MAIRE MHAC AN TSAOI SPECIAL-WED 27/02/08

SOISCÉAL PHÁRAIC -ONE TO ONE WITH MÁIRE MHAC AN TSAOI


Tonight’s edition of Soiscéal Pháraic is a special programme on the poet and writer Máire Mhac an tSaoi. Shot on location at her home in Howth, it features an exclusive interview that Páraic Breathnach conducted with the 86 year old recently. This special programme also features archive from the life of this remarkable woman, a life intertwined with the political and cultural development of Ireland in the 20th century.

Máire Mac an tSaoi has led a very interesting, rich and diverse life. Born in Dublin in 1922, her father was Seán McEntee, an eminent politician who had been in the GPO in Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916, while her mother Margaret Browne was a teacher at Alexandra College where Máire initially attended school. Later she attended the National University of Ireland, Dublin and the Institut des Hautes Études en Sorbonne.

She joined the diplomatic staff of the Department of Foreign Affairs and served in France, Spain, in Strasbourg and at the United Nations and was a member of Prof. Tomás de Bhaldraithe’s pioneering team which produced the English-Irish Dictionary. She married Conor Cruise O Brien and lived with him in Africa, New York and Dublin.

She is a great public reader of her poetry and Máire Mhac an tSaoi is regarded a major poet; her intimate knowledge of traditional, Classical poetic forms and of the West Kerry dialect combine with a modern, European sensibility to produce a voice that is unique O’Brien Press in Dublin published her autobiography in English, The same age as the state, in 2003.

In this wide ranging interview with Páraic, Maire talks about the life of a poet, mother, political scholar and traveller and offers insights into the controversies that dogged her life with Conor Cruise O Brien, Måire talks candidly about her political beliefs, her hope for the Irish language and how the world looks to her today.

20-02-08 TONIGHTS SHOW

Soisceal Pháraic  TX  20th February Wednesday 9.00PM   

 
 
This week Soiscéal Pháraic delves into the extraordinary life of J.G Ballard with the release of his memoir, Miracles of Life.  Páraic  and his guests have a lively and thought-provoking discussion about Ballard’s journey in which he recounts the experiences that fundamentally shaped his writing, from his internment in Langhua camp as a child during the Second World War to his arrival to a devastated post- war Britain where he began his life as a writer and a single father after the tragic death of his wife. The show also features archive footage of Ballard from a couple of years ago where he talks about his life and times.
 
Páraic’s guests this week are the  Irish author Lorcan O’ Treasaigh, the presenter of No Place Like Home, Bob Kelly, and lecturer and writer Caitríona Ní Chérchín.
 
Páraic and his guests also explore new works by German artist Rosa Barba and her collaboration with Croatian artist David Maljkovic in  Handed Over an exhibition currently running at the Project Arts Gallery. Barba has invited David Maljkovic to collaborate with her in a dual project investigating their completely different approaches to narrative and story-telling using a series of images and texts. 
 
The panel also looks at the debut album release by up and coming Irish band, La Rocca, called  The Truth and the latest album by Mary McPartlan, The Loose Petticoats. Mary performs a song from the album in the studio.

 

Soiscéal Pháraic is also happy to announce a fantastic photography competition. We invite viewers to submit original photographs they have taken on the them of Ireland in the 21st century. The winner will receive a fantastic prize – an exhibition of his or her photographs in both Galway and Dublin AND a camera worth 1200 Euro from Bermingham’s Camera Shop in Dublin.

20-02-08 TONIGHTS SHOW

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