85: Enda Wyley, IMRAM 2025, Ger Reidy

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Ger Reidy about his poetry collection and insights into the Irish language festival IMRAM, along with a chat about Enda Wyley's book and her award.

Send us Fan Mail On this morning's episode we talk to Ger Reidy about his latest poetry collection, Clay; Liam Carson tells us about the latest edition of IMRAM, the Irish language festival and the increasing visibility of Irish, and I chat to Enda Wyley about her book, Sudden Light and about winning the Lawrence O' Shaughnessy Award for poetry. This episode is supported by a Project Award from the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Intro/outro music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ‘Thou Shalt ...

People in this episode

Host: Enda Wyley

Guest: Ger Reidy

Topics covered

• poetry
• Irish language
• literature
• awards
• festivals

Keywords

• poetry
• Irish language
• IMRAM
• Enda Wyley
• Ger Reidy
• Clay
• Sudden Light
• Lawrence O' Shaughnessy Award

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IMRAM

Books & works: Clay, Sudden Light

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