At the end of November Ringsend’s Days, Our Poets in Bloom: Telling a 1000 years of Ringsend History was launched in the Ringsend Irishtown Community Centre on Thorncastle Street. The book, produced by the Ringsend and District Historical Society, is a collection of poems and stories submitted to the Writers Adventure element of the annual Bloomsday Festival in Ringsend.
The book has a forward by Marie Heaney, wife of the late Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney. Marie was in attendance at the launch, as was retired Ringsend National School Principal Robin Booth, who officially launched the book. Also in attendance was local poet Mary Guckian as well as local dignitaries. The book is aptly dedicated to local woman Orla Murphy (see feature on pg. 26)
Ringsend’s Days, Our Poets in Bloom is a celebration of our locality and its talent with many young people contributing to it in their own words. It is a unique publication, which, as well as making a welcome Christmas gift, is a book that will be treasured for many years to come, both here, and in the wider area.
