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’,...
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...
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...
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...
