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Limerick Writers’ Centre present Sarah McQuaid @ the Record Room, Limerick
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Limerick Writers’ Centre present Sarah McQuaid @ the Record Room, Limerick

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022

In this exclusive Limerick performance, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sarah McQuaid will perform an intimate concert. About this event To book tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/limerick-writers-centre-present-sarah-mcquaid-the-record-room-limerick-tickets-299185049537 “One of the most instantly recognisable voices in current music … Shades of Joni Mitchell in a jam with Karen Carpenter and Lana Del Rey.” —Neil March, Trust The Doc “She reached parts other singers...

‘I Am in Need of Music’ Creative Writing Workshop
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‘I Am in Need of Music’ Creative Writing Workshop

February 16, 2022February 17, 2022

April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2022 present ‘I am in Need of Music’ A music-inspired creative writing session with writer Jessica Brown Sat 9th April 2022 10 am to 1 pm Central Buildings, 51 O’Connell Street, Limerick Motifs, cadence, crescendos, emotions, memories, and the imaginary; a beautiful tradition exists between music and writing. This...

The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2022
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The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2022

The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2022 CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT FRI 18th MARCH 2022 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...

Book Launch; One Last Thing by Pat McLoughlin
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Book Launch; One Last Thing by Pat McLoughlin

August 16, 2021August 16, 2021

THE LIMERICK WRITERS’ CENTRE is pleased to announce the launch of Just One More Thing – a Collection of Short Stories by Pat McLoughlin Fri 10th Sept 2021 8pm Longcourt House Hotel, Newcastle West, Co Limerick It will be launched by author Donal Ryan. This collection of short fiction was a joy to read. Pat...

Book Launch: Arias of Consolation by John Liddy
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Book Launch: Arias of Consolation by John Liddy

August 16, 2021August 16, 2021

Revival Press is pleased to announce the launch of Arias of Consolation a new collection of poetry by Limerick poet John Liddy and it takes place Sunday 5th September at the Limerick City Gallery of Art, Pery Square at 2.30pm. The book is published by Revival Press, an imprint of The Limerick Writers’ Centre, under...

The Limerick Writers’ Centre announce the winners of this year’s Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition.
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The Limerick Writers’ Centre announce the winners of this year’s Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition.

April 25, 2021April 26, 2021

Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2021. Judge: Eileen Sheehan  Winner: Anatomy of a Disordered Personality: Skin                   (HLR) 2nd place: The Grammar of the World is losing its Syntax           (PR Walker) Highly Commended: “diary of a dead eel boy”                     (Dean Gessie) Girls of Fairhill                       ...

Book Launch: Redress by A.M. Cousins
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Book Launch: Redress by A.M. Cousins

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021

REDRESS is the debut collection of poetry from A.M. Cousins A. M. Cousins’ astute poems are sure-footed, superbly crafted, grounded in earned wisdom, shot through with insight, and written with perceptive compassion, anger at injustice and a humane clear-sightedness that is the hallmark of a unique voice. – Dermot Bolger, 2021. The launch will take...

Book Launch: Mayflies in the Heather
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Book Launch: Mayflies in the Heather

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021

Mayflies in the Heather is the debut collection of poetry from Galway poet Art Ó Súilleabháin. He is deeply rooted in the landscape and language of Lough Corrib, illuminating every wing-picked insect, every curlew flight, reed and stone, replete with the lore of places. Ó Súilleabháin draws the reader into his keenly observed world with...