Delighted to welcome 25 participants on our Creative Writing Course for Older People with tutor Ron Carey this morning to The Limerick Writers’ Centre. The course now in its third year continues to be in demand, with many people disappointed not to be able to get a place due to limited numbers. The course will commence again in Spring of 2020. we look forward to seeing the work produced in a special anthology in December.
The October ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering
The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents The October 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering Thurs 3rd Oct 2019 at The People’s Museum, Pery Square, Limerick. Start 8pm This month, our guests are Keith Armstrong and Peter Dixon from Newcastle Upon Tyne plus OPEN-MIC! Peter Dixon will talk with Keith with illustrated examples of their work together over the years. Keith Armstrong has worked as a community worker, poet, librarian and publisher. He is coordinator of the Northern Voices Community Projects creative writing and community publishing enterprise. His poetry has been extensively published in magazines such as New Statesman and Poetry Review...
New Book from Limerick Born Author Michael McGrath
Limerick born writer Michael McGrath publishes he debut collection of short stories on the 20th September 7.30 pm at Nelly’s Café, Nicholas Street, Limerick. The collection will be launched by actor, director and playwright Myles Breen. The collection titled All About Town consists of ten short stories, all set in Limerick City and explores a range of genres, each story enters the world of a unique character: from the bedroom of a disaffected youth to the desk of a troubled teacher. This collection of stories is the human reflection of the Georgian and Gothic architecture of Limerick City. Originally published in local and...
New Acoustic Club Double CD to be Launched Tuesday!
The Acoustic Club presents This Is It! – CD Launch Party. Tues 10th Sept 2019 9pm Join us for a rockin’ night as artists from our fourth compilation CD ‘This Is It!’ entertain us with their original songs! All welcome. Launch Dates : Dolores O Riordan’s Dream Festival In Bruff Limerick Friday 6th,Saturday 7th And Sunday 8th September 2019 Charlie Malone’s Bar, Wolfe Tone Street, Limerick Tuesday 10th September 2019 Order you copy now before there all gone.. When there gone there gone.. Only a limited supply available.. Email: eugene.g.nolan@gmail.com See you there on either of the launches where we...
Frank McCourt’s Praise For the First Musical Adaption of His Memoir!
While the musical adaptation of Frank McCourt’s famous book Angela’s Ashes continues to gather rave reviews after its performances at the Lime Tree Theatre, many people may not know that it is not the first time McCourt’s book has been set to music. In the year 2000 a group of local musicians and songwriters wrote and produced a series of songs largely based on the book and released a CD called Songs from the Ashes. The group called themselves Burning Embers and consisted of Dominic Taylor and Nigel Nix songwriters, while Vincent Fitzgerald, Jim Hanley, Mike Moriarty with Jenny McMahon...
He Brought his Limerick to Limerick from Copenhagen!
The power of the little five line verse known as the limerick to attract visitors to the region was demonstrated in no uncertain terms Saturday 17th August as writer Clause Ankersen from Denmark made his way to Limerick from Copenhagen to take part in the Bring Your Limericks to Limerick final, held in Dolans Music Venue. This was his first visit to Limerick, and Ireland, but his association with the verse form goes back a bit. In 2014, he published a full collection of new Danish limericks, titled Kong Ho & Ko. – Nye Danske Limericks (King Ho & Co....
The Acoustic Club Community Music Project
The Acoustic Club Community Music Project. 19 Wolfe Tone St., Limerick (overhead Charlie Malone’s Bar) Start Small…Dream Big! Join us this September as we introduce our Community Music Programme. The Acoustic Club has become a key part of the rich and varied music and creative arts scene in Limerick over the past number of years, as week after week songwriters and musicians gather to perform their work in a live venue. But The Acoustic Club is much more than a live event. We wish to make it a creative space where adults of all ages and abilities can come and...
Bring Your Limericks to Limerick Competition 2020
Entry Form and Rules: https://limericksfest.wixsite.com/limerickliteraryfest ————————————————————————————– Get your entry in now for our 2020 competition! ——————————————————————— The final of this year’s Bring Your Limericks to Limerick international poetry competition took place Saturday night 22nd Aug upstairs in Dolans Music Venue, Limerick, Ireland. The unanimous winner this year was New York born, Dublin native but living in Limerick Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, who walked away with the first prize of €500. Sarah Moore Fitzgerald is an academic at UL with expertise in psychology, pedagogy, writing and creative practice. In 2018 she completed her second term...
A People’s Poem for Limerick
A People’s Poem for Limerick A poem written by Limerick people and made up of words, phrases and lines submitted during the Limerick Writers’ Centre’s recent poetry festival ‘April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2019’, was this week unveiled and presented to the mayor of Limerick Cllr. Michael Sheahan. The poem called ‘Limerick Is’ was unveiled at a ceremony in City Hall by John W. Sexton, an tOllamh (Poet Laureate) for Limerick during the festival, along with members of the Limerick Writers’ Centre. After the presentation of the framed poem Sexton recited it to those present. John W Sexton compiled...
The Acoustic Club Tues 20th Aug 2019
The Acoustic Club at Charlie Malone’s Bar, Wolfe Tone St., Limerick Presents Tues 20th August 2019 – Senan M SENAN M, is an Irish born singer/guitarist and songwriter of alternative folk/acoustic music.. His debut single “What You Might Be” garnered notable attention, receiving airplay on numerous radio stations, including Radio Nova Dublin, London’s Resonance Radio and BBC Radio Ulster. SENAN M’s follow up single “In The Sun” received airplay on National radio, including the ‘Dave Fanning Show’ on 2FM, as well as many local and regional stations both at home and abroad. With songs possessing in range from the intentional...
The Sept 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering and Open-Mic
The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents The Sept 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering Thurs 5th Sept 2019 at Sexton’s Bar, 91 Henry St., Limerick. Start 8pm This month, our guests are poets Ali Whitelock and Edward O’Dwyer plus OPEN-MIC! Ali Whitelock is a Scottish poet and writer living on the south coast of Sydney with her French chain-smoking husband. Her debut poetry collection, ‘and my heart crumples like a coke can’ has just been released by Wakefield Press, Adelaide and her memoir, ‘Poking seaweed with a stick and running away from the smell’ was launched to critical acclaim in Australia...
Unveiling of heritage Plaque in Honour of Maigue Poet Sean O Tuama PLUS Book Launch
18th Century Maigue Poet Sean O Tuama to be Honoured in Limerick City. Sean O Tuama one of the two chief poets of the Maigue Poets in Croom is to be honoured in Limerick, in the part of town he lived for the final six years of his life, Mungret Street once the hub of commercial life in the city. The Limerick Writers’ Centre will unveil a heritage plague honouring the poet at Milk Market House, Mungret Street on Fri 16th Aug at 6pm. The mayor Cllr Michael Sheahan will officially unveil the plaque. O Tuama, known as an Ghrinn ...