Hi all, Lee Sheridan here. Just a few updates to share with you. This is an exciting time to be a Pat Ingoldsby fan. I've been invited to read at the launch of Pat's latest work, a posthumous collection titled Out of the Blue... Pink , which has been compiled by Vivienne Baillie and features 300 unpublished poems. The book will be launched in Chapters Book Store on the 30th of October at 7 p.m. Also at the launch will be Jan Brierton , Steve O'Toole , and Brush Shiels  of Sk

One Good Sparkle - Album Cover Hello all, Just a quick update regarding our campaign to raise money for One Good Sparkle , a spoken word album based on the poetry of Pat Ingoldsby. As mentioned in our previous blog, we are looking for €6000 to produce this album. We are now adding the option to receive a reward for your donation. There is the option to pre-order a physical copy of the album. To pre-order a CD, please visit our shop here: DISCLAIMER : By pre-ordering this item

One Good Sparkle Hi there, Lee Sheridan from Luain Press here. Established in 2022, we promote the work of emerging artists and writers. Though we tend to focus on written poetry, we also believe in the power and beauty of the spoken word. Pat Ingoldsby  (25 August 1942 – 1 March 2025) was an Irish poet and television presenter. He initiated and hosted children's television shows that became hugely popular, performed his poems in venues throughout Ireland, wrote plays for the

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'Reverie' by Lee Sheridan came joint-second in The Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter's Flash Fiction Competition on the 19/10/24. The...