{"id":2300,"date":"2017-03-24T09:28:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T09:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2017-03-24T09:28:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T09:28:19","slug":"banter-at-cruinniu-na-casca-160-apr-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/banter-at-cruinniu-na-casca-160-apr-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Banter at Cruinni\u00fa na C\u00e1sca (160, Apr 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cruinniu.rte.ie\/\">Cruinni\u00fa na C\u00e1sca<\/a>\u00a0is a large-scale free festival of creativity which will be held in Dublin and across the country on Easter Monday (April 17). Organised by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rte.ie\/\">RTE<\/a>\u00a0in association with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativeireland.com\/\">Creative Ireland<\/a>, it aims to \u201ccelebrate culture and creativity in contemporary Irish society through a rich variety of live music and dance, coding, theatre, art and music workshops, talks and tastings, readings and screenings, special events and more\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cruinni\u00fa na C\u00e1sca, Creative Ireland \u2502 RT\u00c9\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wA130n_SXUk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As part of the event, Banter will be hosting four sessions in <strong>The Printworks<\/strong> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dublincastle.ie\">Dublin Castle<\/a> about the great GAA novel, the role of critics, the demon drink and an one-on-one interview with someone we\u2019ve been trying to do an one-on-one interview with for some time. Here are the details of the individual discussions \u2013 admission is free, but tickets should be booked in advance using the links below.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cruinniu.rte.ie\/event\/where-is-the-great-gaa-novel\/\">Where is the great GAA novel?<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(11am-noon)<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had reams of factual books on the sports but, apart from the odd reference to togging out for a match or heading to a training session or using the parish pitch as backdrop, Gaelic games rarely turn up in fiction. It\u2019s a rum one, especially given the place which the games have in our national culture. Our senior hurling panel scratch their heads to consider why this is so and dream up just what the great GAA novel might look like. With\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mikemoynihanex\">Michael Moynihan<\/a>\u00a0(sportswriter, The Irish Examiner),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/EnglishRachael\">Rachael English<\/a>\u00a0(novelist and presenter of RTE Radio One\u2019s Morning Ireland),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/eimear_ryan\">Eimear Ryan<\/a>(writer and co-editor Banshee literary journal) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KCsixtyseven\">Kieran Cunningham<\/a>\u00a0(chief sportswriter, Irish Daily Star). Tickets can be booked\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cruinniu-rte.ticketsolve.com\/shows\/873572613\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cruinniu.rte.ie\/event\/everyones-a-critic\/\">Everyone\u2019s a critic<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(1-2pm)<\/p>\n<p>The days of a thumbs up or down from a critic to decide the fate of a new work or project are coming to a close. Between publications cutting back on the number of professional reviewers and the ability of everyone to be a critic online and on social media, the critic is quickly becoming a relic of the past. Yet is there still a need for someone to excercise those critical facilities and provide more than just a listicle or a tweeted review? Where do we find these critics in 2017 and how do they get\u00a0paid? And will arts and culture organisations miss the critic when he or she leaves their free seat for the last time? With\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cristinleach\">Crist\u00edn Leach<\/a>\u00a0(art critic, Sunday Times Ireland),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ianmaleney\">Ian Maleney<\/a>\u00a0(writer and critic for The Wire, The Quietus, The Irish Times and Fallow Media),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MCLAREN_G\">Graham McLaren<\/a>\u00a0(director of the Abbey Theatre) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NadineORegan\">Nadine O\u2019Regan<\/a>\u00a0(arts editor, Sunday Business Post). Tickets can be booked\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cruinniu-rte.ticketsolve.com\/shows\/873572615\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cruinniu.rte.ie\/event\/banter-the-demon-drink\/\">The demon drink<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(3-4pm)<\/p>\n<p>A discussion on the part which drink plays in Irish culture and what the depiction of alcohol tell is about ourselves. And does the relationship between drink and the arts inform and influence a dependency culture when it comes to sponsorship and funding? With\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.taraflynn.ie\/\">Tara Flynn<\/a>\u00a0(actress, comedian and writer),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davelordan.com\/\">Dave Lordan<\/a>\u00a0(writer, poet and dramatist) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rte.ie\/author\/811411-derek-oconnor\/\">Derek O\u2019Connor<\/a>\u00a0(RTE.ie Culture editor). Tickets can be booked\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cruinniu-rte.ticketsolve.com\/shows\/873572616\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cruinniu.rte.ie\/event\/banter-in-conversation-with-fachtna-o-ceallaigh\/\">Fachtna O\u2019Ceallaigh: a life in music<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(5-6pm)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/foc187\">Fachtna O\u2019Ceallaigh<\/a>\u00a0began his career writing about music for The Evening Press, but soon found his way to the other side of the fence. Over his career, the Dubliner has managed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clannad.ie\/\">Clannad<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boomtownrats.co.uk\/\">the Boomtown Rats<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bananarama\">Bananarama<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bothy_Band\">the Bothy Band<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/donallunny.weebly.com\/\">Donal Lunny<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Morrissey\/\">Morrissey<\/a>\u00a0(for seven eventful weeks),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/eamonofficial\">Eamon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rickygervais\">Ricky Gervais<\/a>\u00a0(when he was in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seona_Dancing\">Seona Dancing<\/a>),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dread_Broadcasting_Corporation\">Dread Broadcasting Corporation<\/a>\u00a0and, currently,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.haresquead.com\/\">Hare Squead<\/a>. He\u2019s also been a DJ on the national airwaves and looked after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mother_Records\">U2\u2019s Mother Records<\/a>\u00a0for a spell. A Banter conversation at Criunni\u00fa with one of the few no-nonsense, straight shooting managers in the game who stil has loads to say and do. Tickets can be booked\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cruinniu-rte.ticketsolve.com\/shows\/873572618\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cruinni\u00fa na C\u00e1sca\u00a0is a large-scale free festival of creativity which will be held in Dublin and across the country on Easter Monday (April 17). Organised by\u00a0RTE\u00a0in association with\u00a0Creative Ireland, it aims to \u201ccelebrate culture and creativity in contemporary Irish society through a rich variety of live music and dance, coding, theatre, art and music workshops, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/banter.test\/banter-at-cruinniu-na-casca-160-apr-2017\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Banter at Cruinni\u00fa na C\u00e1sca (160, Apr 2017)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2302,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions\/2302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banter.test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}