The Poetry Circle present Three poets Reading Their Poetry Thurs 27thmJuly 7.30pm The People’s Museum of Limerick The Poetry Circle, in collaboration with the Limerick Writers’ Centre, proudly presents an evening of poetic expressions, featuring renowned poets Richard W. Halperin, Sheila Fitzpatrick O’Donnell, and Breda Spaight. The event will take place at the welcoming People’s...
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Bring Your Limericks to Limerick Competition 2020
Entry Form and Rules: https://limericksfest.wixsite.com/limerickliteraryfest ————————————————————————————– Get your entry in now for our 2020 competition! ——————————————————————— The final of this year’s Bring Your Limericks to Limerick international poetry competition took place Saturday night 22nd Aug upstairs in Dolans Music Venue, Limerick, Ireland. The unanimous winner this year was...
A People’s Poem for Limerick
A People’s Poem for Limerick A poem written by Limerick people and made up of words, phrases and lines submitted during the Limerick Writers’ Centre’s recent poetry festival ‘April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2019’, was this week unveiled and presented to the mayor of Limerick Cllr. Michael Sheahan. The poem called ‘Limerick Is’ was...
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...
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...
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...
Book Launch: From Head to Tale by Pat McLoughlin
The Limerick Writers’ Centre present From Head to Tale – a collection of short stories by Pat McLoughlin Fri 28th June 7.30pm Longcourt House Hotel, Newcastle West, Co Limerick It will be launched by Patrick O’Donovan TD – Minister of State at the department of Finance and department of Public Expenditure and Reform In this...
July ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering
The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents The July 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering Thurs 4th July 2019 at Sexton’s Bar, 91 Henry St., Limerick. Start 8pm (note new venue) This month, our guests are US poet Daniel Lusk and Irish born poet Angela Patten plus OPEN-MIC! Angela Patten is author of three poetry collections, In...
Lunch Time Poetry at The Hunt Museum 5th to 26th July 2019
Limerick Writers’ Centre Present Lunch Time Poetry @ The Hunt Museum July 5th / 12th / 19th / 26th 2018 1.00pm to 2.00pm In association with the Hunt Museum 8 poets (2 per week) will give a reading in the Captain’s Room four Fridays in July from 1.00pm to 2.00pm, readings will be preceded by...
Launch of ORGANIC WORDS by Hugh McFadden. White House 31 May 2019. John Liddy
In this new book its author makes a statement about what words mean to him. ”Words in Ireland, if not always certain good, are definitely certain meaningful and sometimes certain loaded.” It is a forewarning for the reader on how to approach this book of essays, reviews and articles by Hugh McFadden, for words also...