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Poet Niamh Twomey Announced as Winner of The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2023
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Poet Niamh Twomey Announced as Winner of The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2023

April 20, 2023May 18, 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’,...

Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading Wed 19th April 2023
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Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading Wed 19th April 2023

April 11, 2023April 11, 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...

‘On the Nail’ Reading with Anne Donnellan, Eoin Devereux & Stan Notte. Wed 12th April 2023
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‘On the Nail’ Reading with Anne Donnellan, Eoin Devereux & Stan Notte. Wed 12th April 2023

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023

April is Poetry Month in Limerick in association with ‘On the Nail’ Literary gathering A Reading with Three Poets. Anne Donnellan, Eoin Devereux and Stan Notte The People’s Museum of Limerick, 2 Pery Square, Limerick 7.30pm. FREE ENTRY. Anne Donnellan grew up in the countryside outside Ennis, County Clare. She has lived and worked in...

The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2023
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The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2023

December 16, 2022February 18, 2023

The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2023 CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT SAT 18th MARCH 2023 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...