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This contemporary event engages with the poems lack of regard for stereotypes, it\u2019s bawdy yet non-offensive humour &amp; it\u2019s affirmation of the rights of women to wholesome sex. Issues that arise in this contemporary event include: Where are the good men, gender equality &amp; the state of the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><strong>A Midnight Court Sitting: Kilfenora<\/strong>, takes the form of a multi disciplinary socially engaged event that combines performative action, laughter, conversation, dance, poetry, song, language &amp; audience participation to explore Ireland\u2019s position as feminine principal, taken from Poblacht na h\u00c9irean. Ireland, the woman, will take the guise of Brian Merriman\u2019s Giant Hag as Queen Aoibheal, in the Aisling poem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Local groups including Ennistymon Day Care Centre Groups for older people from Kilfenora, Ennistymon, Milltown Malby &amp; Lahinch, Ennistymon Mens Shed &amp; learners from The College of FET Ennistymon Campus will have participated in<strong> 12 days of<\/strong> <strong>Midnight Court Workshops\u00a0<\/strong>during the month before the event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Date: 24th October<\/span><br \/><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Time: 6pm &#8211; 7.30pm\u00a0<\/span><br \/>Location: <span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Kilfenora Community Hall<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":33559,"template":"","class_list":["post-33558","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>A Midnight Court Sitting: Kilfenora - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Midnight Court Sitting is a participatory performance event devised &amp; directed by Maeve Collins.\" \/>\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\/a-midnight-court-sitting-kilfenora\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Midnight Court Sitting: Kilfenora - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Midnight Court Sitting is a participatory performance event devised &amp; directed by Maeve Collins. 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