Sine Metu: Fear a little less, live a little more (poem)
A poem entitled Sine Metu, which urges us all to fear a little less, and live a little more.
Category: Artchive
A poem about Robert De Niro
imagine if De Niro was 007 how brilliant that would be “the name is Bond, James Bond, you talkin’ to me?”
A Bob Dylan poem
I recently renovated my office at home and put up my treasured Bob Dylan poster on the wall. Not only is Bob Dylan an artistic hero of mine, he also plays a huge role for me in learning about the craft of great writing. As for the poster; the story of how I acquired it […]
An Actual Conversation on YouTube – comedy sketch
Back in the day, at my monthly Brownbread Mixtape variety show, I would regularly write radio-style sketches for our resident sketch troupe The Brownbread Players (Gus McDonagh, Eva Bartley & Sean McDonagh). The show was always themed, and on this occasion the theme was “Do you speak my language?”, so I decided to find inspiration […]
Three Men Talking Books – Then and Now
Ten years apart. The original publication of our award nominated play alongside our new limited edition 10th anniversary edition. Photo and colourful carpet courtesy of Stephen James Smith.
Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About – 10th Anniversary Event
10 years ago I wrote and performed a spoken word play called Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About in the Dublin Fringe Festival with Colm Keegan and Stephen James Smith. The mighty Sarah Brennan directed the show, and it went on to be nominated for the Little Gem Fringe Festival award. And […]
The Brownbread Mixtape: Vol 2 – Spoken Word Poetry
For over a decade I hosted and curated a live monthly variety show called The Brown Bread Mixtape, and it took place upstairs in the legendary Stag’s Head pub here in Dublin. Those eclectic, electric nights in that old Victorian room were some of the most fun and creatively exciting times I’ve had. As I mentioned […]
The Brownbread Mixtape – Vol. 1 – Music
For over a decade I hosted and curated a live monthly variety show called The Brown Bread Mixtape, and it took place upstairs in the legendary Stag’s Head pub here in Dublin. Those eclectic, electric nights in that old Victorian room were some of the most fun and creatively exciting times I’ve had. The night […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone. Hope you have a good day drinking pints of Guinness, listening to U2, or reading Yeats, Beckett and Joyce. Alternatively you can sit back and listen to my award-winning alternative Irish national anthem, Read the story of the song here.
