{"id":641,"date":"2014-09-21T14:41:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T14:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=641"},"modified":"2014-09-21T15:01:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T15:01:02","slug":"a-crazy-week-scottish-turkeys-vote-for-christmas-culture-week-stink-kicked-up-over-banagher-fair-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-crazy-week-scottish-turkeys-vote-for-christmas-culture-week-stink-kicked-up-over-banagher-fair-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"A Crazy Week – Scottish Turkeys Vote for Christmas – Culture Week – Stink Kicked Up Over Banagher Fair – Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Its been a crazy week, a stink has been kicked up over the shit that was raised that led to a man been cautioned for selling HENS<\/a> (yes, that DOES beat banagher!) on the streets of Banagher during the fair, Scotland acted like a turkey voting for Christmas<\/a>, and opted to STAY in the United Kingdom, but on a positive note I got a lot of verses out of both issues, and shred them far and wide on Culture Night with Tullamore Rhymers Club!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Birr >>><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Chocoalte<\/a>We started off on scedule in Birr at Hannas Garden, a unique coffee shop that would be loved on the Tiny House Movement, where we read to the owners, some passing birds and other wildlife! Its a gem of a spot, but we arrived during the quiet period.<\/p>\n

For the second year in a rown, we visited our friends then in the Birr Castle Coffee Shop, where we read to an appreciative audience…<\/p>\n

\"Hannas<\/a>
Hannas Garden in Birr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tullamore >>><\/strong><\/p>\n

We then arrived in Chocolate Browne, who have always been big supporters of Tullamore Rhymers Club, before heading to Hair by Design for an intimate reading to the staff and a lone client!<\/p>\n

Mountmellick >>><\/strong><\/p>\n

By invitation to Poetry Without Pressure in Mountmellick, we arrived en force to an event on its maiden outing where it got a good response in The Druid pub.<\/p>\n

Other Events<\/strong> >>><\/p>\n

In addition to those, the club, sometimes sans moi, done support for\u00a0 a CD launch in aid of Riada House, a launch for the Tullamore Dew centre and also held Scene of the Rhyme as part of the Foundation 14 festival in the town!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Its been a crazy week, a stink has been kicked up over the shit that was raised that led to a man been cautioned for selling HENS (yes, that DOES beat banagher!) on the streets of Banagher during the fair, Scotland acted like a turkey voting for Christmas, and opted …<\/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":[223,439,194,279],"tags":[2360,912,2353,604,917,918,317,916,2358],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-inspired-poetry","category-banagher","category-blog","category-poetry-events-and-readings","tag-banagher","tag-banagher-fair","tag-birr","tag-culture-night","tag-mountmellick","tag-offaly","tag-scene-of-the-rhyme","tag-the-druid-pub","tag-tullamore","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-al","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4243,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/2017-looking-back-on-the-year-that-was\/","url_meta":{"origin":641,"position":0},"title":"2017 – Looking back on the Year that Was","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"29th December 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The year ended in December with my Christmas Reflection in the Galway Eye rounding off a successful year in the arts, which I hope to expand on in the coming year. 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