The Limerick Writers’ Centre & Lime Square Poets Present The October ‘First Wednesday Series’ Wed 1st Oct 2025 7.30pm Special guest reader this month is James Finnegan. James Finnegan, Dublin born, was the second-prize winner in the 2022 Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition and was shortlisted in the 2021 Bridport Poetry Prize and in the 2018 Hennessy Literary Awards for Emerging Poetry. James, who taught in St Eunan’s College for thirty-three years, holds a doctor of philosophy in living educational theory from the University of Bath (2001), and is now retired and has grown into a deeper commitment to reading...
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BOOK LAUNCH: And Say by Jessica Brown Thurs 10th Oct 2019
REViVAL PRESS In association with THE LIMERICK WRITERS’ CENTRE is pleased to announce the launch of And Say by Jessica Brown And Say is a new collection of poetry from Killaloe based US poet and journalist Jessica Brown. The launch will take place Thursday 10th October 7.30pm at Ponte Vecchio, Royal Parade, Killaloe, Co. Clare. With degrees in English and creative writing, Jessica is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Limerick. Her publications include an essay in the book Jane Austen and the Arts, articles in Journal for Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, as well as the children’s...
The Acoustic Club Every Tuesday Night at The Number 3 Pub, Lr. Glentworth St., Limerick
The Acoustic Club at The Number 3 Pub, Lr. Glentworth St., Limerick Presents Every Tuesday @ 9.00pm Open-Mic for singers, songwriters, performers – all welcome! All aspiring songwriters, musicians and singers are invited to attend and play in front of a live audience. Please note musicians attend and perform purely on a voluntary basis and the event is designed to showcase the work of aspiring artists. All types of music and singers are welcome. The evening will feature performers doing short sets of two or three songs. The Acoustic Club is an initiative of The Limerick Writers’ Centre.
The Acoustic Club Tues 17th Sept 2019
The Acoustic Club @ Charlie Malone’s Bar, 19 Wolfe Tone Street, Limerick Present Tues 17th Sept 2018 Gerry O’Brien -singer/songwriter Gerry O’Brien has worked fronting different function/swing bands. He has had some songwriting success winning the Derry /Moville contest and finalists in others. He will shortly be recording an album of original material. The Acoustic Club is a live music venue presenting local, independent and nationally touring performers. It is a non-profit organisation and 100% volunteer operated. Based at Charlie Malone’s Bar, Wolfe Tone.. St, Limerick, The Acoustic Club takes place every Tuesday at 9.00pm. All aspiring songwriters, musicians and...
New Book from Limerick Born Author Michael McGrath
Limerick born writer Michael McGrath publishes he debut collection of short stories on the 20th September 7.30 pm at Nelly’s Café, Nicholas Street, Limerick. The collection will be launched by actor, director and playwright Myles Breen. The collection titled All About Town consists of ten short stories, all set in Limerick City and explores a range of genres, each story enters the world of a unique character: from the bedroom of a disaffected youth to the desk of a troubled teacher. This collection of stories is the human reflection of the Georgian and Gothic architecture of Limerick City. Originally published in local and...
New Acoustic Club Double CD to be Launched Tuesday!
The Acoustic Club presents This Is It! – CD Launch Party. Tues 10th Sept 2019 9pm Join us for a rockin’ night as artists from our fourth compilation CD ‘This Is It!’ entertain us with their original songs! All welcome. Launch Dates : Dolores O Riordan’s Dream Festival In Bruff Limerick Friday 6th,Saturday 7th And Sunday 8th September 2019 Charlie Malone’s Bar, Wolfe Tone Street, Limerick Tuesday 10th September 2019 Order you copy now before there all gone.. When there gone there gone.. Only a limited supply available.. Email: eugene.g.nolan@gmail.com See you there on either of the launches where we...
The Acoustic Club Community Music Project
The Acoustic Club Community Music Project. 19 Wolfe Tone St., Limerick (overhead Charlie Malone’s Bar) Start Small…Dream Big! Join us this September as we introduce our Community Music Programme. The Acoustic Club has become a key part of the rich and varied music and creative arts scene in Limerick over the past number of years, as week after week songwriters and musicians gather to perform their work in a live venue. But The Acoustic Club is much more than a live event. We wish to make it a creative space where adults of all ages and abilities can come and...
The Acoustic Club Tues 20th Aug 2019
The Acoustic Club at Charlie Malone’s Bar, Wolfe Tone St., Limerick Presents Tues 20th August 2019 – Senan M SENAN M, is an Irish born singer/guitarist and songwriter of alternative folk/acoustic music.. His debut single “What You Might Be” garnered notable attention, receiving airplay on numerous radio stations, including Radio Nova Dublin, London’s Resonance Radio and BBC Radio Ulster. SENAN M’s follow up single “In The Sun” received airplay on National radio, including the ‘Dave Fanning Show’ on 2FM, as well as many local and regional stations both at home and abroad. With songs possessing in range from the intentional...
The Sept 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering and Open-Mic
The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents The Sept 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering Thurs 5th Sept 2019 at Sexton’s Bar, 91 Henry St., Limerick. Start 8pm This month, our guests are poets Ali Whitelock and Edward O’Dwyer plus OPEN-MIC! Ali Whitelock is a Scottish poet and writer living on the south coast of Sydney with her French chain-smoking husband. Her debut poetry collection, ‘and my heart crumples like a coke can’ has just been released by Wakefield Press, Adelaide and her memoir, ‘Poking seaweed with a stick and running away from the smell’ was launched to critical acclaim in Australia...
Unveiling of heritage Plaque in Honour of Maigue Poet Sean O Tuama PLUS Book Launch
18th Century Maigue Poet Sean O Tuama to be Honoured in Limerick City. Sean O Tuama one of the two chief poets of the Maigue Poets in Croom is to be honoured in Limerick, in the part of town he lived for the final six years of his life, Mungret Street once the hub of commercial life in the city. The Limerick Writers’ Centre will unveil a heritage plague honouring the poet at Milk Market House, Mungret Street on Fri 16th Aug at 6pm. The mayor Cllr Michael Sheahan will officially unveil the plaque. O Tuama, known as an Ghrinn ...
The Acoustic Club Tues 30th July 2019
The Acoustic Club at Charlie Malone’s Bar, Wolfe Tone St., Limerick Presents Tues 30th July 2019 The Josiah Stone Folk/Alt-folk trio The Josiah Stone are a blend of traditional Irish/Americana melodies intertwined with a modern grit, they play best when playing live. Inspiration ranges from Emmylou Harris to Donal Lunny to the Band. Though they hail from further afield, they consider any gig in Limerick to be a homecoming, given their inaugural gig took place in the White House back in 2016. It’s been onwards and upwards since then, where they’ve become regulars at Indiependence Festival, played support to Paddy...
The Aug 2019 ‘On the nail’ Literary gathering
The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents The Aug 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering Thurs 1st Aug 2019 at Sexton’s Bar, 91 Henry St., Limerick. Start 8pm (note new venue) This month, our guests are poets Breda Spaight and Daragh Bradish plus OPEN-MIC! Breda Spaight’s work has appeared in Poetry Ireland Review; Southword; The Stinging Fly (featured poet); The Interpreter’s House (featured poet); Ambit; Aesthetica; The North (Irish Issue); Banshee; The Honest Ulsterman; Abridged; Crannóg, & many others. She was among the poets accepted to the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series, and the Cork Introductions Readings at the Cork International Poetry Festival...