Seoladh Leabhar / Book launch - Dorn San Aer - Dánta
Date: 6 March 2025
Venue: Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, 37 Great James' Street, Derry, Derry, BT487DF
I mí an Mhárta seo foilseoidh Cló Cholmcille cnuasach d'fhilíocht Ghaeilge den chéad uair. Is le Paul Laughlin an bailiúchán, Dorn San Aer, file agus eagarthóir as Doire. ___ This March, Colmcille Press will publish a collection of Irish poetry for the first time. The collection, Dorn San Aer, is by Paul Laughlin, a poet and editor from Derry.
Filíocht Ó Dhoire go Gaza
I mí an Mhárta seo foilseoidh Cló Cholmcille cnuasach d'fhilíocht Ghaeilge den chéad uair.
Is le Paul Laughlin an bailiúchán, Dorn San Aer, file agus eagarthóir as Doire. Tá a shaothar, idir Ghaeilge agus Bhéarla, foilsithe in irisí éagsúla, Cyphers, Comhar, agus Field Day Review ina measc.
Is é Doire téama dánta Laughlin in SaorDhoire, Caoineadh Chalgaigh agus Mozart i nDoire. Cluintear go soiléir guth láidir pearsanta an fhile nuair a phléitear ábhair thábhachtacha, cogadh, cúrsaí polaitíochta, an éagóir, agus an coilíneachas in Éirinn agus sa Phalaistín.
Téann na dánta seo thar a bheith cumasach seo i ngleic le ceisteanna móra ár linne agus an dóigh a ndeachaigh siad i bhfeidhm orainn.
Beidh an imeacht as Gaeilge.
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Poetry From Derry to Gaza
This March, Colmcille Press will publish a collection of Irish poetry for the first time.
The collection, Dorn San Aer, is by Paul Laughlin, a poet and editor from Derry. His work, both in Irish and English, has been published in various magazines, including Cyphers, Comhar and Field Day Review.
Derry is the theme of Laughlin's poems in SaorDhoire, Caoineadh Chalgaigh and Mozart in Derry. The strong personal voice of the poet is clearly heard while discussing pressing topics, war, political matters, injustice, and colonialism in Ireland and Palestine.
These extremely able poems tackle the big questions of our time and how they have affected us.