Saturday 27th July 2024
Location: Kells Priory Kells Co. Kilkenny.
Ben MacCaoilte – Lifting The Gate

Ben MacCaoilte grew up in Dunamaggin and his unique blend of performance poetry, story, and music combine in this bilingual journey through time, memory, and nostalgia.

Wrapped in the warm sounds of the harp and fiddle, audiences will be invited to lift the metaphorical gate and approach the well of memory, accompanied by those in our lives who exist now in memory alone. As we slip between song and story, Irish and English, this mesmerising and immersive event encourages you to embrace vulnerability, humanity, and your own personal history.

Ben MacCaoilte is a bilingual poet writing and performing in both Irish and English. Over the last year he has been touring with his poetry performance show, Lifting the Gate which to date has travelled to venues across Ireland,the UK and Europe including Smock Alley Scene and Heard, Cork World Book Fest, Ó Bhéal, Power of Words Festival,Ekphrasis Project in conjunction with Waterford Gallery of Art, Dr. Martin Shaws Medicine House Tour, Stephen James Smith So Say So Sessions with Basciville, The Bath Festival UK, The International Literary Festival Dublin and the Culturel Centre Irlandais in Paris as well as Guest Poet at Spoken Word Paris to name a few. Ben had the pleasure of supporting Declan O Rourke on his Irish Tour 2023. Ben’s work has been published in a variety of journals and publications including The Waxed Lemon and Much More Than Words. Ben’s work explores the power of memory, our connection to place, and the stories that thrive within them.
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