yoofs 5 July 2011
I have been all around Ireland in these last few days. I did 2 events at the wonderful West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry and had a great time doing those (the first with actors Niamh Cusack, Tom Hickey, the multi-tasking Peter Sheridan and the fine Senator and Presidential hopeful David Norris, presided over by Sean Rocks of RTE, and then a solo talk I gave in the very fine town library) and meeting the good citizens of the town in general was a treaat. Then after a windy and bumpy car transfer to Cork I took a windy and bumpy bus journey to Kilkenny and spent a lovely night at Langtons Hotel before putting in a day of filming with the Young Irish Filmmakers group based there. The shoot was a delight and all involved just fab to work with from the youngest of the cast (7 or 8 years old) to the crew, who ranged from 14 to 17 years, as well as a few fossils like myself. A joy. There are times when work can be so enjoyable that it doesn’t feel like work at all.
