West Cork Literary Festival Events in Organico Cafe

Evening Events During the week July 3rd - July 9th 2006

Monday 6.30 – 7.30: Launch of an exhibition by Monica Boyle, opened by Hughie O'Donoghue

Tuesday 6.30 – 7.45: An evening of poetry with Leanne O'Sullivan, Micheal McCarthy and Jim O'Donnell (free)

Thursday 6.30 – 7.45: Readings by Celia Bryce and Debbie taylor (free)

Friday 6.30 – 7.45: Music with Ger Wolfe (€10.00 on the door)

Tapas Plates and refreshments served
from 6 pm – 7.30pm every evening

Organico Exhibits Monica Boyle: Inshore

Organico Bantry is delighted to be hosting an exhibition of paintings by Monica Boyle of Beara, Co Cork, which was opened this eveniong by Hughie O'Donaghue. The exhibition is running from the 3rd to the 31st of July. Her paintings are a facinating combination of inkjet and oil, and were described by Hughie in his introduction as 'embodying and expressing the struggle that is an essential part of the Irish landscape'. Hughie congratulated Monica on her representation of that struggle through her work.

Monica describes this exhibition as a record of a 'journey to the interior' in terms both the physical level - they represent the interior landscape of Heir Island - and the emotional level in terms of depicting her deepening relationship with the island and the people who live there.