closer look at one of Dublin’s true gems, St. Stephen’s Green. With the help of the hugely entertaining Kenneth Nolan, one of…
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Poem of the Week S01 E01: Liffey Swim with Jessica Traynor

Poem of the Week S01 E01 – Liffey Swim with Jessica Traynor In episode 1, I meet Jessica Traynor. Jessica is a writer, drama and creative writing teacher based in Dublin. I was delighted to get a poet of Jessica’s talent into the studio…
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