Many of the leaders of
the 1916 Rising were writers and a new website aims to encourage students to
write contemporary poetry on its legacy.
Speaking at the launch
of the website www.1916-2016.net Kerry Women Writers Network member Tralee native Claire O'Mahony
said:
"For Padraig Pearse education was about imaginative engagement rather than indoctrination, the 1916-2016 and Beyond project, Commemorating the 1916 Rising and its Legacy in Poetry aims to imaginatively engage transition year students in the values and ideals of 1916. The students will be tasked with looking at the ideals of the 1916 Rising, in particular the Proclamation, and to consider whether those ideals have been achieved and to devise their own ideals for Ireland 100 years from now. They will then be asked to use these themes as the basis for writing their own poetry in Commemoration of the 1916 Rising and its legacy."
"For Padraig Pearse education was about imaginative engagement rather than indoctrination, the 1916-2016 and Beyond project, Commemorating the 1916 Rising and its Legacy in Poetry aims to imaginatively engage transition year students in the values and ideals of 1916. The students will be tasked with looking at the ideals of the 1916 Rising, in particular the Proclamation, and to consider whether those ideals have been achieved and to devise their own ideals for Ireland 100 years from now. They will then be asked to use these themes as the basis for writing their own poetry in Commemoration of the 1916 Rising and its legacy."
Claire currently teaches
creative writing at Killarney Community College as part of its adult education
programme.
The project is part of the Kerry 2016 Commemorations
and is co funded by Kerry
County Council 2016 and Ireland 2016. For more information on 1916-2016 and Beyond: Commemorating the 1916 Rising and its Legacy in Poetry project Contact Claire at omahonycc@gmail.com
