Patsy Horton

Cultural Programmer, The Linen Hall (Library, Museum & Archive), Belfast

[The Linen Hall @thelinenhall]

Many thanks to artist Michael Rong-Gen Yin who gave us all a fascinating insight into his creative process this afternoon at The Linen Hall to launch the Blossom: Contemporary Chinese Painting exhibition and to kick start Culture Night Belfast.

The exhibition will now run until 4th November and is free to attend in our vertical gallery.

Please visit our site for more information: https://t.co/lLYgjbNBAc

#LinenHall #OpeningMinds #Belfast #CultureNight #OneNightForAll #OícheDárSaol

[President of Ireland @PresidentIRL]

President Michael D. Higgins this morning conferred the honour of Saoi of Aosdána on the poet Paul Muldoon at a ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin. The President presented Paul with the symbol of the office of Saoi, the gold Torc. Read more at https://t.co/TPtdrzVP92

[The Linen Hall @thelinenhall]

Many thanks to Dr Jennifer Orr who took to the stage today to deliver our 10th annual Andrew Gibson Memorial Lecture. Jennifer provided an insightful talk examining the poetic influence of the Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson on the work of James Orr of Ballycarry and Samuel Thomson of Templepatrick.

If you would like to attend future talks held at The Linen Hall, across a wide range of subjects from the arts to politics and beyond, please visit the What’s On section of our website:

https://t.co/8IR19qdjNe

#LinenHall #OpeningMinds #Belfast

[The Linen Hall @thelinenhall]

The Linen Hall is thrilled and honoured to announce that UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage will make an exclusive Belfast visit to the library when he embarks on the next ‘L to M’ leg of his ten-year tour of the UK’s libraries. The Linen Hall has been selected as one of the libraries representing the letter ‘L’ and will be the finale of the 2025 tour.

#LinenHall #OpeningMinds #Belfast

[Patsy Horton @Patsy1Horton]

@JordanDunbar10 @BBCSpotlightNI Congratulations! Brilliant news and well deserved.

[The Linen Hall @thelinenhall]

@SoundOfBelfast visit The Linen Hall with the wonderful @lillavargen who will be playing an intimate set here on:

8th of November
7:30pm - 9:30pm
£15.00

For more information and to book a ticket, please visit:

https://t.co/nlzF9XbOtA

#LinenHall #Belfast #VisitBelfast #soundofbelfast #soundofbelfastfest #sob24

[British Council Northern Ireland @BCouncil_NI]

Fab to celebrate with @poetryjukebox today as the curation comes home to @thelinenhall as part of @BelfastFestival.
The Robert McAdam Comparative Lexicon spans 28 languages from Breton to Sanskrit! -This global curation is supported through the UK-France Spotlight on Culture 🤝🌍

[The Linen Hall @thelinenhall]

Crossing Boundaries: The Celtic Festival of Samhain

Join us to explore Samhain (or Halloween), the festival that marks the beginning of the Celtic year: a time when boundaries are crossed, disguises are worn and games are played to take our minds off what might be lurking outside.

Writer and folklorist Róise Ní Bhaoill will delve into one of the four key festivals of the Celtic calendar, exploring the customs and traditions around Samhain and showing how it became closely associated with witches and ‘Trick or Treating’.

Monday, 28th October, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
£5.00 – £6.50

Please book tickets via the link below:
https://t.co/jTx06HC9Hb

#LinenHall #VisitBelfast #Samhain #Belfast

[The Linen Hall @thelinenhall]

Tuesday was a very special day in the library as we celebrated the launch of the McAdam Lexicon Poetry Jukebox. A huge thank you to our terrific poets, partners and funders and to the wonderfully appreciative audience who helped us celebrate Robert McAdam’s magesterial Comparative Lexicon and its inspirational power and legacy for us all.

The Comparative Lexicon is on display in the library until 31 October and you can visit the McAdam Lexicon Poetry Jukebox on the ground floor of the library until 31 January 2025.

