Finding a Voice: Dermot Bolger Writer in Residence

‘Writing the Past: An Afternoon with Dermot Bolger and Donal O’Kelly’

Sunday 14 August 2016, 2pm at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Mayo.

The award winning playwright and actor, Donal O’Kelly has crafted a new one-man 50 minute play, Hairy Jaysus, which examines Francis Sheehy-Skeffington’s legacy as viewed through the eyes of a Dublin street beggar today. This event will open with a rare opportunity to see O’Kelly perform Hairy Jaysus. The performance will be followed by a reading of Dermot Bolger’s poem, The Stolen Future, about those children who lost their lives in 1916.

This event is part of the National Museum of Ireland’s 2016, Decade of Centenaries Public Engagement Programme. Finding a Voice: Dermot Bolger Writer in Residence is a collaborative project between the National Museum of Ireland and Poetry Ireland. A core aspect of the Dermot Bolger: Writer in Residence programme is the In Conversation series of public talks. Most of which are taking place in the Palatine Room, National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7.

Events are free, unless otherwise stated but booking is essential. Bookings for this event can be made through the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Mayo, can be made via email at educationtph@museum.ie

FOR MORE PRESS INFORMATION CONTACT

Eimir O’Brien, Museum Educator, National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History

T: 01 8816 515 | E: eobrien@museum.ie

Lorraine Comer, Head of Education, National Museum of Ireland

T: 01 6486417 | E: lcomer@museum.ie

Supported by Dublin City Council Arts Office.

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