The People’s Museum of Limerick is set to come alive with the enchanting power of poetry on Thursday, July 27th, 2023, at 7:30pm. The Poetry Circle, in collaboration with the Limerick Writers’ Centre, proudly presents an evening of poetic expressions, featuring renowned poets Richard W. Halperin, Sheila Fitzpatrick O’Donnell, and Breda Spaight. The event will take place at the welcoming People’s Museum of Limerick, located at 2 Pery Sq., Limerick. The highlight of the evening will be captivating readings by the three distinguished poets, whose unique voices have garnered international acclaim. Richard W. Halperin, an Irish American poet, has gained...
Launch of ‘Our House, Delirious’ New Prose and Poetry Book by Cahir Writer, Margaret Galvin published by Revival Press, Limerick.
Launch of ‘Our House, Delirious’ New Prose and Poetry Book by Cahir Writer, Margaret Galvin published by Revival Press, Limerick. Join a Celebratory Evening of Story Telling and Music Cahir House Hotel, Wed 28 June 2023, 7.30pm Cahir writer, Margaret Galvin’s sixth collection, Our House, Delirious, published by Revival Press, Limerick will be launched at Cahir House Hotel on Wednesday 28 June at 7.30pm. The evening will feature short extracts, read aloud by Margaret Galvin and other guests, interspersed with musical entertainment. All are welcome. Margaret Galvin’s previous poetry collection, The Finer Points, published in 2019 by Cahir Historical Society certainly...
Finnish Born Songwriter is Special Guest at June Acoustic Club
The Acoustic Club @ Record Room, The Commercial Bar, 47 Catherine Street, Limerick TUES 20th June 2023 8.30pm Songwriter Open-Mic Plus Special Guest songwriter Jenny Räisänen,. Prepare for a captivating summer evening as The Acoustic Club, renowned for its songwriter open-mic sessions, gears up to present a remarkable event on June 20th at the prestigious Record Room, nestled within The Commercial Bar on Catherine Street in Limerick. This special occasion will feature a truly exceptional guest artist, Jenny Räisänen, who has her roots in Finland but has found her artistic haven in Limerick, Ireland. Jenny’s musical journey has been profoundly influenced...
POET JOHN LIDDY FORGES UNIQUE COLLABORATION WITH VIETNAMESE POET TRAN NHUAN MINH
Irish poet John Liddy, known for his works in Limerick and Madrid, embarked on a unique collaboration during his visit earlier this year to Halong, Vietnam. It was a historic occasion for the Irish poet and made even more special when John, as far as he is aware, became the first Irish poet to have his work translated and published in a Vietnamese journal. The meeting between John Liddy and Tran Nhuan Minh was made possible by Mark Ullyses, the editor of Live Encounters magazine. Mark connected John with Nguyen Thuy Hoa, the Director of The Voice of Vietnam, the country’s national radio station...
The Road That Rises – A Reading at City Library
TUESDAY 23rd May 1.00pm to 2.00pm at Limerick City Library, Barrow House, Michael St., Limerick a reading will take place from the book ”The Road that Rises.” Readers Dermot Hayes, ghost writer Breda Shannon and Dominic Taylor. Dermot Hayes is a a community activist and is actively involved in the areas of inequality, racism, and in supporting the right to a standard of living where one can have a say. This has led Dermot into trade unionism, disability activism, campaigns around Travellers, and the environment. The Road that Rises’ is a memoir from Dermot Hayes, formerly of Kells, Corofin and...
BOOK LAUNCH: ‘Where I’m From’ by Sheila Fitzpatrick O’Donnell
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...