Echoes of the West with Ger Reidy and Diarmuid Moynihan
- Barry Murphy
- Jul 15
- 2 min read
8:00PM – Echoes of the West with Ger Reidy and Diarmaid Moynihan
Ger Reidy and Diarmaid Moynihan come together for an entertaining evening where poetry and music intertwine. The audience will be brought on a journey through landscape, memory and emotion. This unique collaboration captures the rhythm of the west
Ger Reidy’s first collection of poetry, Pictures from a Reservation, was published in 1998. He has been published in many literary journals, both at home and abroad, and has read at numerous festivals, including the Cuirt Festival in Galway in 2016 and in 2010, where his second collection, Drifting under the Moon, was launched. He has received bursaries from the arts council and from Mayo County Council.
His third collection Before Rain was shortlisted for the Piggot Prize and his collection of short stories Jobs for a Wet Day was nominated for the Edge Hill Prize. He has been translated into Turkish and Russian and has won several poetry prizes. His latest poetry collection Clay, was published in April 2024.
Diarmaid Moynihan is regarded as one of Ireland’s most creative uilleann pipers and composers. He was tutored initially by the late Tomás O’ Canainn at the Cork School of Music before developing his own very distinctive style. After founding the groundbreaking band Calico, who released two award winning albums, Diarmaid has gone on to work with many cutting edge folk musicians including Donal Lunny, Alain Stivell, Liam O’ Maonlaí, Guidewires, John Spillane, British jazz pioneers Carmina and many others.
He has long been admired as one of the most lyrical composers working today in Irish Traditional Music and his pieces have been recorded by some of traditional music’s greatest musicians including Lunasa, Flook, Michael McGoldrick, Anxo Lorenzo and Cherish the Ladies. He has appeared on many TV and radio shows and has written the theme music for a number of documentaries on TG4. His most recent contributions to the screen have been to provide music for two Des Kilbane productions, An Croí Trodach and Fists of Bronze based on the extraordinary life of Achill’s own Johnny Kilbane. Diarmaid was a recipient of The Henrich Boll Residency during April 2022, which is awarded to composers across the Arts disciplines to work on new creative pieces at the North Mayo base. He hosts his own world music radio show, The Wandering Minstrel, every Saturday between 5-6 p.m. on www.crcfm.ie
FREE EVENT