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THE RETURN OF THE RUSTIC BOY - Book Launch Report
ON 28TH MAY MICHAEL CREAGH FROM RATHDOWNEY LAUNCHED HIS MUCH AWAITED 2ND BOOK OF POETRY THE RETURN OF THE RUSTIC BOY. THIS IS ABOOK OF 40 SELF PENNED POEMS,SOME TOUCHING ON LIFE IN AND AROUND HIS NATIVE TOWN OF RATHDOWNEY AND SOME MORE GENERAL SUCH AS THE ONE ABOUT A MAN MICHAEL GREATLY ADMIRES , JOHN HUME. THE LAUNCH TOOK PLACE IN THE SERENE SETTING OF RATHDOWNEY LIBRARY. ABOUT 200 PEOPLE INCLUDING MICHAEL’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS ATTENDED. MICHAEL’S SISTERS AND COUSIN OPENED THE EVENING WITH SOME LOVELY CLOSE HARMONY SINGING. MICHAEL HIMSELF THEN PERFORMED ABOUT 10 OF HIS NEW POEMS. THE GIRLS THEN ROUNDED OFF THE EVENING WITH A FEW MORE SONGS INCLUDING ONE WRITTEN BY RATHDOWNEY NATIVE DANNY HAVERTY ENTITLED LOVELY RATHDOWNEY.
MICHAEL WOULD LIKE TO THANKS TO ANYONE WHO HAS HELPED HIM IN ANY WAY SINCE HE STARTED WORKING ON HIS FIRST BOOK AND UP TO AND INCLUDING THE PRESENT, ALL THE LOCAL MEDIA INCLUDING THE LAOIS VOICE,LEINSTER EXPRESS, THE NATIONALIST, MIDLANDS RADIO 3 FM, AND ALF HARVEY .
CATHRINE FITZPATRICK AT RATHDOWNEY LIBRARY, THOSE WHO HAVE BOUGHT COPIES OF HIS BOOKS,SUPPLIED HIM WITH INFORMATION,GAVE PERMISSION TO ALLOW THEMSELVES OR RELATIVES TO BE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF PARTICULAR POEMS, TO DES WALSH AND ALL THE HELPFUL STAFF AT WALSH PRINTERS, ESPECIALLY ANDREA FOR HER TIME AND PATIENCE HE SAYS A BIG THANK-YOU.
HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK-YOU TO MUIREANN NI CHONAILL AND ALL HER STAFF IN THE ARTS OFFICE OF LAOIS COUNTY COUNCIL WHO RECOGNISED THE MERITS OF HIS WORK BY AWARDING HIM AN ARTS GRANT TO HELP FUND THE PUBLICATION OF THIS HIS (DIFFICULT ! ) 2ND BOOK.
MICHAEL TELL ME HE NOW GETS ASKED TO READ HIS POETRY IN ALL SORTS OF PLACES INCLUDING SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, FESTIVALS, ETC AND IS ALWAYS OPEN TO OFFERS OF WORK!
ONE HAPPY READER WHO BOUGHT A COPY OF HIS FIRST PUBLICATION INFORMED HIM AFTERWARDS “ MICK YOUR BOOK IS VERY GOOD, I KEEP IT IN THE TOILET”!
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IF YOU WISH TO CONTACT MICHAEL TO BUY BOOKS OR TALK ABOUT BOOKING HIM YOU CAN CONTACT HIM AT 087-9407573 OR AT HIS E-MAIL ADDRESS, MERRYMICK@EIRCOM.NET
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