‘Paul Durcan at 80.’ and Michael Holohan.
Premiere: Michael Holohan ‘The Drimoleague Blues’ for voice, guitar and piano.
Celebrating both ‘Crazy About Women,’ a collection of poems inspired by paintings in the collections of the National Gallery of Ireland, and Paul Durcan – 80 at 80, a collection of poems published on the occasion of Durcan’s 80th birthday.
Michael Holohan, composer, will premiere his new setting of Durcan’s poem ‘The Drimoleague Blues’ in honour of Paul’s 80 birthday.
Michael Holohan, piano, Trudy Maguire singer and accordion and Breifne Holohan, guitar will also be performing a number of songs by Bob Dylan, Anna McGarrigle and Ralph McTell which have been specially chosen and relate directly to the paintings which Paul Durcan wrote about.
The event will be introduced by Niall MacMonagle, writer, critic and editor of Paul Durcan – 80 at 80. Poems will be read by actress Ingrid Craigie (The Dead), actor Mark O’ Regan (Angela’s Ashes) and meteorologist and former RTE presenter Jean Byrne.
Paul Durcan and Michael Holohan are both members of Aosdána.