Saturday, November 12, 2011

Armistice Day Poetry Reading 2011

Armistice Day/Navan Library


Tom French
Crowd Scene
Molly Kane
Willie G. Hodgins
Tom French of Meath County Library was MC at an event held in remembrance of those who perished  or served in the great war though a few poems or stories from other conflicts managed to get an airing as well. Set against a backdrop of  slides or photographs from the period a good number of those in attendance had more than a few  recollections of family members or friends who died or were in some way involved.  Interesting and of note was a poster advertising a concert to be held in the Temperance Hall in Kilmessan in 1916 to provide comforts for those serving who were from the locality, and I meant to take a photograph just to get my facts straight but forgot at the end. If I can remember right the admission charge was 2/6, which was a good sum in those days and I would imagine discouraged more than a few from attending. Given that the year had a certain other resonance I should have looked more carefully at the date. There were some great poems read or stories told and Michael Sheils over on sherifffromnavan has a video of Sean Lynch playing out on "The Last Post".

No comments: