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 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...
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 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...
The Limerick Writers’ Centre annual bus tour of West Limerick and the Maigue Poets Country takes place Friday 16th August, departing from Dolans on the Dock Road at 11.30 pm. Booking essential as numbers limited to 25. €15.00 per person. To book email limerickwriterscentrte@gmail.com or Tel 087 2996409. Tour guide Micheal Liston. This year we...
