Holyhead writer and performer Gillian Brownson recites a poem from the perspective of Mynydd Twr or Holyhead Mountain, exploring the deep slow time of a mountain and its view of the world about.
Holyhead Mountain | Poem | Creative Practice
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Holyhead writer and performer, Gillian Brownson, performs the heroic actions and achievements of one of RMS Leinster’s few female survivors, Mary Coffey.
RMS Leinster | Monologue | Holyhead
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Holyhead writer and performer Gillian Brownson presents a poem about Billy-in-the-Bowl and the woman who fought for him.
Holyhead | Disability | Love
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Holyhead writer and performer Gillian Brownson recites a poem focused on the mingled stories of the Dutch Poniard, a dagger held at the Holyhead Maritime Museum, and a Holyhead woman by the name of Evelyn Hughes who had cherished the Poniard, given to her for safe keeping, for ov
Poem | Holyhead Maritime Museum | Creative Practice
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The Irish Sea basin forms a distinct network of histories, economies, and identities. Discover five Celtic port towns in Wales and Ireland that are connected and intertwined by the ferry routes that serve them: Holyhead, Fishguard, Pembroke Dock, Rosslare Harbour and Dublin Port.
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There’s an island in North Wales called Caergybi, which is surrounded by a sea of stories, where Mermaids and Wildlife alike find their way to the rugged beaches of its shores, and where the people of the town live brave and bold. The Mermaid’s Purse & other Stories is a small co
Creative writing | Book of poetry | Art
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“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” ― Rudyard Kipling. I love visiting Museums. You’ll always hear Writers and Storytellers say that stories, in whatever form, bind us and that we can only really learn how to evolve through our col
Anglesey (Wales) | Netherlands. Koninklijke Marine. Marinierskapel | World War, 1939-1945
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Cynefin, cynefinoedd habitat, accustomed, conversant, familiar, intimate Hiraeth grief, homesickness, longing, nostalgia, wistfulness -Geiriadur Prifysgol Bangor University Cynefin. Roots. Familiar
Poetry | Holyhead (Wales) | Mynydd Twr (Holyhead Mountain)
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There’s an island in North Wales called Caergybi, which is surrounded by a sea of stories, where Mermaids and Wildlife alike find their way to the rugged beaches of its shores, and where the people of the town live brave and bold. The Mermaid’s Purse & other Stories is a small co
Creative writing | Book of poetry | Art
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