Adare Poetry Town 2021 Adare has been selected along with 19 other towns across Ireland to host a poetry festival 10th-18th September 2021. Further details will be added here as the program builds over the next few days but you can see details of the umbrella organisation Poetry Ireland. Local poets Michael Durack, John Liddy, Jessica […]
New Book Length Poem About Limerick Launched
‘Arias of Consolation’ (Revival Press) the new book length poem by Limerick poet John Liddy, with original drawings by artist John Shinnors, was launched today Sunday at the Limerick City Gallery of Art. For those who could not attend ‘Arias’ is available from O’Mahony Bookshop, Quay Books and on-line at www.limerickwriterscentre.com
Prof. Eoin Devereux on Arias of Consolation by John Liddy
John Liddy’s ‘Arias’ are a Reservoir of Consolation.
Limerick poet John Liddy’s eleventh poetry collection Arias of Consolation is his most ambitious yet, focusing entirely on the familiar Liddy territory of Limerick. The book is published by Revival Press, an imprint of The Limerick Writers’ Centre, under their Community Publishing initiative and will be launched by Professor Eoin Devereux of the University of Limerick on Sept […]
They Want Your Limericks
Limerick’s newest literary festival – Limerick Summer Literary Festival – will take place this coming July. A joint venture between The Limerick Writers’ Centre and Campus Life Services of UL, the festival will run from Friday 18th July to Sun 20th July, and this year it will incorporate the Bring Your Limericks to Limerick International […]
The Sarsfield Bar
I must have been twelve or thirteen when I had my first prohibitive glimpse inside No. 1 Rutland Street. My father had told me to wait in the car as he delivered a case of whiskey and a gift of blinking black & white dogs. He had problems negotiating the heavy door so I held […]