Writing Workshop with Dermot Bolger, Dublin

As part of the 2016 Decade of Centenaries Public Engagement Programme, novelist, playwright and poet, Dermot Bolger, will be Writer in Residence at the National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts and History. The residency, which is a collaborative project between the National Museum of Ireland and Poetry Ireland,will extend from March to August 2016 and will take inspiration from the Museum’s Easter Week Collections.Expanding on the themes and object histories that form the core of theProclaiming a Republicexhibition,Other Voicesaims to reach out to a wide range of audiences. In doing this we invite you to reflect on and explore the narratives of 1916 one hundred years on. The programme will be comprised of four distinct strands: a schools workshop programme; a local community workshop programme, an Online Mentoring Clinic and the ‘In-conversation with Dermot Bolger’ series of talks.More information on the entire programme and on theProclaiming a Republicexhibition is avaliable is avaliable atwww.museum.ieandwww.poetryireland.ieContact Moira Cardiff, Poetry Ireland +353 1 678 9815 or Eimir O'Brien, National Museum of Ireland +353 1 8816 515 with any queries.

National Museum of Ireland in partnership with Poetry Ireland

As part of the Other Voices programme, there will an opportunity for the wider public to participate in awriting workshop with Dermot Bolger at National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts and History.
This workshop will consist of a talk about the process of writing by Dermot Bolger, followed by an extensive question-and-answer session with the audience. The session will delve into every aspect of the practice and the business of writing, across all the mediums which Bolger is involved in.