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THE popular and idiosyncratic Kavanagh Weekend at Ennis keen starts tonight and continues until Sunday, on the theme of Out of that Childhood Country contributors include John and Tommy McArdle, MacDara Woods and the Armagh Rhymers information from 042.78560... Readings organised by Poetry Ireland include the Northern Irish collective Word of Mouth at Bewleys of Grafton Street on Saturday at 8.00 p.m., and Catherine Phil MacCarthy at the same venue and time next Wednesday.