Poetry Reading with Iggy McGovern
Published on 7th October 2015
The life of 19th century mathematician and poet, William Rowan Hamilton, was told through a sequence of sonnets by poet Iggy McGovern and friends Paula Murphy and Noel Duffy at Pearse Street Library 26 February 2015.
William Rown Hamilton (1805-65) was the foremost mathematician of the mid nineteenth century. Iggy McGovern's 'A mystic dream of 4' is a sonnet sequence based on the life and time of this remarkable Irishman.
The event featured as part of the Mind Yourself Programme.
You can listen to the event here (playing time: 49:48 mins):