Comórtas Filíochta Séamus Ó Cinnéide 2025 Spriocdháta: 28 Feabhra 2025 Tá Ionad Scríbhneoirí Luimnigh thar a bheith bródúil as insealbhú an Comórtas Filíochta Séamus Ó Cinnéide a fhógairt. Is comórtas nua é seo do dhánta i nGaeilge, atá deartha chun scríobh na filíochta i nGaeilge a spreagadh agus a chur chun cinn, agus ómós á...
The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2025 CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 15th MARCH 2025 The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition was inaugurated in 2012 by the late Barney Sheehan – poetry impresario of the White House Poetry Revival – in honour of Limerick poet Desmond O’Grady. The Limerick Writers’ Centre revived the...
Limerick Writers’ Centre announces that entries for The Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction 2025 are now being accepted. The competition incorporates a four-week course for aspiring writers of longer fiction, conducted by poet and novelist Ciaran O’Driscoll. Aspiring authors are invited to submit 1500 to 2000 words, the beginning of a piece of...
Fix the date in your diary for the next ‘Angela’s Rambling House’, THURS 31st October 7.30pm at The People’s Museum of Limerick, Pery Square! Join us for the spirited sounds of traditional Irish music, heartfelt songs, captivating stories, and the rhythmic tapping of dancing feet. Plus we expect to hear lots of Samhain stories and...
The Limerick Writers’ Centre is proud to announce the publication of “A Gentleman of Limerick – The Francis Arthur Story,” a captivating historical account written by Michael Kelly. This extraordinary tale brings to life the story of Francis Arthur, a member of the influential merchant family whose name still graces Limerick’s landscape today. Book Launch...
Revival Press present a unique reading and interaction with the two poets who founded the Stony Thursday Book nearly 50 years ago in Limerick, Jim Burke and John Liddy reunite to give a reading from their recent joint collection ‘Slipstreaming – In the West of Ireland’ at the Whitehouse Bar, O’Connell Street, Limerick on Wed...
The Limerick Writers’ Centre cordially invites members of the media to attend the award ceremony for the 2024 Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction. This inaugural competition celebrates emerging talent in Irish fiction writing and honours the legacy of Limerick-born novelist and poet Gerald Griffin. Date: Friday, September 20th, 2024 Time: 6.00pm Venue:...
Revival Press invite you to the launch of Hugh McFaddens collected poems THURS 6th JUNE at RATHMINES LIRRARY, DUBLIN 600pm. Special guest readrer KEVIN KIELY These collected verses trace my literary life, which began in the Nineteen-Sixties when I enrolled as a student at University College Dublin in Earlsfort Terrace, and encountered several poets who...
