The HomePlace Poetry Brunch!
Featuring Mícheál McCann, Patrick Deeley, Niamh McNally
with music from Eilidh Patterson.
We are finishing off our summer season with an afternoon of poetry, music and
brunch!
brunch!
Join us in the company of poets Mícheál McCann, Niamh McNally and
Patrick Deeley, who will read from their work, with musical interludes from Eilidh
Patterson.
Patrick Deeley, who will read from their work, with musical interludes from Eilidh
Patterson.
Mícheál McCann is a poet from Derry City whose first collection Devotion has just
been published by Gallery Press. His poems have been anthologized in Queering
the Green and Romance Options. He is the 2024 Publishing Fellow at the Seamus
Heaney Centre at Queens. Niamh McNally is a workshop facilitator here at
HomePlace and has been published in The Tulsa Review, The Galway Review and
HOWL: New Irish Writing. Niamh is a current Poet-in-Residence for Herstory,
Ireland. Patrick Deeley last read at HomePlace back in 2017. His awards include
the 2019 Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award and the Dermot Healy International
Poetry Prize. His best-selling memoir, The Hurley Maker’s Son, was published in
2016 and his eighth collection, Keepsake, was published in 2024.
been published by Gallery Press. His poems have been anthologized in Queering
the Green and Romance Options. He is the 2024 Publishing Fellow at the Seamus
Heaney Centre at Queens. Niamh McNally is a workshop facilitator here at
HomePlace and has been published in The Tulsa Review, The Galway Review and
HOWL: New Irish Writing. Niamh is a current Poet-in-Residence for Herstory,
Ireland. Patrick Deeley last read at HomePlace back in 2017. His awards include
the 2019 Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award and the Dermot Healy International
Poetry Prize. His best-selling memoir, The Hurley Maker’s Son, was published in
2016 and his eighth collection, Keepsake, was published in 2024.
Having released five studio albums, Eilidh Patterson is driven by her desire to
connect with people. This desire has seen her perform regularly across Northern
Ireland and at festivals such as SxSW in Austin TX and Celtic Connections in
Glasgow, Scotland.
connect with people. This desire has seen her perform regularly across Northern
Ireland and at festivals such as SxSW in Austin TX and Celtic Connections in
Glasgow, Scotland.
Lunch is included in the ticket price and will be provided by the wonderful
HomePlace café. Grab your tickets quick as we have limited seating in the
Strand Room for what promises to be a fantastic afternoon.
HomePlace café. Grab your tickets quick as we have limited seating in the
Strand Room for what promises to be a fantastic afternoon.
