I attended an event with good friends recently, at St Comgall’s, Ionad Eileen Howell, as part of the Belfast Imagine Festival that truly opened my mind to the philosophy and imagination of John Moriarty, an Irish mystic and thinker and I am almost ashamed to admit I had never heard of before the evening. What unfolded between 7.30pm and 11pm was not simply an event, but a deeply moving exploration of Ireland’s spiritual and cultural landscape through story, music, poetry and reflection. The event was called ‘ Invoking Ireland “ based on one of Moriarty’s books which was highly recommended, by all the performers.
