BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250426T193000Z DTEND:20250426T203000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Buile Shuibhne: Sweeney's Madness: Cork World Book Fest 2025 DESCRIPTION:Experience for the first time in Cork the multi-media staging of multi-media staging of Sweeney's Madness featuring modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic versions by poet Rody Gorman\; with live music by composer Se n MacErlaine and singer Diane Ni Chann in\; and screen projections by artist Margaret Lonergan.\n\nRody Gorman's multilingual version of Buile Shuibhne (in Irish\, English\, Scottish and Manx Gaelic) is acclaimed by Robert Mcfarlane as 'an utterly extraordinary work'.\n\nGorman's Sweeney: An Intertonguing is a multilingual journey like none other with poems in modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic\, as well as English prose versions that burst with startling composite words charged with the homonyms and synonyms of the original Irish. It is an ocean of gorgeous lyric poems\, delicate songs and tidal litanies in modern Irish\, Scottish Gaelic and English.\n\nRody Gorman was born in Dublin in 1960 and lives in the Isle of Skye. He works as a writer\, an editor\, a translator and a lecturer. He has published collections of poetry in English\, Irish and Scottish Gaelic\, as detailed below. He has published collections of poetry in English\, Irish and Scottish Gaelic\, as detailed below. His most recent publications are Sa Chnoc (CL R Publishers)\, which was awarded the Derick Thompson Poetry Prize 2024\, and Sweeney: An Intertonguing (Francis Boutle Publishers)\, which was shortlisted for the same award.\n\nPublished collections:\n\n\n Fax and Other Poems\, Polygon 1996\, 0 7486 6216 2\n C is-Ghaoil\, Diehard 1999\, 0 946230 560\n Bealach Garbh\, Coisc im1999\n On the Underground\, Polygon 2000\, 0 7486 6274 X\n Naomh ga na Laoi\, Coisc im 2003\n T ith n ag Tl ith nteacht\, Lapwing 2004\, 1 898472 82 3\n An Duilleog agus An Crotal\, Coisc im 2004\n Flora from Lusitania\, Lapwing 2005\, 1 905425 30 9\n Zonda Khamsin Sharaav Camanchaca?\, Leabhraichean Beaga 2006\, 0 946427 402\n Chernilo\, Coisc im 2006\n Eadar Fiaradh is Balbh na h-Oidhche\, Diehard 2007\, ISSN 1460 681X (W3)\n C il san O che\, Coisc im 2009\n Beartan Briste/burstbroken judgementshroudloomdeeds\, Cape Breton University Press 2011\, 078-1-897009-61-1\n Ceangailte\, Coisc im 2011\n Tr theamhan\, Diehard 2017\, 978-1-911357-58-2\n Cuala\, Dothra\, Coisc im 2021\n Lorg Eile/Final Call\, Francis Boutle 2022\, 978-1-7398955-3-2\n Sa Chnoc\, Cl r 2023\, 978-1-8382337-5-4\n Sweeney: An Intertonguing\, Francis Boutle 2024\, 978-1-7398955-3-2\n Guth le Sruth/Wanderweg\, Francis Boutle\, forthcoming\n Taisteal Abhaile\, abhl id\, forthcoming\n\n\n \n\nWork Experience:\n\n\n Editing: Acair\; An Guth\; Birlinn\; Gaelic Books Council\; HI-Arts\; New Writing Scotland\; Northwords Now\; Polygon\; Textualities\n Tutoring: Cove Park\; Highland Council\; Moniack Mhor Writing Centre\; PROGR (Switzerland)\; Royal Conservatoire of Scotland\; Sabhal M r Ostaig\; University College Cork\; University of Manitoba\; West Highland College UHI\; Western Isles Council\n Mentoring: Gaelic Books Council\; Sabhal M r Ostaig\; Scottish Book Trust\; University College Cork\; University of Manitoba\n Adjudicating: An Chomhairle Eala on\; Baker Prize\; Com rtas U N ill\; Creative Scotland/Scottish Arts Council\; Edwin Morgan Poetry Award\; F ile Fil ochta\; Strokestown International Poetry Prize\; Wigtown Poetry Prize\n Collaborations: Emily Doolittle\, Allan Henderson\, Se n Mac Erlaine\, Christine Primrose\, Donald Shaw Rick Taylor (music)\, Craig Mackay\, Derek Robertson (visual arts)\n Awards/bursaries: An Chomhairle Eala on (2012\, 2017\, 2020\, 2023)\; Arts Council of Northern Ireland (2014)\; Creative Scotland/ Scottish Arts Council (1995\, 1998\, 2003\, 2007\, 2013\, 2016\, 2024)\; Gaelic Books Council (2011\, 2016\, 2019)\; Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship (2014)\; Royal Literary Fund (2012\, 2016) and