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The Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival
Newbridge College
A literary Festival for Everybody
Saturday July 24 - July 30, 2010 in Newbridge Ireland
The Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival - a great literary festival, a feast of poety and literature, music, field-trips, workshops and friendship in an international atmosphere; is a great delight for everybody: for scholars, for Hopkins enthusiasts, for young people, for everybody.
This is a literary festival with a vision. It reflects not only Gerard Manley Hopkins's poetical genius but also represents, at a high level, the whole range of his interests and accomplishments: not just poetry and literature but also music, visual arts, drama, the environment and more..
This is not your average, narrow gathering of specialists, a narrow literary festival: it includes not only Poetry, Readings and Lectures but also Music, Film, Workshops, Field Trips and convivial evenings in The Festival Club. Facing into our 23rd Festival, the Committee is happy to announce that this promises to be exceptional. From Saturday July 24 to Friday July30 2010, international and Irish participants will be heading for Newbridge. At least, 20 countries will be represented and there will be a strong presence by leading Irish Writers, Artists and Scholars.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins, Victorian Poet celebrated at
The Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival in Newbridge College
This literary Festival has grown around the poetry of Victorian poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins who discovered in Kildare, 'one of the struts and props of his existence.'
The Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival offers a rich, varied programme
Building on the wide range of Hopkins's interests in the Arts: in Music, Drawing, and even Conservation, theFestival offers not just Poetry but also, Art Exhibitions; Classical Music Concerts, Traditional Irish Music Concerts; Workshops and above all: an atmosphere of friendships around shared interests.
An international buzz in a small town
Visitors come, each year, from between 25 and 30 countries - and, of course, from Ireland. Participants are from a wide range of backgrounds. Our Students give a special flavour to procedings. People come for great conversations; stimulating lectures; great Poetry Readings; exciting Art Exhibitions; various Concerts - or, just quite simply, for good company and friendship in congenial surroundings.
Many of our Visitors know how Gerard Manley Hopkins found solace in Kildare with its Victorian charm and delightful wooded, watery walks.
Hopkins Festival in Newbridge College
2010 marks the 23rd Gerard Manley Hopkins Literary Festival. It attracts participants from many countries. The Music Programme includes both traditional Irish and classical: in 2010, Ivo Dropulich, the sensation from Croatia and Ireland's own, Frankie Gavin. Poetry Readings include important writers from various countries including Yiorgos Chouliaras (Greece); Richard Berengarten (UK); Alan Riach (Scotland); Tammy Morgan (USA); Desmond Egan . The Art Exhibition featuring a number of leading Artists, both Irish and International, will include work by Edward Navone (USA); Brian Bourke; Eleanor Swan and others. Workshops include the popular Words and Music Session led by musician, Conor Mahony, with others on Translation, Creative Writing etc. A very distinguished list of Lecturers will be headed by Francis Fennell (USA) Brian Arkins (Ireland); Aleksandra Kedzierska (Poland) and Alla Savchenko (Russia).The Banquet is a highlight and takes place in the stunning Pugin Hall, NUI Maynooth, presided over by President John Hughes. Download the Hopkins Festival Programme 20009.
The Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival Youth Programme
This innovative Cultural Tourism programme is offered parallel to the Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival. It draws its inspiration from Hopkins's poetry, his wide interests and his close connections with Ireland. The excitement of the Hopkins Festival has attracted many young people to join us. The Committee felt the need to organise a special parallel Youth Cultural Programme . Early booking is essential! Contact us.
The Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival Moves to Newbridge September 2009
After 22 years, the Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival is moving to Newbridge. The continuing success of this International Festival - which now receives 20,000 visitors to its website - has led to the need for the greater resources and support of a large town. The Committee are very excited at the new vista opening out for what has been described by the Editor of The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature as 'the best literary Festival in Ireland' .
Several Newbridge people active in the Arts have come on board: a happy augury for our Newbridge Chapter, to ensure that the Hopkins International Literary Festival of 2010 will be better than ever.
On Wednesday October 28 th , to initiate this Newbridge chapter the Committee was invited by Mr. Sean Power T.D. to enjoy a Guided Tour of The Dáil and Seanad. The outing proved enormously successful and interesting; for many members, it was a first and the tour of the historic Leinster House was of absorbing interest. We saw historical portraits; records of visits by various American Presidents and the flag of The Fighting Sixty-Ninth, commanded by Kildare educated, Thomas Francis Meagher, which was presented by President Kennedy on his 1963 visit. Our Guide was particularly helpful in drawing attention to various architectural features with the Kildare connection strongly emphasized. (The Duke of Leinster also being the Earl of Kildare).
Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival in Newbridge
2010 marks the 23rd Gerard Manley Festival. It attracts participants from many countries. The Music Programme includes both traditional Irish and classical: in 2010, Ivo Dropulich, the sensation from Croatia and Ireland's own, Frankie Gavin. Poetry Readings include important writers from various countries including Yiorgos Chouliaras (Greece); Richard Berengarten (UK); Alan Riach (Scotland); Tammy Morgan (USA); Desmond Egan . The Art Exhibition featuring a number of leading Artists, both Irish and International, will include work by Edward Navone (USA); Brian Bourke; Eleanor Swan and others. Workshops include the popular Words and Music Session led by musician, Conor Mahony, with others on Translation, Creative Writing etc. A very distinguished list of Lecturers will be headed by Francis Fennell (USA) Brian Arkins (Ireland); Aleksandra Kedzierska (Poland) and Alla Savchenko (Russia).The Banquet is a highlight and takes place in the stunning Pugin Hall, NUI Maynooth, presided over by President John Hughes. Download the Hopkins Festival Programme 20009.
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