{"id":1373,"date":"2014-12-19T18:39:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T18:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2014-12-19T18:40:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T18:40:50","slug":"the-gathering-rush-richard-brennan-launches-chapbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-gathering-rush-richard-brennan-launches-chapbook\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gathering Rush &#8211; Richard Brennan Launches Chapbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1374\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Gathering-Rush-by-Richard-Brennan-of-the-Tullamore-Rhymers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1374\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Gathering-Rush-by-Richard-Brennan-of-the-Tullamore-Rhymers-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Gathering Rush - by Richard Brennan of the Tullamore Rhymers\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Gathering-Rush-by-Richard-Brennan-of-the-Tullamore-Rhymers-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Gathering-Rush-by-Richard-Brennan-of-the-Tullamore-Rhymers.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gathering Rush &#8211; by Richard Brennan of the Tullamore Rhymers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>Some folk plan for ages to do a book. Talk lots about it.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, others come and put put books and leave the talkers in the shade.<\/p>\n<p>I am the talker.<\/p>\n<p>One who has left me in the shade, Im glad to report, is fellow Tullamroe Rhymer <b>Richard Brennan<\/b> whose slim volume of poetry as he calles it, titled &#8220;<b>The Gathering Rush<\/b> is being launched tonight in Tullamore<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The venue is the Offaly Crafty venue, in the former Kilroys, a pop up shop for those active in the arts in the county.<\/p>\n<p>Richard has form in supporting local artists, him being the founder and curator of the SCRATCH Gallery in the library in Tullamore a couple of years back.<\/p>\n<p>The book contains all of my favourites from him, and read as good from the page as they do to hear him read them out loud.<\/p>\n<p>Contact his here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.brennan.338\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.brennan.338<\/a> to find out how you can get a copy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some folk plan for ages to do a book. Talk lots about it. In the meantime, others come and put put books and leave the talkers in the shade. I am the talker. One who has left me in the shade, Im glad to report, is fellow Tullamroe Rhymer Richard &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,609],"tags":[1564,375,373,1563,254],"class_list":["post-1373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-books","tag-offaly-crafty","tag-richard-brennan","tag-scratch-gallery","tag-the-gathering-rush","tag-tullamore-rhymers-club","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-m9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":236,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/seeing-beneath-the-surface-at-tullamores-scratch-gallery\/","url_meta":{"origin":1373,"position":0},"title":"Seeing Beneath the Surface at Tullamore&#8217;s &#8220;SCRATCH&#8221; Gallery","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"29th November 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Tullamore's latest artistic endeavor is the brainchild of self proclaimed blow in Richard Brennan, the SCRATCH Gallery in Tullamore Library. 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