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Poetry Events in Ireland


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Ballylongford Bantry Belfast Carlow Clonmel Cork Dublin Dun Laoghaire Falcarragh Galway Killyleagh Limerick Monasterevin Sligo Strokestown

Ballylongford, County Kerry

The Brendan Kennelly Summer Festival
Phone: +353 68 43557 email:
kennellysummerfestival@ireland.com

Bantry

West Cork Literary Festival
Information 027 52788 fax 027 52797 e-mail
westcorkmusic@eircom.net

Belfast

Between the Lines - Belfast Literature Festival
Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Road, Belfast
BT7 1NH
Information: 028 9024 2338 e-mail
info@crescentarts.org

Belfast Festival at Queens

Festival Box Office;  8 Fitzwilliam Street,  Belfast BT9 6AW
Tel: 028 9066 5577 Fax: 028 9066 3733


Critical Mass Performance Poets
open mike, 8.00pm every Friday at Arcadia Coffeehouse, North St.Arcade, Cathedral Quarter. Phone: 02890-330370. Events are free

Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

South Tipperary Festival of Writing
Enquiries to: Impressions, South Tipperary Festival of Writing, South Tipperary Arts Centre, Nelson Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Phone: 052 27877. Fax: 052 27866 Email:
stac@eircom.net

Cork

Cork Poetry Festival
Contact Trevor Joyce:
tjac@INDIGO.IE

Munster Literature Centre
- a series of readings, Thursdays 6.00pm at The Vineyard, Market Lane, Patrick Street
Information 021 312955 or e-mail: munsterlit@eircom.net

Ó Bhéal

Guest poets and an open-mic every week.

 Please visit www.obheal.ie for any more details.

Ó Bhéal is held in the Hayloft, upstairs at

The Long Valley, Winthrop Street, Cork every Monday  from 8.30pm.

Dublin


Cobalt Cafe
16 North Great George's Street, Dublin 1
Weekly event, featuring different poets and musicians each week.

The Dublin Poetry Conference
Monthly reading in Bowes Pub on Fleet Street, Dublin 2.
Admission is free and all are welcome.

Dublin Writers' Festival
Phone: 01 8741415 Email:
info@dublinwritersfestival.com for more information.

Irish Writers' Centre
19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Details from: 01 8713102; e-mail:
info@writerscentre.ie

James Joyce Centre
35 North Great George's Street, Dublin 1
Perspectives Lecture Series
Wednesdays at 8.00pm. Tickets cost Euro7.00 (Euro5.00 Friends of the Centre)

The National Gallery
Poetry Ireland readings series.
Shaw Room, The National Gallery, Merrion Square, West Dublin 2
Wednesdays at 1.00pm, admission free. Phone 01 6615133

Bank of Ireland Arts Centre
Foster Place, Dublin 2.
Out to Lunch
A series of Friday lunchtime poetry readings
Adm Free. Start 1.15pm (unless not)
Information: 01 671 1488
The Poetry Cell is an open mic poetry session with special guests,
Chaplin's Bar, 1-2 Hawkins Street on Tuesdays @ 8pm
admission free.
For further details, tel. 086 4099149; e-mail riposte@gofree.indigo.ie

Poetry Ireland
120 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2. Tel 01 4789974 Fax 01 4780205 email
poetry@iol.ie
Poetry Ireland Readings
Tuesdays 7.00pm in the Connolly Room, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1. Admission free. Information 01 6714632

Poets Anonymous
- guest poets plus open mike, Wednesdays 7.30-9.30
Spi Bar, Eden Quay, Dublin 1
Information: Tim e-mail
poeticsanon@hotmail.com tel: 087 7715561

Trinity Literary Society readings
Wednesdays: 7.30pm
Trinity College Dublin, Artsblock, Dublin 2.

The Winding Stair Bookshop and Café
40 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1. Phone: 01 8733292 or 01 6714632

Write & Recite 
an excellent weekly night of open mic. and poetry slam , Tuesdays from 8.30pm, entrance free
The Left Bank Bar
Dorans Pub,
Temple Bar Square, Temple Bar, Dublin city centre,

Information: Email: write_recite@hotmail.com Web: www.geocities.com/write_recite
Article/poem about Brogans slam in Poetry Kit Magazine 4

Dun Laoghaire

Poetry Live
Guest poet and open mike, Tuesdays at 8.00pm. Admission free.
Nemo's Bar, Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre.
Organised by Wise Word Promotions. Information from: Dean on: 087 976 3484
poetrylive@yahoo.com

Poetry Now Festival 2003

For further information please contact: The Arts Office, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, or tel. 205 4872 or email
arts@dlrcoco.ie

Falcarragh, Co. Donegal

The Poets' House
Tel. 074 65470
e-mail:
phouse@iol.ie

Galway

  THE WESTERN WRITERS' CENTRE - Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlín Maude - 34 Nuns Island, Galway, Rep. of Ireland. Tel: (091) 533595 e-mail: westernwriters@eircom.net  (webmail)   Readings, courses, festivals, editorial services, advice on publishing, seminars.  Fred Johnston - Manager (http://uk.geocities/folksongman/FredJohnston.index.html) site is www.twwc.blogspot.com  
Galway Arts Centre
Dominick Street
Ph: 091-565886, Fax: 091-568642, e-mail
gac@indigo.ie

'Over The Edge' is happy to
announce that the highly successful series of Friday night poetry evenings
has now found an exciting new venue;
The readings will now take place in Sheridan's Wine Bar, (above Sheridan's
Cheesemongers), 14-16 Church Yard Street, Galway.

Event held upstairs


Limerick

Éigse Michael Hartnett
Contact the County Arts Office, Limerick County Council, 79/84 O'Connell Street, Limerick, tel: 061 214495/462300, fax: 061 317280 or email:
arts@limerickcoco.ie

The White House Poetry Revival.
Every Wednesday at 9.00pm at the White House pub in O'Connell Street, Limerick. Featured poet and open mike session. All welcome. Contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or
whitehousepoets@eircom.net

Monasterevin

The Gerard Manley Hopkins Society International Summer School
Information: The Secretary, The Gerard Manly Hopkins Society, Newbridge, Co. Kildare Tel: 045433613
email info@gerardmanleyhopkins.org

Sligo

Scriobh Literary Festival
Information: Scríobh Model Arts and Niland Gallery, The Mall, Sligo , Ireland Tel. +353 71 41405
Yeats Memorial Building
Hyde Bridge
Tel. 071 42693 email.
info@yeats-sligo.com
Yeats Weekend Winter School
Information: Geraldine on: 071 60291 / Fax: 071 69556 or Yeats Society, Sligo on: 071 42693 / Fax: 071 42780. Email:
yeatsoit@eircom.net

Strokestown

Strokestown International Poetry Festival
Information:
www.strokestownpoetryprize.com e-mail slawe@eircom.net or twiggezvous@eircom.net