Poetry Performance at Pepper Cannister Church
My good friend Stephen James Smith kicked off his UK & Ireland tour last night in the Pepper Cannister church here in Dublin, and he was gracious enough to give me a support slot. We had a quick chat before I performed my Sine Metu poem, followed by my final piece from Three Men Talking […]
7 Deadly Facts (poem)
“7 Deadly Facts” – Colm Mac Athlaoich (Apr 29th 2011) Around the time my first son was born I wanted to write something to mark his arrival. I was doing a lot of festival gigs at the time and I found that humorous poems always garnered a better reaction in those large crowd settings. So, I […]
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.
Forgive Yourself by Jonas Gardell
The Swedish author and comedian Jonas Gardell is one of my favourite writers. There is a gentle beauty and disarming truth in his deceptively simple Swedish writing. Alas not much of his work is translated into English, but it has been translated into a number of other European languages.His novel “En Komikers Uppväxt” (A Comedian […]
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 […]
Bono found what he was looking for!
As a teenager I adored U2 (and I still do), so it was extra special to see that Bono got a copy of Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About yesterday from Stephen, when they were filming the annual Christmas Busk to raise funds for the Simon Community (who work tirelessly to aid […]
Three Men Talking – Now available in the shop on this site!
This limited edition 10th anniversary publication of Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About is now available in the shop on this site. You can visit the SHOP menu above or click here to go directly to it. It contains new forewords by myself, Colm & Stephen, several never-before-seen photos, as well as […]
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 on Arena on RTE Radio 1
Myself and Colm were on the flagship arts show Arena, on our national broadcaster RTE Radio 1, to talk about the 10th anniversary edition of the book, as well as the new audio recording of the play. It was a great chat with host Sean Rocks, who is a long time fan of the play. […]