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The event will cater for anyone with an interest in the Irish language, it\u2019s origins and it\u2019s connection with our history and culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Conversation with \u2013 Tim Hannigan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Music with \u2013 Aoife Hammond<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Manch\u00e1n Magan\u00a0is a writer and documentary-maker. He has written books on his travels in Africa, India and South America and two novels. He writes occasionally for\u00a0The Irish Times\u00a0on culture &amp; travel, presents the RT\u00c9 podcast\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchan.com\/radio\"><span>The Almanac of Ireland<\/span><\/a><span>, and is author of the award-winning, best-selling\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchan.com\/32-words-for-field\"><span>Thirty-Two Words for Field<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Gill, 2000), and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchan.com\/listen-to-the-land-speak\"><span>Listen to the Land Speak\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span>(Gill, 2022). His illustrated books include\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchan.com\/treedogs--banshee-fingers\"><span>Tree Dogs, Banshees Fingers and other Irish Words for Nature<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0(Gill, 2021)\u00a0and\u00a0Wolf-men and Water Hounds (Gill, 2023).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He has made dozens of documentaries\u00a0on issues of world culture for TG4, RT\u00c9\u00a0 &amp; Travel Channel. He lives in an oak wood, with bees and hens, in a grass-roofed house near Lough Lene, Co Westmeath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":32729,"template":"","class_list":["post-32728","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Word with Manch\u00e1n Magan - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sligo Central Library will be hosting &#039;The Word&#039; in Sligo Central Library, where Manch\u00e1n Magan, writer and documentary-maker,\u00a0will be joining us to discuss his work.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-word-with-manchan-magan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Word with Manch\u00e1n Magan - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sligo Central Library will be hosting &#8216;The Word&#8217; in Sligo Central Library, where Manch\u00e1n Magan, writer and documentary-maker,\u00a0will be joining us to discuss his work. 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