We Are An Archipelago: Erin Fornoff, Patrick O’Laoghaire, Dominic Mullan & Oisín Walsh-Peelo
- €18
- St Brendan's Church
- 12/07/2026 - 1:00 pm
We Are An Archipelago is a dynamic, performed story, told in poetry, set to live score. It tells the (semi-true) story of ninety-nine year old Bill, who moves back to the little, strange island of his birth, where he meets Deena, a young pregnant woman fleeing a difficult past. Their gentle friendship sustains them as a hurricane – and a baby – arrive simultaneously. Just over an hour long, it is told in three voices, interspersed with songs and musical soundscapes, featuring spoken word performer Erin Fornoff, musician Patrick O’Laoghaire of I Have a Tribe on piano, vocals, and loop pedals, drummer Dominic Mullan of Mary Coughlan Band, and Oisín Walsh-Peelo of The Fynches on about five instruments.
We Are An Archipelago by Erin Fornoff was published as a book by Salmon Poetry in 2025.
‘Ultimately, it’s Fornoff’s show –her evocative and often very funny prose poem brought to life by her entrancing performance.’’ ★★★★. Mick Heaney, The Irish Times
Erin Fornoff is an American-Irish spoken word poet who has done three national tours with Hollie McNish; opened for Hozier and James Taylor; featured at Glastonbury Poetry&Words Stage three times, performed on BBC3 and done commissions for RTE Culture Night at Dublin Castle. Musician Patrick O’Laoghaire has toured with Bon Iver and the Villagers and featured at Other Voices and Sounds from a Safe Harbour, among many other festivals. Dominic Mullan has played with Mary Coughlan and Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones and is central to the Irish jazz scene. Oisín Walsh-Peelo is West-Cork-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger who has toured extensively throughout his career including with the Villagers, Mick Flannery, and the RTE Concert Orchestra.
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Erin Fornoff
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Patrick O’Laoghaire
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Oisín Walsh-Peelo
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