Posts Tagged ‘Francis Ledwidge’
11 November 2017: ‘"A Broken Tree": A day of events celebrating the life of the Irish war poet Francis Ledwidge’, National Library of Ireland/National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin 2
On Saturday 11 November 2017 the the National Library of Ireland and the National Gallery of Ireland presented ‘A broken tree’, a seminar and concert celebrating the life and work of Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917). A native of Slane, Ledwidge was the son of a farm labourer and, having left school at the age of 13, worked in a number…
Read More14 October 2017: ‘Francis Ledwidge: Poetry and the First World War, 1917-2017’, Slane Castle, Co.Meath
On Saturday 14 October Meath County Council and the Francis Ledwidge Museum Committee, in collaboration with Gerald Dawe (Trinity College Dublin), presented a one-day seminar to mark the centenary of the death of Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917) in Slane Castle, Co. Meath. A native of Slane, Ledwidge was the son of a farm labourer and, having…
Read More13 September 2017: Y Gadair Wag (The Empty Chair / An Chathaoir Fholamh), Irish Writers Centre, Dublin 1
On Wednesday 13 September the Irish Writers Centre, 19 Parnell Square Dublin 1, presented a special performance of Y Gadair Wag (The Empty Chair / An Chathaoir Fholamh) to mark the centenary of the death of Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, who was killed on the battlefields of Flanders on 31 July 1917. Bringing together poetry, film and experimental techniques, this…
Read More28 June 2017: Book launch and musical premiere based on the life of Francis Ledwidge, St Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Slane, Co. Meath
On Wednesday 28 June 2017 St Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Slane, Co. Meath, presented the launch of a new volume of poems by Susan Connolly based on the life of Francis Ledwidge, entitled The Orchard Keeper (Shearsman Books, 2017). The title refers to the orchard of Ledwidge’s close friend Matty Mc Goona’s orchard at Donoughmore, Navan.…
Read More‘A name unmade: Francis Ledwidge’, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co Meath, April-June 2017
On Thursday 27 April Solstice Arts Centre, Navan Co. Meath, hosted the opening of A Name Unmade: Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917), an exhibition of new and recent work by contemporary visual artists presented in response to the life and work of Ledwidge as poet, naturalist, activist, nationalist, and soldier. Select archival and biographical material, as well as…
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