MÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi Symposium

MÌ_or̼ilt an pharÌ_iste: comhdhÌÁil lae ar fhilÌ_ocht MhÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi, OÌä Gaillimh

Beidh comhdhÌÁil lae ar shaothar MhÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi ÌÁ reachtÌÁil ag Ionad an L̩inn Ìäireannaigh, Ollscoil na hÌäireann, Gaillimh, D̩ C̩adaoin 23 Bealtaine 2012. TÌÁ MÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi ar dhuine de mhÌ_rfhilÌ_ na hÌäireann sa bhfichi̼ haois agus chuir an ch̩ad leabhar filÌ_ochta a d’fhoilsigh sÌ_ Margadh na Saoire i 1956 cor nua i litrÌ_ocht na Gaeilge leis an l̩iri̼ a thug s̩ ar ghn̩ithe de shaol is de thaithÌ_ phrÌ_obhÌÁideach na mnÌÁ. TrÌ_ocha bliain sara dtÌÁinig gl̼in nua banfhilÌ_ chun cinn sa Bh̩arla agus sa Ghaeilge, Eavan Boland agus Nuala NÌ_ Dhomhnaill ina measc, bhÌ_ guth ÌÁ thabhairt ag MÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi do ghn̩ithe de shaol collaÌ_ na mnÌÁ a bhÌ_ faoi thost roimhe sin den gcuid is mÌ_ sa litrÌ_ocht agus sa tsaol.

‰Û÷C̩ go n-aithnÌ_onn filÌ_ agus l̩irmheastÌ_irÌ_ tÌÁbhacht agus tionchar a cuid filÌ_ochta,’ a deir Louis de Paor, Sti̼rthÌ_ir Ionad an L̩inn Ìäireannaigh, ‰Û÷is dÌ_igh liom gurb ̩ seo an ch̩ad chomhdhÌÁil atÌÁ tiomnaith ar fad dÌÁ cuid saothair a scagadh. Beidh cuid de na l̩irmheastÌ_irÌ_ is fearr sa Ghaeilge i lÌÁthair chun anailÌ_s a dh̩anamh ar a saothar is tÌÁimid ag s̼il le dÌ_ospoireacht bhrÌ_omhar.’‰Û÷There is truth to experience here, a forthrightness about passion and transgression that is thrilling and exemplary,’ a d̼irt Seamus Heaney nuair a foilsÌ_odh dÌ_rbheathaisn̩is MhÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi’s The Same Age as the State, sa bhliain 2003. Sheol Fiach Mac Conghail, Sti̼rthÌ_ir Amharclann na Mainistreach, eagrÌÁn dhÌÁtheangach dÌÁ cuid dÌÁnta An ParÌ_iste MÌ_or̼ilteach/The Miraculous Parish ag Ì_cÌÁid mhÌ_r i gCaisleÌÁn Bhaile ́tha Cliath i mÌ_ na Samhna 2011.

I measc na gcainteoirÌ_ a bheidh ag labhairt ag an gcomhdhÌÁil in OÌä Gaillimh, tÌÁ Mich̩al Mac Craith, Margaret Mac Curtain, MÌÁire NÌ_ AnnrachÌÁin, MÌÁirÌ_n Nic Eoin, CaoimhÌ_n Mac Giolla L̩ith, RÌ_Ì_na NÌ_ Fhrighil, Eil̩an NÌ_ ChuilleanÌÁin agus Patricia Coughlan, agus beidh a gcuid cainte ÌÁ thaifeadadh ag RTÌä le craoladh amach sa bhliain.TÌÁ cead isteach go dtÌ_ an chomhdhÌÁil saor in aisce agus fÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch.

The Miracle of the Parish: MÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi symposium at NUI GalwayOn Wednesday 23 May, the Centre for Irish Studies at NUI Galway will host a symposium on the work of MÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi, one of the most significant Irish poets of the twentieth century, and the most important living poet in Irish. With MÌÁirtÌ_n ÌÒ DireÌÁin and SeÌÁn ÌÒ RÌ_ordÌÁin, she revolutionised the practice of poetry in Irish in the 1940s and 50s and paved the way for a new generation of women poets who emerged in Irish and in English in the 1970s and 80s. A generation before Nuala NÌ_ Dhomhnaill and Eavan Boland, and in more difficult circumstances, MÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi gave voice to the intimate and subversive aspects of women’s experience in poems that challenged the moral orthodoxies of the time.

