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Fingal Poetry Festival Podcast

A Pinch of Snow in a Black Velvet Glove by Mary Branley

Season 1, Ep. 2

In this episode, Mary Branley shares the cinematic landscape of Benbulben in Sligo.


The Fingal Poetry Festival takes place between September 15th - 18th. Tickets can be purchased at fingalpoetryfestival.com and at the door.


Write to us on Twitter @fingalpoetry. We’d be delighted if you wrote a tweet-sized poem about how much you love the podcast. Don't forget to tag us in the tweet!


These podcasts were made with the support of funding provided by the Arts Council of Ireland’s Capacity Building Support Scheme.


Fingal Poetry Festival is kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Fingal County Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland, Laureate na nÓg, Fingal Libraries, Leabhair Pháistí Éireann/Children’s Books Ireland, and RTÉ: Supporting The Arts. Our poetry prizes were sponsored by DHL Global Forwarding, and The Progressive Credit Union.     


Produced by Conor Sweetman of C-Suite Studios.


Music from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound.

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