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Neil McCarthy

I've said it once, I'll say it again, but it goes without saying...

About Me

The poet McCarthy hates talking about himself in the third person, but... he lives in the west of Ireland where he works for his employers, his sins, his mistakes and those bunch of bastards that send him credit card bills every month. It's not all doom and gloom and in recent years his poetry has travelled with him around the world, popping up in the occasional journal, magazine and anthology. In 2005 he hosted The Voice and The Verse series of performances in Galway and in 2006 he dug from Australia clean through to Ireland to start all over again. Maverick Press was launched along with fellow partner in (c)rymhe, Stephen Murray. No, Stephen Murray wasn't launched, but fair play to him, he did the bulk of the work. In 2007 The Voice & The Verse featured at The Prague Fringe Festival and who knows what will happen in the future ladies and gents. Who knows, I ask ya.

My Interests

Poetry. Words. Football. Treehouses. Guinness. Girls. Giggles.

I'd like to meet:

Lord Lucan's travel agent. Or a salsa dancing eskimo.

Music:

Ask and I'll tell you. But I've pretty much figured that by filling in this bit, you put yourself out there for every band under the sun to request your 'friendship' so that they can advertise their crap on your site. These people should be beaten with a stick.

Movies:

As Good as It Gets "Where'd you learn to talk like that? Some Panama-City-sailor-wanna-hump-hump bar? Go sell crazy somewhere else, we're all stocked up here."

Television:

It has to be Jack Bauer.

Books:

Too many to mention. Though Brendan Kennelly's 'The Man Made of Rain' is now high up in my charts. Also, get a copy of Marion Moynihan's 'The Moon's Daughter'. I reckon she's a cracking poet; Billy Ramsell's 'Complicated Pleasures' along with Dave Lordan's 'The Boy in the Ring' are also musts for the collection.

Heroes:

MacGuyver. Dylan Thomas. The volunteers at the Prague Fringe Fest. Treehugger Dan. He-Man. Hugh Heffner. Angela McKenna, Mr. Murray, Mr. Songs. Mr Rynhart. Mad-dog. The fine poets and general good people of Prague. Eskimoes. My nephews. Who else?

My Blog

Book Launch ’Seven Cities’

I'll be launching a new book - 'Seven Cities' on Friday May 9th @ 8pm upstairs in Sheridan's Wine Bar in Galway. Everyone's welcome. There'll be a few tunes from Mr David Rynhart (if he's over jetlag ...
Posted by Neil McCarthy on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:36:00 PST

Teatro Real

Teatro Real As Portugal prays for our weather, the only wildfires in Ireland spill from the clubs onto O’Connell Street in the early hours, teeth clenched, fists drawn, mouths ablaze, the shado...
Posted by Neil McCarthy on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:40:00 PST

Prague, Budapest, Krakow and beyond...

I'll be posting details soon of the upcoming tour in May featuring poems from myself and Stephen Murray, and music from Niall Connolly and David Rynhart. So far we have booked gigs in Budapest, Cluj N...
Posted by Neil McCarthy on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:19:00 PST

God closing His hand

At the end of a day when your much anticipated registered letterturned out to be a summons(and not the Arts Council Grant we've been naively waiting for),I confess a smile to the bathroom mirror, popp...
Posted by Neil McCarthy on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:30:00 PST