Revival Press invite you to the launch of WHERE I’M FROM a new collection of poetry from Sheila Fitzpatrick O’Donnell FRIDAY 26th MAY 2023 7.30pm The People’s Museum of Limerick 2 Pery Square, Limerick Launch by Mairtin O Briain This book is much more than a snippet of a poet’s memoir, as exemplified in the title poem, wherein the poet explores the Limerick of a church-ruled childhood with its rebel adolescence and detail of place; followed by poems of protest, social injustice, homage and the poet’s enlightenment in the God Pod of Glenstal and Shanagolden. The book is further strengthened...
2023 Fingal Poetry Prize and An Fiach Dubh Competitions
The Fingal Poetry Prize and An Fiach Dubh Competitions 2023 are open to national and international writers. Entries can be made online from May 1st and will close at midnight on June 30th, 2023. We welcome entries from people of all ages and all levels of writing experience. The winners of each competition will receive €500 with awards of €300 and €200 for 2nd and 3rd place. Winning poets will be invited to an awards ceremony in Skerries on September 16th as part of this year’s Fingal Poetry Festival. The Fingal Poetry Prize is open to poems in the English language, judged by Jessica Traynor and sponsored by DHL Ireland. Full details are available here: https://fingalpoetryfestival.com/poetry-competitions/ An Fiach Dubh is open to poems in the Irish language, judged...
The Poetry Circle presents a reading with 3 poets. Wed 26th April 2023
The Poetry Circle in association with April is Poetry Month in Limerick presents A reading with 3 poets Edward O’Dwyer, Frances Browner and John Liddy Wed 26th April 2023 7.30pm The People’s Museum of Limerick, 2 Pary Sq., Limerick. Edward O’Dwyer is from Limerick, Ireland, and writes poetry and fiction. His most recent book, Cheat Sheets, was published by Truth Serum Press (2018) and features on The Lonely Crowd journal’s ‘Best Books of 2018’ list. His third collection of poems from Salmon Poetry is due in 2020, entitled Exquisite Prisons. The collection The Rain on Cruise’s Street (2014) was Highly...
Poet Niamh Twomey Announced as Winner of The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2023
Co Clare poet Niamh Twomey was announced the winner, with her poem ‘Airmead in the Glen’, of the Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2023 by competition judge Eleanor Hooker last night at the Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading held in The People’s Museum of Limerick. Eleanor Hooker said about the winning poem: ‘Airmead in the Glen’, the poem I’ve selected as the winning poem, is a beautifully balanced poem – grief at sibling loss and the powerful affirmation of the healing power of nature is told in the myth of Airmead. Airmead was the Celtic goddess of healing and a member of...
The Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading 2023
The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents As part of April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2023 – The Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading Wed 19th April at The People’s Museum of Limerick, Pery Square. Start 7.30pm This reading commemorates the late Limerick poet Desmond O’Grady. O’Grady, was born in Limerick in 1935, started writing poetry in his teens. This early work was strongly influenced by TS Eliot and Ezra Pound, whose poems he encountered at weekly meetings of the Limerick Poetry Circle in the White House Bar. At the age of 19 he moved to Paris to teach English at the Berlitz School...
Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading Wed 19th April 2023
The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents As part of April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2023 The Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading Wed 19th April at The People’s Museum of Limerick, Pery Square. Start 7.30pm This reading commemorates the late Limerick poet Desmond O’Grady. O’Grady, was born in Limerick in 1935, started writing poetry in his teens. This early work was strongly influenced by TS Eliot and Ezra Pound, whose poems he encountered at weekly meetings of the Limerick Poetry Circle in the White House Bar. At the age of 19 he moved to Paris to teach English at the Berlitz School...
Book Launch: Songs for Older Life by Ron Carey. Fri 14th April 2023
Revival Press invite you to the launch of Songs for Older Life by Ron Carey Fri 14th April 2023 7.30pm The People’s Museum of Limerick, Pery Sq., Limerick. The book will be launched by Greg Carey. Ron Carey’s latest book celebrates the power of creativity in older life. It is a book of wonderful, compelling poetry, complemented by the stories and struggles of creative men and women. People like Mary Wesley, whose novel The Camomile Lawn, written when she was 70, scandalised British society with its attitude to sex. Laura Ingalls Wilder who wrote her first book, Little House in...
‘On the Nail’ Reading with Anne Donnellan, Eoin Devereux & Stan Notte. Wed 12th April 2023
April is Poetry Month in Limerick in association with ‘On the Nail’ Literary gathering A Reading with Three Poets. Anne Donnellan, Eoin Devereux and Stan Notte The People’s Museum of Limerick, 2 Pery Square, Limerick 7.30pm. FREE ENTRY. Anne Donnellan grew up in the countryside outside Ennis, County Clare. She has lived and worked in Galway for over forty years. Anne’s earliest background was in primary teaching. Her post graduate studies in Law and International Human Rights lead her to lifelong advocacy works in solidarity and justice issues ranging from the progression of age friendly local policy to serving on...
Book launch: This Deluge of Words by Michael Durack Fri 7th April
Michael Durack’s third collection of poetry This Deluge of Words will be launched Fri 7th April at the People’s Museum of Limerick 7.30pm. The launch will be performed by poet D’or Selfer. Michael Durack’s humanity and generosity of spirit are evident in all his poems, leaving the reader nodding in agreement, often with a broad smile. He acknowledges that poetry need not always be serious, but he treats every theme with characteristic compassion. = Fiona Clark-Echlin Durack’s voice is engaging, clear and compelling – a poet attuned to those singular moments that both intrigue and inform us, often years and...
April is Poetry Month in Limerick – A Reading with Three Poets
The Poetry Circle presents as part of April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2023 A reading with three poets Wed 5th April 2023 Jim Burke, Imelda Maguire and Anton Floyd 7.30pm The People’s Museum of Limerick, 2 Pery Sq., Limerick Jim Burke lives in Limerick, Ireland, and, with John Liddy, was Co-founder in 1975 of The Stony Thursday Book, making the publication one of the longest-running literary journals in Ireland. He completed his MFA in Creative Writing in Manchester Metropolitan University in 2018. Imelda Maguire was born in Kildare, grew up in Limerick, and now lives in Co. Donegal. She...