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Trio Poetry Reading at The People’s Museum of Limerick for April 2025
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Trio Poetry Reading at The People’s Museum of Limerick for April 2025

April 3, 2025April 3, 2025

Trio Poetry Reading at The People’s Museum of Limerick for April 2025  April is Poetry Month in Limerick presents its first Trio Poetry Reading on Sunday, April 6th at 3:00pm in The Peoples Museum of Limerick, 2 Pery Square. Featured poets include Dublin’s Bob Shakeshaft and Helen Dempsey, along with Clare’s Deirdre Devally. Bob Shakeshaft:...

April Poetry Festival, Limerick 2025
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April Poetry Festival, Limerick 2025

March 15, 2025March 15, 2025

April Poetry Festival, Limerick The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2025. During the 30 days of April, with over 13 events and over 20 performers, Limerick’s annual poetry festival April is Poetry Month in Limerick returns. Once again poetry will echo in the streets and intimate venues of this historic...

The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2025 – Entries Open.
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The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2025 – Entries Open.

December 13, 2024March 15, 2025

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...

The Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction 2025
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The Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction 2025

November 7, 2024December 23, 2024

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...

The Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading 2024
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The Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading 2024

April 10, 2024April 10, 2024

On Wed 17th April at 7.30pm and presented in association with Poetry Ireland The 2024 Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading takes place in The People’s Museum of Limerick, Pery Square. Plus the results of The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2024 will be announced by competition judge Arthur Broomfield. The three poets reading on the night are...

The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2024.
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The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2024.

March 12, 2024March 27, 2024

During the 30 days of April, with over 15 events and over 26 performers, Limerick’s annual poetry festival April is Poetry Month in Limerick returns. Once again poetry will fill the streets and intimate venues of this historic city of Limerick. Long associated with poetry and literature the Limerick Writers’ Centre inaugurated the festival in...

Celebrated Irish writer Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, has been appointed external judge of the Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction 2024.
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Celebrated Irish writer Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, has been appointed external judge of the Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction 2024.

February 18, 2024February 18, 2024

The Limerick Writer’s Centre are delighted to announce that celebrated Irish writer Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, has been appointed external judge of the Gerald Griffin Competition for First Original Adult Fiction 2024. Ní Chuilleanáin is an Irish poet and academic, and has left an indelible mark on the literary landscape. Born in Cork City in 1942,...

The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2024 – Entries Open!
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The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2024 – Entries Open!

November 30, 2023February 18, 2024

The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2024 CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT SAT 16th MARCH 2024 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 who dies in 2014. The Limerick...