Reading Eavan: A Tribute to the Poet Eavan Boland

As part of Poetry Day Ireland 2024, we came together to celebrate the life and work of poet Eavan Boland, who died in 2020. A selection of invited writers read their favourite of Eavan's poems, and shared a memory of their connection with her. There was also music, contributing to what was a friendly and inclusive evening to commemorate the beloved poet. MC: Evelyn Conlon Readers: David Butler - Mise Éire Mary Rose Callaghan - An Irish Childhood in England:1951 Ella Barry - Legends (for Eavan Boland) Susan Connolly - The Lost Land Evelyn Conlon - The Grape Pickers Katie Donovan - The Pomegranate Anne Fitzgerald - That the Science of Cartography is Limited Catherine Phil MacCarthy - The Journey Mary Milne - In Our Own Country Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - The Oral Tradition Mary O'Donnell - A Woman Painted on a Leaf Gerard Smyth - Unheroic Louise C Callaghan - Margin Joseph Woods - Quarantine Máiride Woods - Love Sarah Casey - Eviction Musicians: Róisín Ward Morrow & Breifne Holohan - The Wounded Hussar and Cailín as Contae Lú