The Mountain Gate - May Blossoms
from The Mountain Gate Hosted by Margaret Doyle
A gentle journey into the Dromara Hills, Co Down with Maggie Doyle. In this episode, she celebrates the return of the cuckoo to the area, the fragrant May hedgerows and reads an extract from her nature diary 'Mountain Notes'. She also meets the local, award winning poet Jim McElroy who has released his first collection featuring poems based on his childhood on the family farm in Dechomet and his memories of his father Bernard McElroy. Jim's writing has been described as 'distinctive and compelling' and he was the 2021 winner of the Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing and the 2020 Francis Ledwidge Poetry Award. He was nominated for the Pushcart and Forward prizes and his work has been recognised by other award bodies including the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Poetry Ireland. You can order his book published by Smith|Doorstop from poetrybusiness.co.uk and you can order Maggie's book by emailing [email protected]. You can also read more of Jim's poems on the website magysfarm.co.uk. The Mountain Gate is produced and presented by Maggie Doyle and the music 'Dree' was arranged and performed by Matt Curran. The podcast will return with an Autumn edition later in the year.
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