Society of Authors (2002)\n Prizes: Duais de h de\; Duais Ruaraidh MhicTh mais\; F ile Fil ochta\; Strokestown Poetry Competition\; Wigtown Poetry Competition\; William Ross Gaelic Writing Prize\n Residencies: Art Point Gumno (North Macedonia\, 2007)\; Heinrich Boll Cottage (Ireland\, 2001)\; KIBLA (Slovenia\, 2019)\; PROGR (Switzerland\, 2009)\; Sabhal M r Ostaig (Scotland\, 1998\, 2009)\; Tyrone Guthrie Centre (Ireland\, 2001)\; University College Cork (2002) and the University of Manitoba (2008)\n Exchanges: Crossing Border (The Hague\, 2007)\; Cuairt nam B rd (1996\, 2006\, 2012)\; Druskininkai Poetic Fall (Lithuania\, 2006)\; Guth le Guth (Cove Park\, 2008)\; Poet to Poet (Israel\, 2007)\; Throwing Voices (Edinburgh\, 2019)\; Voyages and Versions (Literature Across Frontiers\, 2002)"\n\n\nSe n Mac Erlaine is a composer\, musician and mastering engineer. Recognised as one of Ireland's most forward-thinking creative musicians\, he has worked with many leading lights of music today. Se n's work intersects folk\, free improvisation\, jazz\, experimental and traditional music. Se n tours and works internationally with a hugely diverse range of musicians and artists reflecting his own versatility and interest in cross-platform work. He has performed with leading musical figures including Jan Bang\, Barry Adamson\, David Toop\, Ernst Reijseger\, Jennifer Walshe\, The Smith Quartet\, Jeff Ballard\, Hayden Chisholm\, Eivind Aarset\, Caoimh n Raghallaigh\, Valgeir Sigur sson\, Iarla O'Lionaird\, Maeve Gilchrist\, Erik Friedlander\, Damo Suzuki and many more.\n\nDiane N Chanainn belongs to a family in which music and song have always been central. It was there on the hearth in both her parents' families. Diane learned song and instrumental music from an early age\, learning the fiddle from the great Francie Mooney\, an instrument she still plays. Like her mother\, Diane's daughter Kelly also loves to sing the old Gaelic songs. Diane won first prize in traditional women's singing at the annual Irish language arts festival\, an tOireachtas\, in 2015. For some years now\, she has been studying the songs of her own area and is very interested in them. Some songs are very popular and sare among the most often performed by local singers. Other songs are\, however\, more rarely heard. These are often local songs or unusual local versions of songs known elsewhere.\n\nT gadh Diane N Chanainn i dteaghlach a raibh an ceol l rnach ann riamh. Bh ceol ar an teallach agus ag a muintir ar fad ar a nd thaobh. Chuir s suim i ngach cine l ceoil idir cheol uirl se agus amhr na ocht. D'fhoghlaim s an fhideal Phroinsias Maonaigh agus b onn s ag gabh il di i gc na . Is ceolt ir bre a n on Kelly fosta agus t suim aicise sa tseancheol Gaeilge chomh maith lena m thair. Thug Diane l i pr omdhuais an Oireachtais i gcom rtas sinearach na mban don amhr na ocht ar an sean-n s sa bhliain 2015.\n\nMargaret Lonergan is an interdisciplinary graphic artist and visual communication designer. She has been working with IMRAM F ile Litr ochta Gaeilge since 2010\, creating visual imagery and design for Irish-language music and literature performances\, collaborating with writers\, poets\, translators\, musicians\, composers\, singers\, and film-makers to create multimedia\, multilingual projects. Recent projects that Margaret has worked on with IMRAM include\, 'Sreang Dhofheicthe: Tionscadal Taylor Swift' at Pavilion Theatre\, Dun Laoghaire (2024)\, 'Si racha Na Geala Caillte: Tionscadal Diane Di Prima' at Smock Alley Theatre\, Dublin (2024)\, and 'Buile Shuibhne' at Cumann Cult rtha Mhic Reachtain\, Belfast (2024) and Cork World Book Fest\, Cork (2025). 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Experience &ndash\; for the first time in Cork &ndash\; the multi-media staging of multi-media staging of \;Sweeney&rsquo\;s Madness \;featuring modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic versions by poet \;Rody Gorman\; with live music by composer \;Seá\;n MacErlaine \;and singer \;Diane Ni Channá\;in\; and screen projections by artist \;Margaret Lonergan.

