Countrywide - Rita Ann Higgins Poem
Galway poet Rita Ann Higgins is one of Ireland’s best known and most decorated poets- Galway County's Writer-in-Residence in 1987, Writer in Residence at the National University of Ireland, Galway, in 1994-95, Writer in Residence for Offaly County Council in 1998-99, Green Honors Professor at Texas Christian University, in October 2000, a Peadar O'Donnell Award in 1989, several Arts Council bursaries and was made an honorary fellow at Hong Kong Baptist University Nov 2006.And she contributed an exclusive New Year poem to us for this show.http://www.ritaannhiggins.com/
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/countrywide/programmes/2013/0105/361378-countrywide-saturday-5-january-2013/?clipid=970862
