Liam Ó Maonlaí

Liam Ó Maonlaí of the Hothouse Flowers who features at the Imbolc gathering in Ballyvourney this weekend and music composer Peadar Ó Riada who spoke at the inaugural Imbolc confernece in 2010, pictured here at the Féile na Laoch Seán Ó Riada commemoration festival in Cúil Aodha last August. Pic: Seán Ó Loingsigh

le Seán Ó Loingsigh

Cuirfear tús le tionól Imbolc san Ionad Cultúrtha i mBaile Bhúirne ar an Aoine bheag seo le ceolchoirm le réalt na Hothouse Flowers Liam Ó Maonlaí.

Beidh Ó Maonlaí mar chainteoir chomh maith ag comhdháil an tionóil i rith an lae Dé Sathairn san Ionad Cultúrtha, áit a labharfaidh ochtar aoichainteoirí in iomláine ar ábhair a bhaineann le téama Inspioráid na Bliana seo.

Cuirfidh an réalteolaí Diarmuid de Búrca, iarchéimí le réaltfhisic in Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh, síos ar na rabhcháin réalt ar a dugtar pulsáir – “na rudaí is iontaí agus is aite sa chruinne,” dar le stiúrthóir Imbolc Tomás Ó hAodha.

by Seán Ó Loingsigh

HOTHOUSE FLOWERS singer and musician Liam Ó Maonlaí is one of eight guest-speakers to address the annual Imbolc conference in the West Cork Gaeltacht area of Baile Bhúirne this weekend.

This is the third Imbolc event organised by Tomás and Bernice Uí Aodha, who invite people from various professions to speak about their work at the one-day conference which is run through the medium of Irish.

The weekend activities get under way in the Ionad Cultúrtha culture centre in Baile Bhúirne this Friday night with a concert featuring the Hot House Flowers frontman.

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