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Enda Reilly writes in English and Irish, plays regularly with the Lazy Band in Dublin and his Irish songs can be heard regularly on Radio na Gaeltachta.Produced an album with The Monaghan Song and Poetry Writers Group recently.Performs "Spoken Word Sung Verse" with Stephen James Smith and an EP will be available in the New Year. http://www.endareilly.com

He Still Can't Believe He's Getting Away With Being Called A 'Poet'! Stephen is a poet from Dublin well known for his powerful recitals bringing a smile and a tear to many a person's face. He has won numerous awards including the Cúirt Literary Festival Grand Slam (Galway) 2009, in 2010 he won the inaugural Writing4all Slam Final. 2007 Stephen was the 'People Choice' winner @ the I am a Lagan tour (featuring 2 time World Poetry Slam Champion Buddy Wakefield, Katie Wirsing and Andrea Gibson) and he was runner up in the All Ireland Slam Final in 2008 and represented Leinster in the BBC Radio 4 Irish Slam Final 2007. Stephen has performed at a variety of festivals including The Dublin Writers' Festival 2010, Cúirt Literary Festival 2008 & 2009, The Electric Picnic 2007 - 2010: The Word Stage & The Arts Council Literary Tent, Vilenica 2009 (Slovenia), Wiersze & Metrze 2010 (Poland).
Stephen also runs the weekly Glór Sessions Dublin which has grown rapidly since its beginnings in 2009 and is now at the heart of spoken word and poetry in Dublin. It has seen some top poets and musicians from Ireland and beyond grace its intimate settings. He has also performed at another events such as Nighthawks @ The Cobalt, The Brown Bread Mixtape, and Ó'Béal (Cork), Welcome to Wormfield (London), to name but a few.
Thus far Stephen has been published in the following editions: Punt Magazine, Baby Beef Heart, Humanize (USA & Spain), Speech Therapy, Air Beletrina (Slovenia), Emergency Verse (UK) and UpStart and he has been translated into Irish, Polish, Slovenian & Spanish. His first collection, titled 'Prenteding to be Happy?' will be out in the not too distant future.
Performances of Stephen's have been featured on the following CD's: Jinx Lennon's National Cancer Strategy, Nighthawks Oxfam EP2, The Brown Bread Mixtapes 'Best of the Batch 2010' The Best of The International Bar Open Mic and he is currently working with Enda Reilly making an eight track CD of old Irish poetry put to music, it is due for release in 2011 and features Colm Ó'Snodaigh of Kila.
"Steve's poems thrill me, energise me, and delight me. Truth rings crystal clear. Don't stop Steve. Don't stop." - Pat Ingoldsby
"Stephen Smith is a ball of hydrogen gas that should be pumped into every household across the land. He knocks seven shades of shite out of all the usual "birds and bees, whey and cheese" nonsense you find at poetry readings. He sounds like he's walking into a forest full of energy vampires blindfolded with a lightsabre swinging in his hand, they might wound him but he ain't going down without a good fight." -- Jinx Lennon

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[seansman]

@mrstephenjamessmith you do ur version too then every1s happy :)



[mrstephenjamessmith]

@seansman haha sorry to be in the way!

[seansman]

Could enda do a cover of that himself he has a great voice would like to hear him properly!!

[daramacgabhann]

You guys have deffinitly caught the Monaghan bug! Great stuff

[mrstephenjamessmith]

@five56 I actually got it from Carrolls on Westmorelands St down stairs for 60 quid.

[five56]

where did you get the ireland top??????

[paulpellicci]

I love Irish poetry and the music, makes me tear up! thanks

[Janzah]

Scruffy old irish men doing poetry and singing songs. It's still hard to get used to. Ain't it?

[endaderoad]

Did Samson ever get a haircut? Ha? .....Oh hang on lemme rethink that....

[theguiltyfolk]

@uiscebot Fecking hippies.