Às an Tobar 2020 (Friday event)
Date: Friday, 20 November, 2020
Time: 18:00
Location: Online Event
Address: Online Event
Friday 20th November 2020 6.00 pm
Sandy NicDhòmhnaill Jones and Gillebrìde Mac'Illemhaoil
Piobrachadh na Ceòlraidh: The Urge to Write: Sources of Inspiration for Gaelic Poetry and Music
Featuring Sandy NicDhòmhnaill Jones, the reigning Bàrd of An Comunn Gàidhealach, in conversation with Gillebrìde Mac'Illemhaoil, singer, writer, poet and Head of Celtic Studies at Glasgow University. The event will feature Sandy and Gillebrìde interviewing each other about Gaelic language and literature, poetic forms and inspirations, and examples of their favourite bards from Uist and elsewhere. This conversation will be interspersed with some poetry readings and songs - from Gillebrìde's recent CDs, and from Sandy's new collection, 'An Seachdamh Tonn - The Seventh Wave', which includes a specially commissioned piece about Uist 'Taladh Uibhist - Uist's Call' for Book Week Scotland. The event will also feature landscape photography and video footage of Uist.
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