SILAS 2015 Event – Poetry by Ailbhe Nà Ghearbhuigh
Thursday 25th June, 17:15 – Staff Common Room UCC Main Quad
With Spanish translations from MartÃn Veiga.
Ailbhe Nà Ghearbhuigh was born in Kerry. She has read at festivals in New York, Paris, Montréal, Berlin and Ballyferriter. In 2012 her poem ‘Deireadh na Feide’ won the O’Neill Poetry Prize. ‘Filleadh ar an gCathair’ was chosen as Ireland’s EU Presidency poem in 2013 and was shortlisted in 2015 for RTE’s ‘A Poem for Ireland’. Her first collection, Péacadh, was published in 2008 and she is currently working on a new book.
CiarraÃoch à Ailbhe Nà Ghearbhuigh. Tá a cuid filÃochta léite aici i bPáras, i Nua Eabhrac, i Montréal agus ar an mBuailtÃn. Bhuaigh a dán ‘Deireadh na Feide’ Corn Uà Néill i 2012 agus roghnaÃodh ‘Filleadh ar an gCathair’ mar Dhán Uachtarántacht an Aontais Eorpaigh i 2013. Bhain an dán céanna áit amach ar ghearrliosta RTÉ, ‘A Poem for Ireland’. D’fhoilsigh Coiscéim a céad chnuasach filÃochta, Péacadh, i 2008 agus tá sà ag obair ar an dara chnuasach faoi láthair.
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