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...
In the heart of Limerick city, where the Shannon flows and literary tradition runs deep, the Limerick Writers’ Centre stands as a vibrant hub for creative expression, nurturing both emerging and established voices in one of Ireland’s most storied cultural landscapes. For years, this vital institution has been weaving together the threads of community, craft,...
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...
Limerick Writers’ Centre Announces Intensive One-Day Creative Writing Workshop Saturday 27th Sept 2025. Award-winning Galway poet Órfhlaith Foyle to lead poetry and short story workshop at The People’s Museum of Limerick. The Limerick Writers’ Centre is delighted to announce “An Introduction to Short Story and Poetry,” a comprehensive one-day workshop designed to inspire and guide...
We are very sorry to hear of the passing of poet Paul Durcan. Below a picture when he was our guest at the Cusile Poetry Festival in 2003. Poet John Liddy asked us to publish his poem ‘Paul Durcan Contemplates’ in tribute to Paul. PAUL DURCAN CONTEMPLATES The street view allowed the archeologist in you...
An intimate gathering of literary enthusiasts and supporters convened at Conradh na Gaeilge today to celebrate Máire Dinny Wren as she received first prize in the prestigious Comórtas Filíochta Séamus Ó Cinnéide 2025 poetry competition. The ceremony featured Professor Eoin O’Devereux of the University of Limerick, nephew of the competition’s namesake, who delivered a moving...
Which leads me to remind you that there are only three sleeps left before I present “The Well of Annihilation: Poetry Magic and Pagan Reconstructionism for Our Turbulent Times” – A performative essay and poetry sequence demonstrating the concepts of Poetry Magic, Poetry Spellcasting, Ritual Word Constructs, and Myth Channeling as an active agent for...
Limerick poet Tom McCarthy truly is a man of many talents – a gifted footballer in his youth, a shrewd businessman who understands the practical world as well as the poetic one, and above all, a poet whose work resonates with authenticity. He is, in every sense, a poet of the people, for the people,...
Jamie O’Halloran was last night announced as the winner of the Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2025, with her poem ‘LEAF’. The judge for the competition Anne Fitzgerald said, “LEAF this year’s winning poem of the 2025 Desmond O’Grady’s International Poetry Competition is shot-through with the attributes of what makes a piece of writing a...
