Listening To Learn And Learning To Listen

Also see https://eileenmoynihan.wordpress.com/kids-and-teens-fan-club/ https://goodeyedeers.wordpress.com/2019/07/12/writing-poems-that-sound-amazing/ The Sound Collector by Roger McGough A stranger called this morning Dressed all in black and grey Put every sound into a bag And carried them away The whistling of the kettle The turning of the lock The purring of the kitten The ticking of the clock The popping of the…

Cruthú Arts Festival: “Art in the Heart of Ireland”

'We are delighted to return for our ninth year with our most exciting festival programme to date! Keep an eye on our social media for the latest announcements over the coming weeks as we bring our annual splash of colour and fun to Longford for all the family to enjoy...Longford’s Premier Festival is back and…

Summer Holidays 3: Time For Writers And Writing?

Summer Holidays: The Good And The Bad For Writing Summer holidays are a time to get away, to the beach or the country, a foreign destination, or somewhere completely different from your everyday life. This can lead to inspiration to be creative, a chance to jot down new experiences and feelings, and a time to…

Summer Holidays 2: Literary/Book Trails For Children

Taking A Book Theme... like 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain... Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart . . . There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step. The locust trees…

Summer Holidays 1:In Children’s Books

Also see https://eileenmoynihan.wordpress.com/kids-and-teens-fan-club/ At the Sea-Side by Robert Louis Stevenson When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me To dig the sandy shore. My holes were empty like a cup. In every hole the sea came up, Till it could come no more. Bed in Summer by Robert Louis…

An Irish Summer 4: For Writers

Ireland: The Perfect Place To Write Not only has Ireland got a rich literary heritage with the names of W.B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, and Seamus Heaney being just a few of them, but it has wonderful inspiring scenery too. From the buzz of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway in the south, and…

An Irish Summer 3: Ideas and Activities For Parents/Guardians I

When the sun shines The beach: Collect seashells, and coloured glass smoothed by the sea. Check out rock pools for crabs, shrimps and other sea life, fish, build sandcastles and sand sculptures, have picnics, paddle, swim, learn to surf, kayak, canoe, sail, snorkel, etc, walk, run, play soccer, cricket, rounders, volleyball, tennis, etcIn the country:…

An Irish Summer 2: In Children’s Books

Also, see https://eileenmoynihan.wordpress.com/kids-and-teens-fan-club/ When I Was Young... It was my Irish father who introduced me to the books written by Patricia Lynch. She was a writer who wrote in my father's time and mine. One of her best known books is 'The Turf-Cutter's Donkey.' 'Patricia Lynch (1898-1972), children's author, was born in Cork. The family…

An Irish Summer

June Broom out the floor now, lay the fender by, And plant this bee-sucked bough of woodbine there, And let the window down. The butterfly Floats in upon the sunbeam, and the fair Tanned face of June, the nomad gipsy, laughs Above her widespread wares, the while she tells The farmers’ fortunes in the fields,…

Blossom 4: Letting You And Your Writing Blossom

The blossom opens as if each flower was a book - a book that was more sculpted than written, the ink infusing into the petals to give them their soft glow. It is a tale of eons passed, of the loving care of the soils, the rain and the sun, a tale of the insects,…