When actor, playwright and comedian Seamus O'Rourke first published Standing in Gaps in 2020 it found a wide audience amongst readers in rural Ireland. With a distinct talent for seeing the absurd in the ordinary, mundane lives of people who 'had nothing better to be at' and making it hilarious, Standing in Gaps manages to turn back time and transport the listener to a place where everything moved slowly – and in the Leitrim of the '60s, '70s and '80s, that means really slowly. Step back to the
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Author Seamus O'Rourke on being "good feeders" around the dinner table when they were young in conversation with beef editor Adam Woods. #Ploughing2024 | Irish Farmers Journal
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"Rescued Time" is a well-known poem by Irish writer and actor Seamus O'Rourke that contemplates the idea of stopping time to return to a perfect, cherished moment from the past. The piece explores the power of memory and the desire to revisit specific points in time, free from the hurry of modern life. #SeamusORourke #rescuedtime #lovelyleitrim #leitrim | Irish Ballads
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"I'm sore in head from lying in bed and politely saying, "we'll get there"" Leitrim actor and writer Seamus O'Rourke performs 'Away goes McGinty', a poem about being fed up of our own four walls! #LateLate | The Late Late Show
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"And Raidio Éireann was playing their song..." Leitrim's finest Seamus O'Rourke as heard on CountryWide RTE Radio 1 - check his dates at seamusorourke.com | RTÉ Radio 1
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"And these same men were good men, our neighbours. These bachelor men. Men who never married men or women." Writer Seamus O'Rourke performs 'Coming Out' on #Countrywide. | RTÉ Radio 1
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