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Silent Voices

Silent Voices is a series of events run in DIT Kevin Street for Library Ireland Week, March 2008.

The theme refers to traditions that may not be in the foreground [i.e ‘silent’] and the events - mainly in poetic form - are a celebration of those voices.


Tuesday 4th March, starting at 6.45pm

Reading of a Classical Chinese poem and the performance of traditional Chinese music. In the Staff Room at DIT Kevin Street.

Wednesday March 5th & Thursday 6th March, starting at 7.15pm

Ms Nuzhat Abbas a leading Pakistani poet will present traditional Sufi poetry, Antaine Ó Faracháin will sing in the sean nós style, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill [leading Gaelic poet and member of Aosdána] will complete the session. In DIT Kevin Street Library.