Artists At The Festival
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| Tony Cuckson is an Irish mystic storyteller inviting you into the Experience of beauty through tales of the Tuatha dé Danaan, the Shining Ones. Through these timeless wonder tales you are invited to experience the wonder you are intended to be. Tony is a member of the Irish Society of Storytellers and can be contacted through his Websites www.tonycuckson.com and www.anamcaraexperience.org. |
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| The Poetry Chicks perform uncompromising and original work and create a rollercoaster of emotions; they are modern bards with an ancient mission, rekindling the verve of Spoken Word in their endless search for the truth about the world and about themselves. Abby Oliveira and Pamela Brown have been performing together as The Poetry Chicks since 2006. They are based in Derry and are regular performers on the British and Irish poetry scenes, In 2009 Poetry Chicks tour extensively with Poetry My Arse, (a title coined by Brendan Kennelly) which was a two-hour showcase of original performance poetry, music, ilarity and sometimes downright randomness. |
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Bee Smith has published poems, short stories, and creative non-fiction is USA, UK and Irish publications. She has a regular column in the USA women's spirituality magazine "Sagewoman." She will read from her new book "A Brigit's Breviary". |
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Barbara Smith lives in Dundalk and teaches Creative Writing at DKIT. Her first collection, Kairos, was published by Doghouse Books in 2007. She was a prize winner in 2009 at the Wigtown Poetry Competition in Scotland's and she has won bursaries to the Tyrone Guthrie Centre for Writers, from Dundalk Town Council and the TGC itself. Barbara has read at the Monaghan's Flatlake Festival and the Electric Picnic. |
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Valerie Whitworth is a labyrinth facilitator; she trained with Dr Lauren Artress, author of Walking the Sacred Path in the Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. Valerie is based in Omagh, she is also an artist and a Natural Voice Facilitator and leads singing workshops and creative healing sessions around Northern Ireland www.valeriewhitworth.co.uk
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Dolores Whelan is a contributor to Celtic Threads (1999) and author of "Ever Ancient Ever New Celtic Spirituality in the 21st Century". She facilitates retreats and workshops in Celtic Spirituality and its relevance in our lives in the 21st century. Her work also integrates insights from science and spirituality. www.doloreswhelan.ie.
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Pamela Whitaker and Groundswell offer organic and biodiversity gardening workshops that combine ideas and skills for growing low maintenance ecologically inspired gardens. email info@groundswell.ie |
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Deirdre Ní Chinnéide has sung extensively in both Irish and English for many years. She explores the healing potential of sound and song with particular connection to the Spirit and Shadow of Celtic Consciousness. |
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Padraigín Clancy is an Irish Folklorist and historian with a special interest on Celtic Spirituality. She facilitates retreats that embrace Celtic spirituality, in Ireland USA and Australia .She is editor and co-author of "Celtic Threads Exploring the wisdom of our Heritage" (1999) |
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Paula Downey is a partner at Downey Youell associates, creators of CultureWork - a unique resource supporting leaders and change agents who want to adopt a living-systems approach to cultural renewal. Alongside her organisational development work she speaks and writes on the challenges and opportunities of system change. (www.dya.ie) |
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Mary Kearns is an expressionist painter -sculptor working in Fingal. She facilitates experiential workshops, which use light spectrum frequency to facilitate unconscious self expression which leads to the unfolding of creativity within the person. Mary's background includes Fine Art-Education- -Theology-Philosophy-Mythology. Her exhibitions include Gods &Goddesses of Fair Fingal, Hidden Wisdom of the Cailleach & the many faces of the Sacred Feminine.
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Tom Hamill is deeply committed to, and experienced in offering opportunities to adults whereby they can grow in self-knowledge, compassion and a sense of interconnectedness. |
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Fr Sean O' Duinn is a monk in Glenstal Abbey and author of "Where three streams meet" and "The Rites of Brigid Goddess and Saint ". For many years he has lectured in Celtic Mythology and Folklore in Mary Immaculate College in the University of Limerick |
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Anthony Murphy, author and editor of the Dundalk Democrat". |
