Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity @ Kerry International Film Festival
St. Mary's Church of the Sloes, Kenmare Place, Killarney St. Mary's Church of the Sloes, Kenmare Place, Killarney, Co Kerry, IrelandIrish Premiere: Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity Sunday October 20th 4pm - 6pm at St. Mary’s Church of the Sloes, Kenmare Place, Killarney Shorts - New Narratives + Q&A/Intro About this Event Teen + / 105 min (plus Q&A/Intro) Each of these exciting Irish and International short films plays with narrative structures. This is a unique […]
Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity @ MoLI
Museum of Literature Ireland UCD Newman House, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, IrelandDublin Premiere: In this short film directed and produced by Deirdre Mulrooney, Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter) emulates Lucia Joyce’s magical dance as captured by photographer Berenice Abbott in her iconic 1928 image of the promising young dancer in transformative silver fish costume, inspired by a little-known link with W.B. Yeats. The screening will be followed by a discussion hosted by Simon O’Connor featuring Megan Kennedy, Claire Garvey, Mella Travers, Deirdre Mulrooney and Conor Linehan.
TRUE NORTH @ Richard Harris International Film Festival
Belltable 69 O'Connell Street, Limerick, IrelandTRUE NORTH: Paud Mulrooney’s Irish-Canadian Adventures in Super 8”, is a half-hour film by Deirdre Mulrooney offering a rare window into the life of Native Canadians via an Irish Family who were fortunate enough to share their path in the 70s & 80s.
Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity @ Richard Harris International Film Festival
The Commercial 46 - 47 Catherine Street, Limerick, Irelandvanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter), emulates Lucia’s magical dance as captured by photographer Berenice Abbott in her iconic 1928 image of the promising young dancer in transformative silver fish costume, inspired by a little-known link with WB Yeats...
“Georgie’s Vision” features in Herstory Event at National Library of Ireland
National Library of Ireland Kildare Street, Dublin 2, IrelandGeorge Yeats by John Butler Yeats I'll be speaking about George Yeats, and showing my documentary "Georgie's Vision" (funded by BAI Sound & Vision; broadcast originally as a radio documentary on RTE Lyric FM), as part of this event highlighting some of the extraordinary women in the life of WB Yeats, including Lilly, Lolly, and […]
UCD Festival @ Home/ Coosheen’s Forgotten Seanchai and Son
UCD Festival, which is virtual this year due to Covid 19, will feature my BAI-funded radio documentary which was broadcast on Newstalk, "Coosheen's Forgotten Seanchai and Son", in association with UCD's National Folklore Collection. Deirdre Mulrooney unearths the vernacular magic of forgotten Irish language village Coosheen, County Clare and its unsung storytellers - a special […]
Online Premiere of Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity at Bloomsday Festival June 11 – 16
Bloomsday Festival North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1, IrelandOnline premiere of short dance film "Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity" starring Evanna Lynch as Lucia Joyce at the first ever online Bloomsday Festival
Lucia Joyce Bloomsday 2020 Broadcasts
RTE Lyric FM will re-broadcast my BAI-funded feature radio documentary on Lucia Joyce to tie in with Bloomsday 2020, on Sunday June 14th at 6pm. This will tie in with further virtual events to be announced on Bloomsday itself, June 16th. Watch this space! In the meantime, here is the information on the radio documentary: […]
Think ND Kylemore Book Club: Understanding the Body with WB Yeats and James Joyce
In this segment, Professor Declan Kiberd will situate the series within our current collective experience of the coronavirus pandemic as daily attention is drawn to the vulnerability of our bodies. Introducing readers to two major Irish authors, James Joyce and W.B. Yeats, Kiberd will explain how their work invites readers to interrogate the body and its relationship to the mind, to pain, to history, and to creative expression.