Patrick Kavanagh Centre

05/07/2024

Can't wait for next weeks screening of No Mans Fool. Sé Merry Doyles wonderful documentary about Patrick Kavanagh as told by friends and various keepers of the flame. Some of whom sadly are no longer with us. Friday 12th July, 8pm €10 @ Patrick Kavanagh Centre.
Part of Inniskeen Road: July Evening Festival
www.patrickkavanaghfestival.com/events

13/06/2024

KAVANAGH POETRY AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
The Kavanagh Poetry Award 2024 is now open for entries. Check out our website for details and guidelines.
This years entries will be adjudicated by wonderful poet Victoria Kennefick, who has published two poetry collections, the award winning 'Eat Or We Both Starve' (2021) and 'Egg / Shell' (2024), to widespread acclaim.
Closing date for entries Thursday 1st August 2024, 5pm.
To find out more and for award guidelines

The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award for a first unpublished collection of poems in English is open to poets, born in the island of Ireland, or of Irish nationality, or long term resident in Ireland. The award adjudicator is Victoria Kennefick, acclaimed author of award winning collection ‘Eat Or We ...

25/04/2024

This will be a cracking good day out In Inniskeen. Looking forward to it!

Lá Cultúir & Gaeilge

Í Pairc Grattan, Inniskeen – Bank Holiday Monday 6th May

The Inniskeen community along with the local GAA club are presenting a “Lá Cultúir & Gaeilge” as part of their festival weekend over the May Bank Holiday (May 3rd-6th). The “Lá Cultúir & Gaeilge” will promotion of the Irish language and the promotion of all aspects of traditional Irish culture is the theme of the day. The day will commence with the annual Comortás Peil “Keeva Kelly” tournament taking place at 10am. Five local GAA clubs will compete throughout the morning. The Stage events begin at 12 noon and will include many forms of Irish culture:

Amhránaiocht - Singing
Ceol Uirlise - Instrumental Music
Rince Gaelach - Irish Dancing and more!

See link for further info: https://monaghan.ie/la-cultuir-gaeilge-i-pairc-grattan-inniskeen-bank-holiday-monday-6th-may/

19/04/2024

Tonight! Tracks and Trails come to Inniskeen!

14/02/2024

Unfortunately due to a planned ESB power outage tomorrow (Thursday 15th Feb), the Patrick Kavanagh Centre will be closed to the public. We reopen Friday morning 10am.

08/01/2024

Artist Support Scheme /Tacaíocht do Ealaíontóirí 2024 - Applications open now 🎵 🎭💰

Learn more here: https://monaghan.ie/arts/2024/01/03/artist-support-scheme-tacaiocht-do-ealaiontoiri-2024/

13/11/2023

Unfortunately due to current weather conditions the Patrick Kavanagh Centre will remain closed today.

09/11/2023

02/11/2023

COME TO PATRICK KAVANGH CENTRE FOR THIS UNIQUE THEATRE EVENT
Balally Players Unveil Gripping Drama Set in the midst of the War of Independence

Balally Players Theatre Company is proud to announce their latest achievement – a compelling play set against the turbulent backdrop of the War of Independence. Titled “Juggernaut,” this thought-provoking drama explores the impact of war on a middle-class family and their unexpected entanglement with an Irish rebel.

‘Juggernaut’ promises to be an extraordinary theatre experience that challenges perceptions and highlights the power of love and loyalty during times of strife.

Tickets on sale now from Patrick Kavanagh Centre Box Office 042 9378560 and online.
https://patrickkavanaghcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173649968

Juggernaut @ Patrick Kavanagh Centre
Thursday 9th November from 8pm (Doors 7.30pm)
Tickets €12. Unallocated Seating.

Balally Unveil Gripping Drama Set in the midst of the War of Independence Balally Players Theatre Company is proud to announce their latest…

17/10/2023

Patrick Kavanagh Award Announced for 2023 -

The Patrick Kavanagh Society in association with the Patrick Kavanagh Centre are delighted to announce this year's recipient of the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award is Lauren O'Donovan.

28/09/2023

We open our series of talks and screenings in the Round Tower Church, Inniskeen on Saturday at 12pm with a DIY Publishing workshop. Patrick Kavanagh famously published his own magazine Kavanagh Weekly for 13 weeks in 1953 before running out of cash! & Ireland has long had a traditional of independent publishing.
The workshop will be followed by a panel discussion at 2pm featuring BrandNewRetro, Coilin from Brass Neck Publishing, Rita from the Libraryproject and Dr Conor Linnie curator of the Kavanagh Weekly online exhibiton with MOLI.
Sat 30th Sept, from 12pm, €10 (workshop until 2pm), panel discussion after.
https://patrickkavanaghcentre.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173647643/events

Kavanagh Weekend is supported by Creative Monaghan, Arts Council Ireland, Monaghan County Council Monaghan Arts and Tourism Teams.

27/09/2023

Great news for Castleblayney

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Monaghan County Libraries
Monaghan County Council

27/09/2023

As part of the Kavanagh Weekend there are a number of guided bus tours of the Kavanagh Trail and wider area (Kavanagh & Dundalk). For details and to book contact Kavanagh Centre box office 042 9378560.

26/09/2023

IMPORTANT DATE FOR THE DIARY!! Just before the pandemic a group of AE enthusiasts, led by Athlone bookseller John Donohoe set up a new AE Russell Appreciation Society. Regrettably Covid and other challenges put paid to the planned programme but the good news is that the Society is going to be re-launched shortly. The re-launch event will take place at 2.00pm on SATURDAY 28th OCTOBER 2023 at the UNITED ARTS CLUB, 3 Fitzwilliam Street Upper, DUBLIN. This is a very important meeting which will be asked to approve a draft constitution, gather members and elect interim officers & management committee. Also to identify priority activities going forward. The meeting is open to everyone and while the preference is for people to attend in person if possible, access will also be available on ZOOM. This is a chance for all AE enthusiasts to become a FOUNDER-MEMBER of Ireland's new George Russell Appreciation Society! More to follow...all our AE contacts will receive individual invitations with more details....but for now put the date in the diary!

25/09/2023

It is nearly 250 years since the death of bardic poet Art McCooey from South Armagh. Patrick Kavanagh commemorated him with a Poem bearing his name and we are delighted to host a reading of a new play 'Swallow Your Pride Art McCooey' this coming weekend. Written by Shane Mac AnBhaird it will take place on Sunday 1st Oct from 5.30pm at our Round Tower Church venue in Inniskeen. It will be preceeded by an introduction from historian Una Walsh. For more details contact our box office on 042 9378560 or book online.
https://patrickkavanaghcentre.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173647668/events

21/09/2023

Patrick Kavanagh Centre celebrates Culture Night 2023 with a special exhibition of new work by artist Theresa Kelly. Entitled 'The Twisted Threads' and inspired by Kavanaghs masterpiece 'The Great Hunger', Theresa continues to push the boundaries of lace making, a craft synonymous with the local town of Carrickmacross.
Exhibition available to view until 9pm on Culture night with an opening reception with the artist at 7.30pm. Access to the centre exhibition is also available.

FREE ENTRY 5-9pm

Culture Night Monaghan Monaghan County Council ́chechultúir

21/09/2023

Transforming the Ordinary into the Extraordinary: Art Journalling for Kids (5+) with Karen Harte

SOFFT Productions Monaghan Arts Network Monaghan Tourism CreativeSpark

Patrick Kavanagh wrote about the world around him, looking at the ordinary in an extraordinary way. This workshop aims to inspire children to observe their environments and stories that happen in their own lives, develop their skill and imaginative ideas through the investigation of their inner and outer worlds.

Art journaling is a way of recording observations, ideas, emotions, and self-expression through illustration, painting, collage and more. There’s no right or wrong way to create an art journal or sketchbook. Relax into drawing and spark your creative flow!

This workshop will be delivered by renowned illustrator Karen Harte.

For more about this years kavanagh Weekend or to book tickets www.patrickkavanaghcentre.com/events or call our box office 042 9378560

Transforming the Ordinary into the Extraordinary: Art Journaling for Kids For all kids with an interest in art from age 5+ Patrick Kavanagh wrote…

20/09/2023

The Holy Hour: A Requiem for Brendan Behan is Pat McCabe's hugely entertaining and insightful tribute in honour of the legendary writer and raconteur, who was born 100 years ago. Unsurprisingly a certain Patrick Kavanagh features in this audiovisual treat. We show it on Saturday evening and Sunday early afternoon as part of this years Kavanagh Weekend.
Pat will be interviewed directly after the Saturday evening screening by Frank McNally.

Round Tower Church, Saturday 30th Sept @ 6pm and Sunday 1st Oct @ Midday. €10
www.patrickkavanaghcentre.com/events
Box office 042 9378560

18/09/2023

As part of this years Kavanagh Weekend, we present a very special screening of 'Ghosts of Baggotonia' by Alan Gilsenan. This will be followed by a conversation between Alan and fellow filmmaker Pat Collins about the film.

Ghosts of Baggotonia is an evocative film-poem exploring the literary and other ghosts of the bohemian quarter bordering Dublin’s Baggot Street during the mid-20th century.

'Ghosts of Baggotonia'
Saturday 3.45pm, Round Tower Church, Inniskeen €10
Box office (042 9378560) or www.patrickkavanaghcentre.com/events

https://youtu.be/GyegsZF-t-4

An evocative film-poem exploring the literary and other ghosts of the bohemian quarter bordering Dublin’s Baggot Street during the mid-20th century. “Baggoto...

16/09/2023

The Blindboy Live PODCAST Show
📍The Patrick Kavanagh Centre
📅September 30th, 8pm

🚨 SOLD OUT 🚨

🎙We are delighted to say The Blindboy Boatclub Live PODCAST Show is SOLD OUT at Patrick Kavanagh Centre Festival Weekend on Sept 30th 2023 at 8pm.

🙌We can't wait for Blindboy and his special guest to grace Inniskeen for what will be a very special weekend and event.

🎟Check out the rest of the festival programme at the link in bio.
Monaghan County Council

14/09/2023

Patrick Kavanagh is a leading light in a long illustrious list of poets to have emerged from the northern counties of Ireland. We are delighted to say that this is a light continues to shine very brightly. As part of this years Kavanagh Weekend we celebrate emerging voices from the North with an event called Shifting Identities: New Writing from the north of Ireland.
Chaired by renowned poet Moyra Donaldson we welcome the exciting and vital new voices of Scott McKendry and Linda McKenna. Scott is a previous winner of the Patrick Kavanagh Award and Linda has just published her first collection to considerable acclaim.

Shifting Identities: New Writing from the North of Ireland
Inniskeen Round Tower Church
Sunday Oct 1st, From 3.30pm, €10
Box Office 042 9378560 or book online
www.patrickkavanaghcentre.com/events

13/09/2023

Tarry Flynn

On an apple-ripe September morning
Through the mist-chill fields I went
With a pitch-fork on my shoulder
Less for use than for devilment.

The threshing mill was set-up, I knew,
In Cassidy's haggard last night,
And we owed them a day at the threshing
Since last year. O it was delight

To be paying bills of laughter
And chaffy gossip in kind
With work thrown in to ballast
The fantasy-soaring mind.

As I crossed the wooden bridge I wondered
As I looked into the drain
If ever a summer morning should find me
Shovelling up eels again.

And I thought of the wasps' nest in the bank
And how I got chased one day
Leaving the drag and the scraw-knife behind,
How I covered my face with hay.

The wet leaves of the cocksfoot
Polished my boots as I
Went round by the glistening bog-holes
Lost in unthinking joy.

I'll be carrying bags to-day, I mused,
The best job at the mill
With plenty of time to talk of our loves
As we wait for the bags to fill.

Maybe Mary might call round...
And then I came to the haggard gate,
And I knew as I entered that I had come
Through fields that were part of no earthly estate.
Patrick Kavanagh 1904 - 1967

13/09/2023

Patrick Kavanagh Centre in conjunction with Carrickmacross Library will run a six week course on the life and work of beloved poet Patrick Kavanagh. The course will be delivered by Dr Una Agnew, author of ‘A Buttonhole in Heaven: The Mystical Imagination of Patrick Kavanagh’. Probably the leadin...

13/09/2023

Songwriter and artist, Maija Sofia is our very special guest on the opening night of this years Kavanagh Weekend ... Also, our very first performer in the new Round Tower Church venue, Inniskeen! Maija's latest album 'True Love' was released this September to widespread acclaim. It is her second album after the 2019 Choice Music nominated 'Bath Time'.

Tickets €15 / €10
Friday 29th Sept, from 10pm, Inniskeen Round Tower Church.

This event will be preceeded by the opening night event in the Patrick Kavanagh Centre. Our opening night includes the Keynote address and announcement of the Kavanagh Poetry award winner for 2023.

For more about Maija ...
https://maijasofiamakela.com/

11/09/2023

📖🎪VOLUNTEER CALL OUT!🎪📖

KW23 The Patrick Kavanagh Centre Festival are looking for Volunteers for the Festival Weekend from Friday 29th September to Sunday 1st October.

📍 Patrick Kavanagh Centre + Round Tower Church, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan.

Perfect for anyone who is interested in Festivals, Music and Literature. The Programme includes Blindboy + Special Guest, Lisa O'Neill, Majia Sofia, Discussions and Conversations between Alan Gilsenan and Pat Collins of Harvest film , a new Audio Visual Experience by Pat McCabe; All in the beautiful surroundings of Inniskeen Co. Monaghan.

🟡To Sign up as a Volunteer please email [email protected] 🟡

Programme of Events:

1️⃣FRIDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER

7PM ✨️Opening Event with Music and PK Award Announcement.
9.30PM 💡Light Procession
10PM 💿 Maijia Sofia

2️⃣SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER

12PM 📖Zine Workshop With Brass Neck Press
2PM Panel Discussion on "Contemporary DIY publishing in Ireland" with Dr. Conor Linnie, Brian McMahon, Cóilín O'Connell and Rita Hynes.
3.45PM 🎬Screening of Baggotonia followed by Cobversation between Director Alan Gilsenan + Filmmaker Pat Collins
6PM 💽The Holy Hour: A Requiem for Brendan Behan by Pat McCabe
7PM 🎞Pat McCabe in Conversation with Frank McNally
8PM 🎙Blindboy + Special Guest

3️⃣SUNDAY 1ST OCTOBER

12PM 💽The Holy Hour: A Requiem for Brendan Behan by Pat McCabe
1.30PM 🖍Illustration Workshop with Karen Harte
3.30PM📚 'Shifting Identities - Readings and Dicussions of New Writing from North of Ireland' Moyra Donaldson and Poets Scott McKendry and Linda Mckenna
5.30PM Swallow Your Pride - Art McCooey By Shane Mac an Bhaird (theatrical reading & musical performance). Introduction by South Armagh Historian Úna Walsh.
8PM 🎼 Lisa O'Neill supported by Rhob Cunningham

31/08/2023

COMING TO PATRICK KAVANAGH CENTRE 15/16th Dec
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW ... DETAILS BELOW.
PERFECT XMAS ENTERTAINMENT FOR FAMILIES

Inspired by Patrick Kavanaghs beloved poem A Christmas Childhood, new childrens production 'The Land Of a Hundred Little Hills',comes to the Patrick Kavanagh Centre Friday Dec 15th and Saturday Dec 16th. A magical mix of music, theatre, animation and puppetry, tickets are only €6.
For school group bookings contact our box office 042 9378560.
https://patrickkavanaghcentre.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173648445/events

30/08/2023

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