Rosaleen McDonagh

 
 
 

LITERATURE | HEREDITAS

Rosaleen McDonagh
Travellers in Literary history

Fri 07 July | 6:30pm

Event Details

Times & Dates:
Fri 07 July | 6:30pm

Duration:
60 Minutes

Event Categories:
Literature, Hereditas

Admission:
Free

Venue:
Sligo Library, Stephen St.

Author and activist Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh will present a reading from recent work looking at the Traveller characters that wander across the pages and stages of the State.

As a work in progress, McDonagh responds to the writing of for example Lady Gregory, Douglas Hyde, James Stephens and John Millington Synge. Writers who have utilised or explored the themes and anxieties towards Travellers which have been constructed from non-Traveller perspectives. The reading will be followed by a discussion with Rosaleen, hosted by writer Michael Harding.

Throughout the festival the Public Library will host a reference shelf of books relating to Irish Travellers.

This event is part of the Hereditas programme. See page Standing Ground for details.

 
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