DTRA Poetry Ginko

​'In our Triangle
Stories are waiting to be told
Come listen and write'

The DTRA along with DCU Arts and Culture are inviting our creative community to join Poetry Ireland's Anne Tannam on a morning stroll in May to find poetic inspiration from some of the stories dotted throughout the Drumcondra Triangle.

The walk will take in 8 stops over the short distance between Home Farm Road and Griffith Park. At each stop we will enjoy a short local history to help prompt interactive discussion and poetic inspiration. We expect to take approximately 15 minutes per stop and along this leisurely route we will also allow time for refreshments. 

Starting at the entrance to the Corpus Christi Parish Hall - the heart of the community, our search for creativity will take us down Ferguson Road stopping for poetic inspiration at the former home of a true 1916 renegade. After that we take a turn towards O'Daly Road to consider our own hidden gifts where once lived an engineer, inventor, photographer and magician! Then we follow the boundary of Drumcondra and Glasnevin down Walsh Road to explore the cul-de-sac of O'Brien's Place with a keen eye, looking for those memories that are right under our nose (or feet!). On Fleming Road we will recall the 'sad and mystic sounds' of 'That Little Blue Eye'd Baby of Mine' before wondering at a familiar story of glory and rivalry at O'Neachtain. All the while we are drawn to Griffith Park by the beacon of Ferguson Road's own lighthouse keepers, before finally resting on the banks of the Tolka to share the morning's poetry amongst new friends.

Registration for this event is required as numbers are limited. Register here:

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