The McAdam Lexicon is a treasure of The Linen Hall. To learn more about the Lexicon and the wider collection, please visit our website via the link below, or come and visit us in Belfast City Centre, Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 5:30pm

The Linen Hall: https://t.co/XGPu67fDYO

Listen to a recording of the event via the @raidiofailte Spotify channel: https://t.co/hKy5SSqM2G

Photographs: Brian Morrison Photography

#LinenHall #Belfast #Poetry #BIAF24
@BelfastFestival @BCouncil_NI @cc_irlandais
@ForasnaGaeilge @ArtsCouncilNI @fr_British @poetryjukebox

[British Council Northern Ireland @BCouncil_NI]

📌As part of @BelfastFestival, The Poetry Jukebox is @thelinenhall 22 Oct - 31 Jan 25.
It features the Robert McAdam Comparative Lexicon (c. 1885) - a treasure of a unique handwritten lexicon of the Irish Language.
Supported through the UK/France Spotlight on Culture
Watch more📽️

[British Council @fr_British]

🎙️📖✍️🌍 Découvrez le Poetry Jukebox du Lexique McAdam à @thelinenhall , Belfast, du 22 octobre 2024 au 31 janvier 2025

@BCouncil_NI @ACNIWriting @ArtsCouncilNI

🎥Retour sur sa précédente exposition au @cc_irlandais à Paris avec les poètes du projet : https://t.co/YOWuRMyhqp

[The Linen Hall @thelinenhall]

Launch of the McAdam Lexicon Poetry Jukebox
22nd October – 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
£5.00

The Linen Hall, in partnership with the Centre Culturel Irlandais and Quotidian, commissioned 10 poets to write a new poem in response to the Robert McAdam Comparative Lexicon and commissioned 10 translations of those poems to create an international curation that spans English, French, Irish and Breton.

Join poets Celia de Fréine, Gail McConnell, Scott McKendry, James Conor Patterson and others as they discuss McAdam’s Lexicon, its legacy and the poetry that it has inspired. Chaired by Maria McManus. This event is part of the Belfast International Arts Festival 2024.

The McAdam Lexicon Poetry Jukebox will be at The Linen Hall from 22 October 2024 to 31 January 2025.
The Robert McAdam Comparative Lexicon (c.1885) is a unique handwritten lexicon of the Irish Language and is one of treasures of The Linen Hall. The Lexicon compares 13,000 Irish headwords with 28 other languages, from Breton to Sanskrit.

This multilingual curation is supported by the British Council’s Spotlight on Culture UK/France programme 2024, and funded by The British Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, through National Lottery funds.

For more information and to book your ticket please follow the link below:

https://t.co/lzYCyxjfzc

#LinenHall #VisitBelfast #Belfast #Poetry

[Patsy Horton @Patsy1Horton]

A horrifying account of mostly male violence against women in NI over the last 4 years.
https://t.co/H8qCTBC2bA

[Arts Council of Northern Ireland @ArtsCouncilNI]

Join @shirleyannemcm, Children’s Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland, this Friday 4th October for an in-conversation event with @WednesdayErskin at @thelinenhall.

During this special event, Shirley will talk about her work and the books that were formative in her reading and writing life.

🎟️Tickets: https://t.co/evoa6LBY2l

[Shirley-Anne Mcmillan @smcmillanwriter]

Some upcoming events. Come and make friendly faces at me! https://t.co/ICgxHqnva9

[Patsy Horton @Patsy1Horton]

@CecileArchives @thelinenhall @CllrAine @MargaretWard1 @FeileBelfast An absolute pleasure to meet you and thank you for a wonderfully engaged and engaging talk.

[Hurchin Home @HurchinHome]

Looking forward to the first launch event for John Hewitt's Rhyming Weavers and other Country Poets of Antrim And Down next week at the John Hewitt Summer School in Armagh: https://t.co/kTwU7htSLi The book is available from Blackstaff Press
https://t.co/RdV33otnBe

[The Linen Hall @thelinenhall]

We're delighted to be hosting a special screening of the powerful @BBCnireland Spotlight documentary Blood on the Dance Floor, followed by a Q&A with its creator @JordanDunbar10 as part of @belfastpride. Free event but booking essential
https://t.co/Z3Ywm6vrjo

[The Linen Hall @thelinenhall]

Artist Deborah Stockdale is offering a workshop on Irish Linen in the library on 25 July. A great opportunity to find out more about Irish Linen and to try your hand at some basic embroidery on linen. Price £15. Numbers limited. Book at the link below:

https://t.co/y1F07cIuUy

[MornaSullivan @mornawriter]

I'm in the 'UlsterScot' supplement with today's Belfast Telegraph with last year's poetry winner - did you see this @MillarTap? This year's Linenhall Ulster-Scots writing competition is now open