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Featuring an OPEN MIC for poets, slammers and performers <strong>age 13 &#8211; 18 years<\/strong> with award winning poet <strong>Cormac Mac Gearailt<\/strong>, musician <strong>Matilde Lotti <\/strong>and host <strong>Sheila Ryder.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Slam, perform, rap, read&#8230; the open mic is <strong>yours<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p>DM your name on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wavinwords\/\">@wavinwords<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:library.events@fingal.ie\">library.events@fingal.ie<\/a> and we&#8217;ll get in touch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 14th March 2026 \/ 6 pm &#8211; 8 pm&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>13+ \/ Everyone Welcome&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Culture House Sessions @ The Chapel, Swords Castle.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":40187,"template":"","class_list":["post-40186","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>Wavin&#039; Words: The Springtime Edit - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wavin&#039; Words returns to Swords Castle Chapel this March for another incredible spoken word and music performance.\" \/>\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\/wavin-words-the-springtime-edit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wavin&#039; Words: The Springtime Edit - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wavin&#8217; Words returns to Swords Castle Chapel this March for another incredible spoken word and music performance.&nbsp; Join us for an exciting night of spoken word, poetry and music. 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