‰Û÷Although her work and influence is acknowledged by poets and critics alike,’ according to Louis de Paor, Director of the Centre for Irish Studies, ‰Û÷this is the first such event dedicated entirely to her work and includes contributions from some of the finest scholars and critics of poetry in Irish. Given her connection with the University where she was appointed Honorary Professor of Irish Studies in 2004, and her uncle Monsignor PÌÁdraig de Br̼n, served with such distinction as president, we are delighted to recognise her unique contribution to Irish writing.’

MÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi’s autobiography The Same Age as the State, published in 2003, was described by Seamus Heaney as ‰Û÷thrilling and exemplary’ and a bilingual selection of her poems An ParÌ_iste MÌ_or̼ilteach/The Miraculous Parish was launched by Fiach Mac Conghail, Director of the Abbey Theatre, at a gala event in Dublin Castle in November 2011.Invited speakers to the NUI Galway symposium include Mich̩al Mac Craith, Margaret Mac Curtain, MÌÁire NÌ_ AnnrachÌÁin, MÌÁirÌ_n Nic Eoin, CaoimhÌ_n Mac Giolla L̩ith, RÌ_Ì_na NÌ_ Fhrighil, Eil̩an NÌ_ ChuilleanÌÁin and Patricia Coughlan, and the proceedings will be recorded by RTÌä radio for broadcast later in the year.Admission to all sessions is free and everyone is welcome to attend.Sa Seomra SeimineÌÁir in Institi̼id de MÌ_rdha, OÌä, Gaillimh a reachtÌÁlfar na seisi̼in ar fad.MÌ_or̼ilt an pharÌ_iste: comhdhÌÁil lae ar fhilÌ_ocht MhÌÁire Mhac an tSaoiD̩ C̩adaoin 23 Bealtaine 2012Ionad an L̩inn Ìäireannaigh, Ollscoil na hÌäireann, Gaillimh

9.00-10.15rn ‰Û÷The same age as the state ach nÌ_ mÌ_r an fhilÌ_ocht chomh maith’, An tOllamh MicheÌÁl Mac Crait (ColÌÁiste San Isidore)

‰Û÷MÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi: idir dhÌÁ fheimineachas’, An tOllamh Margaret Mac Curtain (UCD)

10.15-11.30rn ‘”V̩nus toute enti̬re, ÌÊ sa proie attach̩e . . .”: an grÌÁ agus an tsaoirse i bhfilÌ_ocht MhÌÁire Mhac a’ tSaoi’, An tOllamh MÌÁire NÌ_ AnnrachÌÁin (UCD)

‰Û÷An guth mÌÁthartha i bhfilÌ_ocht MhÌÁire Mhac an tSaoi’, An tOllamh MÌÁirÌ_n Nic Eoin (ColÌÁiste PhÌÁdraig, Droim Conrach)

11.30-11.45 Caif̩

11.45-1.00in ‰Û÷”Ceann Bliana” agus Eile’, An Dr CaoimhÌ_n Mac Giolla L̩ith (UCD)

‘CÌ_iri̼ na cuimhne i saothar MhÌÁire Mhac a’ tSaoi’, An Dr RÌ_Ì_na NÌ_ Fhrighil (ColÌÁiste PhÌÁdraig, Droim Conrach)

1.00-2.00in LÌ_n

2.00 -3.15in An tOllamh Eil̩an NÌ_ ChuilleanÌÁin (TCD)

‰Û÷”Aibigh, a mhian, i ndiamhaireacht na gile”: na mianta collaÌ_ i saothar Mhaire Mhac an tSaoi’, An tOllamh Patricia Coughlan (UCC)

3.30-4.30in Clabhs̼r