PATRICK KAVANAGH CENTRE, INNISKEEN, CO. MONAGHAN

27^th- 29^th November 2009

‘Gather the bits of road that were

Not gravel to the traveller

But eternal lanes of joy

On which no man who walks can die’.

From Prelude

By Patrick Kavanagh

Highlights include:

• The annual Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Awards
• ‘Bluebells for Love’ -  Art exhibition by Brigid Brady
• Keynote Address: ‘A Stake in the Country’ -  Frank McNally (Irish Times).
• Ciaran Carson, Pádraigin Ni Uallacháin and harpist Helen Davies on a journey of words and music ‘From Amergin to Kavanagh’.
• ‘My days with Patrick Kavanagh’ – Godfrey Graham (RTE cameraman for forty years).
• ‘A Little Book of Hours’ – John F. Deane.
• ‘Patrick Kavanagh: The poet as friend’- Christine Dwyer-Hickey.

‘The G.A.A culture and post Lisbon Treaty’ – Sean Kelly, MEP.

Commemorative Mass for Patrick Kavanagh and deceased family members. Celebrant: Fr. Martin Treanor P.P. Homilist: Dr. Una Agnew.

• ‘Kavanagh’ by Tom O’Brien. A dramatisation based on the life of Patrick Kavanagh. Directed by John Dunne
• ‘Memories of Katherine Kavanagh’ – Leland Bardwell
• Cherished Irish Songs from her hit TV series ‘Songbirds’ – Fil Campbell
• Launch of St. Daigh’s N.S. Poetry Anthology ‘Garden of Golden Apples’. Produced by the pupils under the guidance of Noel Monahan (poet and playwright), Kate Beagan (artist) and school staff.
• Annual Primary  Schools Poetry Award
• Monaghan V.E.C. Junior Poetry Awards.

These events are interspersed with Bus and Walking Tours of Kavanagh Country, music, song and local history which bring the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh to life for young and old alike.

For further information please contact:

Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Inniskeen

Phone: +353 (0)1 42 9378560

Email: infoatpkc@eircom.net Web: www.patrickkavanaghcountry.com