On Wed 15th April 2026 at 7.30pm Limerick Writers’ Centre proudly present, in association with Poetry Ireland, The 2026 Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading which takes place in The People’s Museum of Limerick, Pery Square, Limerick. Plus the results of The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2026 will be announced by competition judge Sean Lysaght. The...
Bua ag Caitríona Lane, Conamara, i gComórtas Filíochta Séamus Ó Cinnéide 2026 Tá Ionad Scríbhneoirí Luimnigh fíor-bhródúil as Caitríona Lane a fhógairt mar bhuaiteoir Chomórtas Filíochta Séamus Ó Cinnéide na bliana seo, comórtas a dhéanann ceiliúradh ar an nua-fhilíocht sa Gaeilge. Roghnaíodh a dán, “Duan na fuiseoige”, as beagnach 50 iontráil (a tháinig isteach ó...
APRIL IS POETRY MONTH IN LIMERICK 2026 A Landmark Month of Poetry, Performance and Publication Comes to the City Limerick once again takes its place as a beating heart of Irish literary culture as April Is Poetry Month returns for 2026 with an ambitious and wide-ranging programme of readings, book launches, installations, and special events...
The ‘April is Poetry Month in Limerick’ POETRY WALL is back for 2026. Thirty poems will be on display at the People’s Museum of Limerick during April. We’re looking for poems , maximum 20 lines long, on the themes of ‘APRIL’ or ‘POETRY’. Send your poem, via email only, to limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com with ‘Poetry Wall’ in...
Limerick Writers’ Centre Opens 2026 Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction Limerick Writers’ Centre is now accepting entries for The Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction 2026, a unique opportunity combining mentorship, publication, and community for emerging novelists. A Competition with a Difference The competition offers more than just a prize....
Comórtas Filíochta Séamus Ó Cinnéide 2026 Spriocdháta: 28 Feabhra 2026 Tá Ionad Scríbhneoirí Luimnigh thar a bheith bródúil as an Comórtas Filíochta Séamus Ó Cinnéide a fhógairt. Is comórtas é seo do dhánta i nGaeilge, ionas scríobh na filíochta i nGaeilge a spreagadh agus a chur chun cinn, chomh maith le hómós á thabhairt do...
Entries Open for the 2026 Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition. Limerick Writers’ Centre is proud to announce the 2026 Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition. CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT SAT 7th MARCH 2026 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 the late Limerick...
Liam Horan will launch his debut novel On the Way Out on Saturday, November 22nd at Ballinrobe Library, Co. Mayo at 7:30pm. The book won the 2025 Gerald Griffin Literary Competition for first adult fiction. The novel follows Louise, fighting to save her struggling shop, and Matt, a widower clinging to the past, as a...
LIMERICK WRITERS’ CENTRE ANNOUNCES THE WINNER OF 2025 GERALD GRIFFIN LITERARY COMPETITION 2025 The Limerick Writers’ Centre is proud to announce that Co Mayo native Liam Horan has been named the winner of the 2025 Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction with his manuscript novel submission “On the Way Out” The official announcement...
Limerick Writers’ Centre and Draíocht Art Gallery, Adare, Co. Limerick, will announce the 2025 winner of the prestigious Gerald Griffin Competition for First Adult Fiction at a reading and music reception in Draíocht Art Gallery,Adare, Co. Limerick on Thurs 18th Sept 6.30pm. The Gerald Griffin Competition for First Adult Fiction, now in its second year,...
