Taxi for Elvis by Kieran Beville
Taxi for Elvis After my daughter’s graduation ceremony a few years ago in University College Cork I was invited to have refreshments in the Aula Maxima. That ‘Great Hall’ is a capacious and impressive room with gilt-framed portraits of past presidents of the college adorning its wood-panelled, high walls. It was the first time I […]
The unknown inside story of Frank McCourt’s “Angela’s Ashes” on its 25th anniversary
How a bar in Greenwich Village, NYC played two important parts in the creation of Frank McCourt’s beloved novel. IrishCentral Staff @IrishCentral Sep 30, 2021 The tale of how the Lion’s Head bar along with three women Mary Breasted, Molly Friedrich, and Ellen McCourt led to the publication of “Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir”, published […]
John Liddy Introduces Kieran Beville’s Homecoming Book of Poems ‘Fool’s Gold’.
This is Kieran Beville’s homecoming book of poems with memories of a Limerick childhood, paeans to his mother and father, the young poet’s developing years before branching out into the world where we meet his own family, the pain of separation, his religious and mystical self and the scars of life’s hard lessons prospecting for […]
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Soul Songs – a collection of poetry by Kieran Beville (Revival Press, 2020). Review by Ciarán O’ Driscoll, poet and member of Aosdána
In this collection, Kieran Beville’s exuberance and energy are refreshing and infectious. The range of emotions and occasions are many in its celebration of love and its grieving for loss of love and attendant loneliness. The tirade against Trump’s America and American colonialism, reminiscent of a poem by Allen Ginsberg in the way it addresses […]
Write Now: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Writer – Kieran Beville
Write Now: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Writer by Kieran Beville from the Limerick Writers’ Centre is a helpful book. As it states on the cover it is practical and covers a lot of ground. It begins with self-analysis – with a view to discovering if you have the personal qualities needed to fulfil […]
Launch of ‘Further On Up the Road’ @ The White House Bar in Limerick
Limerick’s Revival Press returned to The White House Pub today for its first book launch since the lockdown. Hugh McFadden’s ‘Further On Up the Road’ was launch by guest speaker and local poet Kieran Beville. Dominic Taylor of Revival Press said that it was a great occasion to return to the spiritual home of poetry […]
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“like a breath of fresh Limerick air…” (click for video)
Now at Quay Books, Limerick, only €12.00. Buy online here: https://www.quaybooksstore.com/…/ar…… An epic book-length poem, Arias of Consolation, about Limerick, written in the manner of Virgil’s
Postponed Book Launch Now Takes Place ‘Further On Up the Road’!
REVIVAL PRESS is pleased to announce the launch of Further On Up the Road by poet and literary critic Hugh McFadden Sunday 26th Sept 3.00pm – The White House Bar, O’Connell St., Limerick (The launch will be socially distanced with guests seated in tables of four) Special guest speaker: Kieran Beville Hugh McFadden is a […]