OBITUARY: Sheila O’Regan s distinctive voice will be missed in West Limerick
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DISBELIEF and a deep sense of shock and loss were the common denominators when word spread throughout West Limerick of the sudden death of Sheila O’Regan at her home in Ardagh on Thursday, April 22.
That a woman of Sheila’s vitality and energy had been so abruptly cut off from life left everyone reeling,
The shock waves of loss hit hardest at those closest to her: her husband, children, grandchildren, sisters and brothers and her many friends.
But Sheila’s warm and engaging personality and her distinctive voice had made her a welcome presence in homes throughout West Limerick through her weekly programmes with West Limerick102FM community radio. Now that voice was stilled and silent, leaving many listeners feeling they, too, had lost a friend.
Trio of Irish poets shortlisted for Pigott prize
Updated / Wednesday, 14 Apr 2021
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News Correspondent
Three poetry collections by Irish poets have been shortlisted for the 2021 Pigott Poetry Prize, which takes place as part of Listowel Writers Week.
The prize is the largest monetary prize for a collection by an Irish poet, with the winner receiving €12,000 and the two other finalists receiving €1000.
The three collections are
Found Architecture - Selected Poems by Sinéad Morrissey and
Ourselves by Beda Higgins.
Sinéad Morrissey
Speaking about the adjudication, Poet Maura Dooley said: Transported, educated, made to see the world differently; we were delighted to discover many fresh and exciting new voices in amongst new books from already familiar and beloved poets. It was a very difficult task to choose just three books from such a rich field.
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On March 12th last year I was sitting in a blustery, empty car park in Blackpool, Lancashire, eating a bland prepacked sandwich beside a giant mural of Barry from The Chuckle Brothers. I was feeling pretty good about myself.
Sure, school closures had just been announced and the St Patrickâs Festival (at which I had an author event) had been cancelled, but Iâd just finished a school talk about my childrenâs books. It had been the last of a four-day book tour of England and my 39th author event in 40 days.
Irish events included every Dublin city library, several bookshops, a delightfully raucous event with illustrator Ben Mantle at Liberty Hall Theatre, a school in the Dublin Mountains, classes of kids spread out on the floor of OâMahonyâs Booksellers in Limerick, a packed-out art workshop in the Hugh Lane Gallery, a lot of M50 miles, a couple of flights, and a handful of hotel breakfast buffets I now regret not taking full advantage of.