_______________ On Thursday, September 10th, 2009, IMRAM, the annual Irish-language literary festival, will present a special evening of performances in homage to the life & poetry of Máire Mhac an tSaoi. This event will take place at 6:30 p.m. at EAGLAIS ÚINITÉIREACH (the Unitarian Church), 112 West St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin, Ireland. Admission is free. Máire Mhac an tSaoi was born in 1922. She is one of the most important figures in contemporary Irish literature. She has a knowledge of the Munster dialect of Irish that is second-to-none. Her technical mastery of traditional forms melds with potent self-expression to produce modern poetry of grace & delicacy. Indeed, the poetry of Máire Mhac an tSaoi is centered, in the Zen sense of centered. Her collections of poetry include "Margadh na Saoire," "Codladh an Ghaiscígh," "An Galar Dubhach," & "Shoa agus Dánta Eile." This evening of special performances drawn from the work of Máire Mhac an tSaoi will feature Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Máirín Nic Eoin, Bríd Ní Mhóráin, Fionola Ó Siochrú, Eoghan Ó hAnluain, Liam Ó Muirthile & Gabriel Rosenstock. Thursday, 10 September 2009, 6:30 p.m., EAGLAIS ÚINITÉIREACH, 112 West St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, Ireland Free admission For additional information about the IMRAM Festival, go to ... http://www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/imram.html http://www.facebook.com/pages/IMRAM-IRISH-LANGUAGE-LITERATURE-FESTIVAL http://www.facebook.com/pages/IMRAM-FEILE-LITRIOCHTA-GAEILGE Questions may be put to Liam Carson, Director of IMRAM Festival at ... [log in to unmask] Books featured at the IMRAM Festival may be purchased from ... Connolly Books, [log in to unmask] 43 East Essex Street, Dublin 2, Ireland beir bua, Séamas Cain http://seamascain.writernetwork.com http://www.freewebs.com/seamascain http://alazanto.org/seamascain _______________