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Launch of Yeats Thoor Ballylee International Poetry Prize
The castle home of WB Yeats was the location for the launch of a major new poetry competition to mark the 100th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to the renowned Irish poet.
Thousands attend multidisciplinary ritual beach performances
Over 2,000 people attended two multidisciplinary ritual beach performances to celebrate the ocean last weekend. The unique events took place in Kinvara on Trácht Beach and Ladies Beach in Salthill, Galway City as part of Galway Theatre Festival.
Multidisciplinary ritual beach performances during Galway Theatre Festival 2023
This Bealtaine, on Sunday April 30 and Monday May 1, as part of Galway Theatre Festival 2023, two multidisciplinary ritual beach performances that celebrate our ocean will take place in Kinvara on Trácht Beach and Ladies Beach in Salthill. People are invited to the beaches at dusk where they will be immersed in a performative ritual.
Poetry Day Ireland takes place on Thursday April 27
Now in its ninth year, Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on Thursday, April 27.
Announcing the launch of the 38th Cúirt International Festival of Literature
'So much of this festival is about celebrating Irish writers.' - Manuela Moser, Festival Director for Cúirt.
Indreabhán Film Society's Spring Season Continues
Club Scannán Sailearna's spring season of world cinema continues with German film The Ordinaries, shown in partnership with the Dublin International Film Festival, this Thursday March 2 in Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán, at 8.15pm.
Through the glass darkly
In sonnet 78, by Shakespeare we catch the poet’s oblique allusion to the physical effects of the destruction wrought by the Reformation –
Athlone poet revisits Westmeath’s role in the great Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge
‘Threading the Táin’ is an inter-county community visual arts project showcasing five tapestries created in celebration of the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, the Cattle Raid of Cooley.
Kevin Higgins — a poet of integrity, honesty and bravery
In 2016 The Stinging Fly magazine described Kevin Higgins as ‘likely Ireland’s most read Irish poet’. Kevin who passed away this week was a passionate and popular poet, a satirist, a fine wordsmith, a romantic with real powers of evocation and a gentle presence too.
President pays tribute to man who brought appreciation of poetry to many
President Michael D Higgins paid tribute last night to poet Kevin Higgins who passed away on Tuesday after a short illness.