Poetry + 1916 Centenary Talk

Reflecting the Rising (RTE)

Thomas MacDonagh and Pádraig Pearse

 Rebel Poets and Readings

Introduced by Richard Downes, RTÉ

28TH MARCH | EASTER MONDAY
14:00 – 15:30
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
GERALD DAWE
NERYS WILLIAMS

The role of the poetic imagination in the politics of the Easter Rising.

Prof. Gerald Dawe, poet and Professor of English at Trinity College Dublin and author of War & War’s Alarms.

Rebel Poets and Readings | 1916: Politics and Poetic Language

What lessons can be learned from the poets of the revolutionary period on the basis of the language of their poetry.

Dr Nerys Williams, poet and lecturer in the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin.