Voices Of The Rising

Episode 4 is the finale of the Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution series. In this last episode I reflect on my work as Poet-in-Residence and read from source materials from the archives at the National Library of Ireland. The episode includes excerpts from Dorothy Macardle’s account of Easter Week, published in the Irish Press in 1933, two newspaper articles by Lily O’Brennan on the surrenders, and a short excerpt from Elizabeth O’Farrell’s account of the surrenders. I also share from my forthcoming pamphlet Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution, which are based on these archival materials. The music for the Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution is “Saharakungoh” by Fehdah. Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution is created by Dr Julie Morrissy as part of the Poet-in-Residence programme at the National Library of Ireland, supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023. Sound and production are by the Museum

In Episode 3 of Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution I am joined by Seán Hewitt for a conversation about his work as Poet-in-Residence at the Irish Queer Archive. In this episode we discuss some of the difficult things about working with archive, including violence against LGBTQ+ people and the murder of Declan Flynn in 1982. Seán Hewitt’s debut collection of poetry, Tongues of Fire, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2020. It won The Laurel Prize in 2021, and was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, and a Dalkey Literary Award. In 2020, he was chosen by The Sunday Times as one of their "30 under 30" artists in Ireland. His memoir, All Down Darkness Wide, is forthcoming from Jonathan Cape in the UK and Penguin Press in the USA in July this year. He is a book critic for The Irish Times and teaches Modern British & Irish Literature at Trinity College Dublin. The music for the Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution is “Sa

In Episode 2 of Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution we are joined by Dr Alice Rekab for a conversation about flags and song in the context of their artistic practice and Julie’s research at the National Library. Dr. Alice Rekab is an artist, researcher and educator based in Dublin. Their practice is concerned with expressions and iterations of complex cultural and personal narratives. Alice takes their own mixed-race Irish identity as a starting point from which to explore experiences of race, place and belonging. Over the last ten years Alice's practice has centred around collaboration and interdisciplinary work from which they produce film, performance, text, image and sculpture, creating new intersectional narratives and objects for gallery based exhibition and large scale public commission. Their projects include Family Lines, a solo exhibition and multi-platform project with Douglas Hyde Gallery Dublin (2022), Ricochet #14, a solo presentation at Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (2023), Concealed in the H

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.

In Episode 1 of Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution Dr Susan Cahill joins us for a conversation about writer and activist Dorothy Macardle. Cahill is a writer, editor, academic, thinker, and activist. She is well known for her activism for the Repeal of the Eighth Amendment. Cahill was the first woman to tell her abortion story on the stage of the Abbey Theatre, which was subsequently published in the Irish Times. She is a former professor of Irish Studies and is currently working on her debut children’s novel The Dream Door. Her work is published in Winter Papers, and The Puritan. Cahill is represented by Kate Shaw Agency. She is from Clonakilty, Co. Cork, and is funded by the Arts Council. Following our conversation, Cahill reads from her work-in-progress debut novel. The podcast music is from “Saharakungoh” by Fehdah (https://earth-agency.com/artists/fehdah/). Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution is created by Dr Julie Morrissy as part of the Poet-in-Residence programme at the National Library

This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'The Gravel Walks' from the 1996 collection, 'The Spirit Level' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.

This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'The Harvest Bow' from 'Field Work' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.

The first of our Leaving Cert podcasts exploring sample exam questions on Seamus Heaney's poetry. This episode looks at mythology and tradition in Seamus Heaney's poems on the Leaving Cert curriculum.