A wonderful list although, if it was mine I would add Jessie Lendennie. She established Salmon Poetry 36 years ago and done a fine job promoting Irish Poets all over the world…
http://www.salmonpoetry.com/
Another March, another Begorrathon begins … our annual celebration of Irish writers, poets, musicians, filmmakers and whoever else we can think of.
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Putting together this year’s photo collage for our Facebook badge was both a lot of fun and highly difficult – who do you include and who do you leave out?
For each person included here, there are at least ten we could have chosen. Some of the faces and names here will be very familiar; others not so much (a good excuse to head to the bookshop to check them out).
Here then, are this year’s Begorrathon poster boys (girls):
Maeve Binchy – still probably Ireland’s most beloved writer
Paul Muldoon – after the death of Seamus Heaney, Muldoon has assumed the mantle of greatest living Irish poet. The poet, editor and electric guitar enthusiast serves as the Poetry Editor for ‘The…
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