Room to Rhyme National Concert Hall

In 1968, Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley and Davy Hammond went on a tour around Northern Ireland, reciting poems and singing songs. They travelled under the banner of Room to Rhyme.

ROOM TO RHYME is a celebration of those great poets and that great singer, hence the title of this event.

Artists featured are:- Steve Cooney + Susan McKeown; Breanndán Ó Beaglaíoch + Dairéna Ní Chinnéide (poet); Colm Broderick + Áine Uí Cheallaigh; Neil Martin + Derbhle Crotty— 2 poems,  1 by Heaney + 1 by Longley+ lament by Colm Mac Con Iomaire for Heaney, Longley, Hammond; Liam Ó Maonlaí + David Power; Aisling Lyons + Moya Cannon (poet);An Chéad Ghlúin Eile + Annemarie Ní Churreáin (poet); Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin + Brigid Mae Power; Andy Irvine + MayKay