Brendan played a recording of actor Stephen Rea reciting the Derek Mahon poem, Washing Up.  The recording was originally broadcast as part of the RTÉ Television series Tradfest: the Dublin Sessions.https://www.rte.ie/player/series/tradfest/SI0000008433?epguid=AI10025776-04-0002]The poem is included in Mahon’s last collection, published by Gallery Press.  Details here. [link here: https://gallerypress.com/product/washing-up-derek-mahon/] 

<p>Brendan played a recording of actor Stephen Rea reciting the Derek Mahon poem, Washing Up.  The recording was originally broadcast as part of the RTÉ Television series Tradfest: the Dublin Sessions.https://www.rte.ie/player/series/tradfest/SI0000008433?epguid=AI10025776-04-0002]The poem is included in Mahon’s last collection, published by Gallery Press.  Details here. [link here: https://gallerypress.com/product/washing-up-derek-mahon/]&nbsp;</p>

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