Abstract

The six short pieces that make up Ballintrillick are sonic responses to poems by Tom Morgan whose titles and content refer to an area in Sligo where he spends much of his time. The source material for the six movements, Ballintrillick, Carrig, Gairedearg, Bailebui, Ben Whiskin and Gortnadrung, consists of recordings of Tom reading his poems and of physical objects which are alluded to in the texts. The structure and content of each of the pieces is dictated by the poems on which they are based.