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Limerick Literary Festival in honour of Kate O’Brien presents Louise O’Neill

Hunt Museum | Sat Feb 23 | 10 am | €14/€12

Louise O’Neill grew up in Clonakilty, a small town in West Cork, Ireland. Her first novel, Only Ever Yours, was released in 2014. Only Ever Yours went on to win the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year at the 2014 Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards; the Children’s Books Ireland Eilis Dillon Award for a First Children’s Book; and The Bookseller’s inaugural YA Book Prize 2015.

Weekend Tickets available (all events) for €125/€100.

Limerick Literary Festival in honour of Kate O’Brien presents David Park

Hunt Museum | Sat Feb 23 | 2.30pm | €14/€12

David Park is the author of nine novels and two collections of short stories. The Truth Commissioner (Bloomsbury 2008) was awarded the Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize and adapted for film; The Light of Amsterdam (Bloomsbury 2012) was shortlisted for the IMPAC Prize and The Poets’ Wives (Bloomsbury 2014) was Belfast’s One City One Book. He has won the Authors’ Club First Novel Award, received a Major Artist Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the American Ireland Award for Literature. His new novel Travelling in a Strange Land is published by Bloomsbury.

Weekend Tickets available (all events) for €125/€100.

Arán & Im is a theatrical performance/installation in which Manchán Magan bakes sourdough bread for 2 hours while offering insights into the wonders of the Irish language.

It is a celebration of language, land and local Irish food, with freshly-baked traditional sourdough bread for the audience to slice and spread with butter they churn themselves from Irish cream.

Performance dates: Sat 23rd Feb

Performance time: 2.30pm and 8 pm

Ticket price: €18/€16

Website address: www.limetreetheatre.ie

 The National Library of Ireland presents The Blank Page featuring Niall McMonagle, Clodagh Beresford Dunne and Martin Dyar  

Hunt Museum | Sat Feb 23 | 4 pm | €14/€12 

This event explores the genesis, the making and remaking of a poem of theirs with award-winning poets Clodagh Beresford Dunne and Martin Dyar. Where do poems come from? How is a poem shaped and re-shaped?

How does a poet choose a particular form, stanza structure, line length? What happens between a blank page and the finished work? Such questions and others will be explored with Clodagh and Martin with a particular focus on particular poems. The conversation will be moderated by Niall MacMonagle.

Weekend Tickets available (all events) for €125/€100.

Panel on the night: •  Kevin O Ryan •  Joseph O’Brien • JJ Slevin • Mick Winters • Davy Russell
More to be announced. All patrons receive a complimentary pint & house burger. Raffle on the night – Live band – Special accommodation rates available.
Price: €20 Email: [email protected] 

Patrick Feeney is highly regarded as one of Ireland’s finest singers and entertainers.

Performance dates: Sat 23rd Feb

Performance time: 8 pm

Ticket price: €22.50

Website address: www.limetreetheatre.ie

West Limerick Drama Festival is an annual 3 Act drama festival taking place over two weekends in Knockaderry, Newcastlewest.
For a full programme of events click here

Price(s): €10 Adults €5 Child Telephone: +353 87 2357262

More Info: www.facebook.com/WestLimerickDramaFestival/