Beo ar Éigean le hAilbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh

Ar Líne Seachtain na Gaeilge le Energia

Tabharfaidh an file aitheanta Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh dúshlán do mhná an phodchraoldh Beo ar Éigean, ó RTÉ. Is gá dóibh triúr sliocht a scríobh – bíodh gur ficsean, próis nó fiú filíocht a bheadh ann. Tabharfar dóibh an chéad abairt, mar aon leis an abairt dheireanach, ach is fúthu féin atá sé, an chuid eile a chumadh! Léifidh siad a sleachta dá chéile agus pléifidh siad an próiseas cumadóireachta ag an ócáid fhíorúil seo, atá mar chuid d’imeachtaí Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Tá an ócáid seo á reachtáil ag an bhféile Dingle Lit.

Réamhchláraigh don imeacht anseo.

A challenge will be set for Áine, Siún and Sinéad from the RTÉ podcast Beo ar Éigean, by the well known poet Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh. They will each be given the same opening and closing sentences. It’s up to them to compose a piece of fiction, prose or even poetry, with the sentences as bookends and also as a source of inspiration. They’ll read their compositions for each other during this online event mar chuid d’imeachtaí Sheachtain na Gaeilge, and discuss how they found the challenge and the creative process.

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Ag tosú: Sat 13 Már 2021 14:00 Ag críochnú: Sat 13 Már 2021 15:00

A stunning debut novel about a toxic relationship and secret female desire which we highly recommend. The story opens in 2012 in Dublin and pulls you in immediately. Nolan writes with such raw intensity that I found myself holding my breath while reading.
The narrator, we are not told her name, is in her mid-20’s living in Dublin holding down a boring job. Her life consists of getting drunk, high on drugs and having sex with men she has just picked up in the bars and nightclubs. She falls in love with Ciaran who is a sullen, a bully and controlling lover. After they move in together her life continues a downward destructive spiral.
The story is told in short chapters with the narrator now in Athens and looking back on those years. It is a compelling and powerful read and one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.
Sheila

Heartbroken after a long, painful love affair a man drives a haulage lorry from England to France. Travelling with him is a secret passenger – his daughter, twenty-something, unkempt, off the rails. With a week on the road together, father and daughter must restore themselves and each other, and repair a relationship that is at once fiercely loving and deeply scarred. As they journey south, down the motorways, through the service stations, a devastating picture reveals itself: a story of grief, of shame, and of love in all its complex, dark, and glorious manifestations.
This is an amazing novel by Conor O’Callaghan telling the story of Paddy and his relationships with his daughter, his wife, and his brother. Paddy lived in the US with his wife and daughter. However, following the breakdown of his marriage Paddy is now in the UK and a lost soul.
The story opens when Paddy accepts a job driving a HGV through France. He has borrowed the HGV from Howard, a friend through darts. Howard is terminally ill and allows Paddy, or Pat as he insists on calling him, to borrow the HGV under the supervision of Carl. Carl appears throughout the story as a slightly seedy character who you never warm to. The story takes place on that journey and we are taken back and forth through his life and his relationships with his mother, his marriage, relationship with his daughter and ultimately his affair.
His daughter accompanies him on the journey and in telling their story O’Callaghan’s creates one of several powerful threads in the story. The love between the Dad and his daughter are nearly too painful to read. They love each so much but cannot show it. The love is fragile and are afraid that if they show the love, they are afraid it will break each other.
Another powerful thread is the story of the affair. Their passion, sex, and love oozes from the pages as we follow their relationship. She is in a loveless marriage and he is too damaged for the relationship to develop.
A tale of missed opportunities, lost love and heartbreak which for me got better as it went along.

Founders’ Roll Call

The inaugural festival in 2019 and in 2020, was supported by 20 wonderful and generous individuals and businesses. We are delighted to acknowledge them here.
Thug 20 duine agus gnólacht iontach flaithiúil tacaíocht don chéad fhéile in 2019. Is mór againn aitheantas a thabhairt dóibh anseo.

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