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2019 Was A Very Good Year!
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2019 Was A Very Good Year!

December 23, 2019February 11, 2020

Thank you for your support during 2019. Below are some of our many highlights of the past year. We hope you have enjoyed being part of our community and we look forward to an exciting year for the Limerick Writers’ Centre in 2020. This year we held a total of 129 events made up of...

April Is Poetry Month In Limerick Festival Fundraiser
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April Is Poetry Month In Limerick Festival Fundraiser

November 10, 2019November 10, 2019

The Limerick Writers’ Centre has run April is Poetry Month in Limerick since 2014. Our aim is to create poetry events during April involving public participation, celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture. We host a number of poetry events ourselves but this is also a cooperative festival of poetry taking in all the poetry...

BOOK LAUNCH: Fool’s Gold by Kieran Beville
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BOOK LAUNCH: Fool’s Gold by Kieran Beville

October 30, 2019February 11, 2020

Revival Press in association with Limerick Writers’ Centre present A  Poetry Book Launch Fool’s Gold by Kieran Beville Thurs 14th Nov 7.30pm  The Number 3, Lr. Glentworth St., Limerick  The collection will be launched by poet John W. Sexton Fool’s Gold is Kieran Beville’s homecoming book of poems with memories of a Limerick childhood, tributes to...

BOOK LAUNCH: People In My Brain by Pat O’Connor
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BOOK LAUNCH: People In My Brain by Pat O’Connor

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019

The Limerick Writers’ Centre invite you to the launch of People In My Brain – a collection of short stories by Pat O’Connor Wed 13th Nov 2019 8.00pm Castle Oaks Hotel, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick The collection will be launched by Author and Novelist Sarah Moore-Fitzgerald. “For too long, Pat O’Connor has been the Irish short...

A Samhain Themed Reading/Performance
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A Samhain Themed Reading/Performance

October 12, 2019October 12, 2019

Limerick Writers’ Centre in association with Samhain Halloween Festival present A Samhain Themed Reading/Performance Nelly’s Cafe, Nicholas St., Limerick 9.00pm THURS 24th NOV 2019 9pm Join our guest readers and musicians Stories and poems from – Pat McAuliffe and Stefan Barry; Plus a special recitation of the Bard of Thomond, Michael Hogan’s ‘Drunken Thady and...

Nov 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary gathering Thurs 7th Nov 2019
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Nov 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary gathering Thurs 7th Nov 2019

October 12, 2019October 12, 2019

The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents The November 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering Thurs 7th Nov 2019 at The People’s Museum, Pery Square, Limerick. Start 8pm This month, our guests are Joseph Sweeney and Jessica Brown plus the OPEN-MIC! Joseph Sweeney was born in Dublin and graduated from UCD with an honours Master’s Degree in...