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Rody Gorman&rsquo\;s multilingual version of \;Buile Shuibhne \;(in Irish\, English\, Scottish and Manx Gaelic) is acclaimed by Robert Mcfarlane as &lsquo\;an utterly extraordinary work&rsquo\;.

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Gorman&rsquo\;s Sweeney: An Intertonguing is a multilingual journey like none other &ndash\; with poems in modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic\, as well as English prose versions that burst with startling composite words charged with the homonyms and synonyms of the original Irish. It is an ocean of gorgeous lyric poems\, delicate songs and tidal litanies in modern Irish\, Scottish Gaelic and English.

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Rody Gorman \;was born in Dublin in 1960 and lives in the Isle of Skye. He works as a writer\, an editor\, a translator and a lecturer. He has published collections of poetry in English\, Irish and Scottish Gaelic\, as detailed below. He has published collections of poetry in English\, Irish and Scottish Gaelic\, as detailed below. His most recent publications are Sa Chnoc (CLÀ\;R Publishers)\, which was awarded the Derick Thompson Poetry Prize 2024\, and Sweeney: An Intertonguing (Francis Boutle Publishers)\, which was shortlisted for the same award.

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Published collections:

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Seá\;n Mac Erlaine \;is a composer\, musician and mastering engineer. Recognised as one of Ireland&rsquo\;s most forward-thinking creative musicians\, he has worked with many leading lights of music today. Seá\;n&rsquo\;s work intersects folk\, free improvisation\, jazz\, experimental and traditional music. Seá\;n tours and works internationally with a hugely diverse range of musicians and artists reflecting his own versatility and interest in cross-platform work. He has performed with leading musical figures including Jan Bang\, Barry Adamson\, David Toop\, Ernst Reijseger\, Jennifer Walshe\, The Smith Quartet\, Jeff Ballard\, Hayden Chisholm\, Eivind Aarset\, Caoimhí\;n Ó\; Raghallaigh\, Valgeir Sigurð\;sson\, Iarla O&rsquo\;Lionaird\, Maeve Gilchrist\, Erik Friedlander\, Damo Suzuki and many more.

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Diane Ní\; Chanainn \;belongs to a family in which music and song have always been central. It was there on the hearth in both her parents&rsquo\; families. Diane learned song and instrumental music from an early age\, learning the fiddle from the great Francie Mooney\, an instrument she still plays. Like her mother\, Diane&rsquo\;s daughter Kelly also loves to sing the old Gaelic songs. Diane won first prize in traditional women&rsquo\;s singing at the annual Irish language arts festival\, an tOireachtas\, in 2015. For some years now\, she has been studying the songs of her own area and is very interested in them. Some songs are very popular and sare among the most often performed by local singers. Other songs are\, however\, more rarely heard. These are often local songs or unusual local versions of songs known elsewhere.

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Tó\;gadh \;Diane Ní\; Chanainn \;i dteaghlach a raibh an ceol lá\;rnach ann riamh. Bhí\; ceol ar an teallach agus ag a muintir ar fad ar a ndá\; thaobh. Chuir sí\; suim i ngach cineá\;l ceoil idir cheol uirlí\;se agus amhrá\;naí\;ocht. D&rsquo\;fhoghlaim sí\; an fhideal ó\; Phroinsias Ó\; Maonaigh agus bí\;onn sí\; ag gabhá\;il di i gcó\;naí\;. Is ceoltó\;ir breá\; í\; a ní\;on Kelly fosta agus tá\; suim aicise sa tseancheol Gaeilge chomh maith lena má\;thair. Thug Diane lé\;i prí\;omdhuais an Oireachtais i gcomó\;rtas sinearach na mban don amhrá\;naí\;ocht ar an sean-nó\;s sa bhliain 2015.

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Margaret Lonergan \;is an interdisciplinary graphic artist and visual communication designer. She has been working with IMRAM Fé\;ile Litrí\;ochta Gaeilge since 2010\, creating visual imagery and design for Irish-language music and literature performances\, collaborating with writers\, poets\, translators\, musicians\, composers\, singers\, and film-makers to create multimedia\, multilingual projects. Recent projects that Margaret has worked on with IMRAM include\, &lsquo\;Sreang Dhofheicthe: Tionscadal Taylor Swift&rsquo\; at Pavilion Theatre\, Dun Laoghaire (2024)\, &lsquo\;Siú\;racha Na Gealaí\; Caillte: Tionscadal Diane Di Prima&rsquo\; at Smock Alley Theatre\, Dublin (2024)\, and &lsquo\;Buile Shuibhne&rsquo\; at Cumann Cultú\;rtha Mhic Reachtain\, Belfast (2024) and Cork World Book Fest\, Cork (2025).

\n LOCATION:Triskel Arts Centre\, Tobin Street\, Cork City UID:e.2489.34878 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260413T194329Z URL:https://chamber.corkchamber.ie/events/details/buile-shuibhne-sweeney-s-madness-cork-world-book-fest-2025-34878 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR