Nearfm have produced a ten part radio series reinterpreting the Dublin: One City One Book \u2018If Ever You Go: a Map of Dublin in Poetry and Song\u2019 edited by Pat Boran and Gerard Smyth. This series takes a unique look at the book from a northside Dublin perspective by focusing on the poems, poets and songs associated with Northside Dublin.<\/p>\n
The series features many well known poets reciting and being interviewed about the poems they have featured in the book including Paula Meehan, Theo Dorgan and Dermot Bolger as well as up and coming poets such as Colm Keegan, Jessica Traynor and Alan Jude Moore.<\/p>\n
Contributions also come from Poetry Ireland, Dedalus Press, Dublin City of Literature, Trinity College Dublin and St David\u2019s Boys National School in north Dublin. There are also well known ballads performed by Gerry Cooley, Vincent Smith and Stephen Heffernan.\u00a0 Poetry recital\u00a0contributions for the series were made by Mary McNamara and Michael Sharp from the Near Drama Company.<\/p>\n
Programme 7<\/span><\/p>\n The Botanic Gardens -Jean O Brien<\/p>\n Pupils from St Davids NBS, Artane discuss how often they read poetry<\/p>\n Stony Grey Soiled-Colm Keegan<\/p>\n The Spanish Lady sung by Gerry Cooley<\/p>\n Drumcondra Bridge-Dermot Bolger<\/p>\n Finglas 1979-Dermot Bolger<\/p>\n This series is made with the assistance of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound and Vision scheme.<\/p>\n Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a> (Duration: 27:46 — 38.1MB)<\/p>![\"Play\"](\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" "\\"Play\\"")
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