Paul's Blog

Hiya! Fáilte chuig mo Bhlog!! Welcome to my Blog! For ages I've avoided writing a "Blog" - even the use of the word was anathema to me -it sounds so unlyrical, ugly, even - and so I (perhaps foolishly, perhaps, snobbishly) resisted until, finally, I realised it was akin to holding out, Canute-like, against the use of the word "cool" or the wearing of hugely baggy trousers by young people...And so, here I am, contrite, humbled, writing on my Blog page. Oh, how the mighty have fallen...

Poet James Harpur at WAS

Poet James Harpur enthralled us all in Outer Space at WAS on thursday 4th March...To see photos of the night, click here.

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New Year day

New Year day...It is completely still. Not a rustle. No breeze whatsoever.

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Most Unusual Visitor

Most Unusual Visitor...the Singing Man...musical encounters of the unusual kind...

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Lovely night of music and poetry in W.A.S.

We kicked off our 10th Anniversary celebrations with a night of poetry, music and craic...

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Review: Street Tango

Gig Review: Street Tango in Skibbereen in December!

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Autumn

Autumn... and poems...

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Film Review: The Wrestler

After months of avoiding The Wrestler, I was astonished to find it heart-achingly poignant...

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Poetry&Music night at WAS

Guest poet, Áine Moynihan, graced us with a selection of her poems...

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Film Review: The Lucky Ones

   It was with some interest that I took home the film, The Lucky Ones the other night. Intriguingly, it stars Tim Robbins, a man well known for his opposition to...

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Fillum Review: I Love You, Man

If you’re looking for an enjoyable way to spend a lazy enough hour and a half...I love you, Man!

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Music and tapas!

Last night, Breeda Murphy and I played our first gig...

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Film Review: Julie & Julia

Hadn't been to the flicks for a long time and thoroughly enjoyed Julie & Julia...

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Glorious Night of Music in WAS...

...Well, the best-laid plans...serendipity strikes...again!!! ...Folking the Punk and Punking the Folk!

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Skibbereen Arts Festival Launch

Féile Ealaíne: Skibbereen Arts Festival 2009 was launched with a bang!(seriously!)

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Catching up

Recent meanderings...Kerry, Connemara, the Burren and the Mourne Mountains...sketches...tv stardom!!

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