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Limerick’s Mike Mac Domhnaill to release ‘Poems for Palestine’ to raise funds for UNICEF

Limerick writer, Mike Mac Domhnaill, examines the suffering of the Palestinian people in his upcoming ‘Poems for Palestine’, which will raise funds for UNICEF

Limerick's Mike Mac Domhnaill 'Poems for Palestine' to raise funds for UNICEF
Mac Domhnaill has written about political issues throughout his career, but the situation in Israel and Palestine has moved him to create this particular work.

Newcastle West‘s Mike Mac Domhnaill will release his upcoming collection, ‘Poems for Palestine’, this September, with all proceeds going to UNICEF.

A prize-winning author, Mac Domhnaill, and Revival Press are publishing a powerful new collection of poetry called Poems for Palestine.

The book examines the suffering of Palestinian people, looking not only at current events but reaching back to earlier conflicts in 1982, 2004, 2006, and 2008.


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Mac Domhnaill has written about political issues throughout his career, but the situation in Israel and Palestine has moved him to create this particular work.

He wanted to document what he sees as ongoing injustices against Palestinian civilians. “The West has become complicit in ethnic cleansing, apartheid and genocide,” says Mac Domhnaill, adding, “This book simply bears witness.”

The Newcastle West Poet and Revival Press will release the book with two special launch events on Friday, September 26, at the People’s Museum of Limerick, and the second launch date in his native Newcastle West on Saturday, October 11, at the Red Door.

Born and living in west Limerick, Mike MacDomhnaill was the winner of the RTÉ Short Story Award 2013. Included in “Poetry as Commemoration” UCD; What Worth the Head, Limerick Anthology; I Live in Michael Hartnett, Ed James Lawlor; The Hong Kong Review; The Stony Thursday Book; Comhar; Feasta. Has broadcast pieces for Sunday Miscellany, RTÉ.

Memorably described by writer and publisher Pádraig Ó Snodaigh as “file engagé” (committed poet) because of his attachment to various causes.

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