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Readings by Niamh Boyce and Tim MacGabhann

Post date: Thursday 14 Nov 2024

Centre Culturel Irlandais · Lectures de Niamh Boyce et Tim MacGabhann

Readings by Niamh Boyce and Tim MacGabhann on 31 October 2024

The writer Niamh Boyce reads selections from her book, Her Kind, which recounts the trial of the "Witch of Kilkenny", burned at the stake exactly 700 years ago for sorcery. She is joined by Tim MacGabhann who reads us several poems composed specially for this occasion.

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