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Palestine: The Flotilla and Beyond – Sarah Clancy and Gráinnemir Abualrob in conversation with Susannah Dickie

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Panel Discussion 


Palestine: The Flotilla and Beyond – Sarah Clancy and Gráinnemir Abualrob in conversation with Susannah Dickie

Tuesday 28 July 2026 | 7.00pm | £12.00
Sarah Clancy has published three poetry collections, Stacey and the Mechanical Bull (Lapwing Press 2011), Thanks for Nothing, Hippies (Salmon Poetry 2012), and The Truth and Other Stories (Salmon Poetry 2014), and has had her work published in Queering the Green (The Lifeboat 2022) and ‘The Art of Place – People and Landscape of County Clare’ (Liffey Press 2021). Her work has been published and anthologised in Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Slovenia, Spain, Poland, the USA and Italy. In 2025, she had the life changing opportunity to take part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civil society attempt to break the illegal Israeli siege on Gaza. 
Gráinnemir Abualrob is a Dublin-based Palestinian Actor, Workshop Facilitator, and writer, who completed a four-year programme at The Freedom Theatre in the Jenin refugee camp, Palestine. During their early years at the Freedom Theatre, they joined both the 2nd and 3rd generations of the school, focused on Theatre Studies and Cultural Resistance, a form of resistance that emphasises the importance of art as a powerful way to fight and confront oppression in all its forms. In 2025 with a group of Irish artists/activists Gráinnemir established Cairde Amharclann na Saoirse in Éirinn (The Friends of The Freedom Theatre Ireland). 
Susannah Dickie is a poet and novelist. Her prizes include the inaugural Irish Pen Heaney Award.

Réalta

Shows

Réalta, the dynamic Belfast-based traditional group, are an exciting act on the Irish music scene earning stellar reviews for their live performances and innovative approach to traditional melodies. Irish Music Magazine described their debut ‘Open The Door For Three’ as “A full-bodied pipe and whistle extravaganza” and summarised their follow-up album ‘Clear Skies’ by writing “Réalta have grown bigger, bolder and braver and this is one of the best CDs to have come out of Ireland this year!”. For their most recent release ‘Thing of the Earth’, Irish Music Magazine confirmed “Réalta have a sound all of their own – exciting, dynamic and addictive”.

Réalta have toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia and North America and their unique approach to the genre have made them a festival favourite. Featuring dual uilleann pipes, whistles, guitars, mandolin, bodhrán and fiddle, the band's infectious energy, impressive musicianship, creativity and deep love for the music is evident throughout every performance.

Listeners can expect to journey through energetic reels, rhythmic jigs, soulful airs and thought-provoking songs… blending words and melodies from sources both old and new.