The article that stirred up the battle of the Summer Schools in August 2000
In Defence of the GM Hopkins Summer School
Summer Schools and GM Hopkins controversy sweeps the country
Hopkins School Artistic Director has the last word
McKenna, Sculptor, playwright, poet.
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The
GOLDEN Echo,
The GM HOPKINS Newsletter
Spring 2000, Editor: Ann Edghill Issue
5,
Summer School 1999 - American Ambassador opens
of the Hopkins Lane, Hopkins Day at NUI Maynooth. Read a Russian visitor's
view of the Summer School, also views of other visitors. In Autumn `99,
the Hopkins Society joined with the James Joyce Centre in Dublin to host
Swedish pianist, Hans Palsson in the National Concert Hall, conferring
of an honorary doctorate on Hugh Kenner, loyal friend of the School,
Hugh Kenner.
HOPKINS 2000 - and Summer Schools in General
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THIRTEEN years of the Hopkins Festival in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, has brought to maturity one of Europe's most exciting cultural forums. Each year, the number of Irish people attending grows, as does the cohort of overseas visitors, . . . Read this lively preview of Hopkins 2000 and other Irish Summer Schools Best
festival yet THE 13th annual Gerard Manley Hopkins festival got underway on Saturday last with an art exhibition by sculptor James McKenna. The festival continues until the end of this week with lectures and social events going on in the town every day and evening. See why HOPKINS 2000 was the best festival yet Monasterevin
celebrates being a cultural capital For seven days the town became the capital of the cultural world as delegates from 23 countries gathered to celebrate the genius of poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. This was HOPKINS 2000 work among bigBy James Healy, The Leinster Leader, Thursday 3 August 2000 This year's Hopkins Summer school had as one of its main talking points a huge McKenna sculpture displayed outside the front door of the assembly building. The work showed a larger than life horse and ride and was titled Oisin Caught In A Time Warp. Find out more about Oisin in a Time Warp Festival
becomes a Network of the Friendliest, most talented regulars
Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the International Summer School at Monasterevin are the regulars. By regulars I mean the enthusiasts an poets who arrive year in year out and bring with them a friendliness and informality that makes each gathering very special. |
SUMMER 2000, when the Battle of the Summer Schools gripped the country
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Schools and Scholars in Pubs Where would we be without the summer schools? Yeats, Merriman, Humbert, McGill, Parnell, Hewitt, Hopkins, Goldsmith, Greaves - does anyone know how many there are in total? What would the newspapers do if they couldn't fill columns with summaries of the lectures given in them? Read the article that sparked controversy in Summer 2000
`Mr. Maye's reasoning would of course
close not only all summer schools but most universities as well
. . . Was Mr. Maye right? Get the full picture here. A tongue-in-cheek reply to Mr. Maye's 'disparagement of Irish Summer Schools ! A
Word in defence of G.M. Hopkins . . . This is not to run down poor Ger Hopkins or his poetry. Many a man might catch the morning morning's minion and not have the guts to admit it. Most of us get fed up with sinner's ways prospering. It is just that the poetry of Hopkins doesn't appeal to everyone. . . The arguments are all set out clearly Monasterevin
Festival Embroiled in Controversy
Monasterevin's world famous poetry festival is at the centre of a controversy this week in the national press. The disagreement is perhaps more a clash of ideas than a controversy but it has provoke strong feeling on both sides. More thoughts on the poets, Summer Schools and GM Hopkins controversy sweeping through the country The
Battle of the Summer Schools Rages On
`Mr. Egan misrepresented what I wrote . . . I like Hopkins's poetry . . .` Decide for yourself. This is not to run down poor Ger Hopkins or his poetry. Many a man might catch the morning morning's minion and not have the guts to admit it. Most of us get fed up with sinner's ways prospering. It is just that the poetry of Hopkins doesn't appeal to everyone. You can read the full letter here. The
last word on this battle of the Summer Schools ` Timing - as Mr Glacken well knows - is all-important: in poetry, as in life'. |
AUTUMN 2000 SAW THE DEATH of JAMES McKENNA, CREATOR of the HOPKINS MONUMENT
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of Sculptor James McKenna
The sculptor, playwright and poet, James McKenna, has died at his home in Kildare. He was 67. One of the foremost Irish figurative sculptors of the 20th century, he is best known for . . . James
McKenna,Sculptor, playwright and poet with a total commitment to
the arts James McKenna, who died 3, on October 10th aged 67, was a genuine Renaissance man. A highly regarded sculptor, he was also a noted playwright, poet and occasional polemicist, Read critical assessment of James McKenna, Sculptor. Death
of one of Ireland's best artists
An account of the life and death of James McKenna, sculptor, who died on October 10, 2000 |
