Festival Programme
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30th May | Winners’ Readings | The Plaza Centre | 11am | Read More | |
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30th May | Morning Walk | The Arms Hotel | 11am | Read More | |
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30th May | Elizabeth Wassell | The Arms Hotel | 11am | Read More | |
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30th May | Art Exhibition: Michael Mulcahy | St John’s Theatre | 11.30am | Read More | |
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30th May | Theatre: The Quiet Man | St John’s Theatre | 1pm | Read More | |
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30th May | Peter Murphy | The Seanchaí Centre | 1pm | Read More | |
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30th May | Colm Tóibín | The Arms Hotel | 2pm | Read More | |
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30th May | Lucy Caldwell | St John’s Theatre | 3.30pm | Read More | |
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30th May | Book Launch: Honor Donoghue & Maeve Devoy |
The Plaza Centre | 4pm | Read More | |
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30th May | Colum McCann | The Arms Hotel | 5pm | Read More | |
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30th May | Willy Vlautin | St John’s Theatre | 6.30pm | Read More | |
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30th May | Art Exhibition: Amy Sheehy |
The Seanchaí Centre | 7pm | Read More | |
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30th May | The Gathering: Across The Waves |
The Arms Hotel | 7.30pm | Read More | |
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30th May | Literary Pub Trail | The Arms Hotel | 8pm | Read More | |
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30th May | Theatre: I do not like thee Dr Fell |
St John’s Theatre | 8.30pm | Read More | |
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30th May | Film Club: The Quiet Man |
The Classic Cinema | 8.30pm | Read More | |
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30th May | Theatre: Mary Kenny Dorothy Parker made me a Feminist |
The Seanchai Centre | 9pm | Read More | |
| 30th May | Poets’ Corner | The Kingdom Bar | 9pm | Read More | ||
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31st May | Morning Walk | The Arms Hotel | 11am | Read More | |
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31st May | Paddy Fitzgibbon | St John’s Theatre | 11am | Read More | |
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31st May | Art Exhibition: Geraldine O Reilly & Aidan McDermott |
The Seanchaí Centre | 11.30am | Read More | |
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31st May | Diverse Voices | The Arms Hotel | 12 noon | Read More | |
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31st May | Theatre: Flann’s Your Only Man |
St John’s Theatre | 1pm | Read More | |
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31st May | Emma Donoghue | The Arms Hotel | 1pm | Read More | |
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31st May | Book Launch: Sue Hubbard & Michael Gallagher |
The Plaza Centre | 1.30pm | Read More | |
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31st May | Alison Moore | St John’s Theatre | 2.15pm | Read More | |
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31st May | Poetry Without Pints | The Seanchaí Centre | 3pm | Read More | |
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31st May | Robin Dunbar | The Arms Hotel | 3.30pm | Read More | |
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31st May | Book Launch: Peggie Gallagher & Gabriel Fitzmaurice |
The Plaza Centre | 3.30pm | Read More | |
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31st May | Dermot Bolger | St John’s Theatre | 4.30pm | Read More | |
| 31st May | The Italian Event | The Seanchaí Centre | 5.30pm | Read More | ||
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31st May | Rebecca Miller | St John’s Theatre | 6.30pm | Read More | |
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31st May | The Gathering: Mapping the Irish Famine |
The Plaza Centre | 7.30pm | Read More | |
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31st May | New Writers’ Salon | Scribes Coffee House | 8pm | Read More | |
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31st May | Catherine Dunne & Evelyn Conlon |
The Seanchaí Centre | 8.30pm | Read More | |
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31st May | Poetry & Music: John Montague & Paddy Moloney |
The Arms Hotel | 8.30pm | Read More | |
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31st May | Theatre: I Heart Alice Heart I | St John’s Theatre | 8.30pm | Read More | |
| 31st May | Poets’ Corner | The Kingdom Bar | 9pm | Read More | ||
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31st May | Film; Dreamtime Revisited & For the Love of Books |
The Classic Cinema | 8.30pm | Read More | |
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31st May | Performance: Willy Vlautin/ Richmond Fontaine Acoustic Gig | St John’s Theatre | 10.30pm | Read More | |
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1st June | Morning Walk | The Arms Hotel | 11am | Read More | |
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1st June | Radio Ramblings with Cyril Kelly | St John’s Theatre | 11am | Read More | |
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1st June | Martha Long | The Plaza Centre | 12pm | Read More | |
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1st June | Theatre: W.A.G. | St John’s Theatre | 1pm | Read More | |
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1st June | Thomas Keneally | The Arms Hotel | 1.30pm | Read More | |
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1st June | Literary Bus Tour | The Arms Hotel | 2pm | Read More | |
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1st June | Nadeem Aslam | St John’s Theatre | 2.30pm | Read More | |
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1st June | Marina Chapman | The Arms Hotel | 4pm | Read More | |
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1st June | The Bryan MacMahon Event | St John’s Theatre | 4.30pm | Read More | |
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1st June | Audrey Niffenegger | The Arms Hotel | 5.30pm | Read More | |
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1st June | Andrew Miller | St John’s Theatre | 6.30pm | Read More | |
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1st June | The Gathering Celebrating Máire Mhac an tSaoi |
The Arms Hotel | 7.30pm | Read More | |
| 1st June | New Writers’ Salon | Scribes Coffee House | 8pm | Read More | ||
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1st June | Theatre: Tailor & Ansty | St John’s Theatre | 8.30pm | Read More | |
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1st June | Film Club: A Song for Marion | The Classic Cinema | 8.30pm | Read More | |
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1st June | Performance: Sacred Harp Shape Note Singers |
St Mary’s Church | 9pm | Read More | |
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1st June | Film Club: Leonard Cohen I’m Your Man |
The Classic Cinema | 11pm | Read More | |
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2nd June | Morning Walk | The Arms Hotel | 11am | Read More | |
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2nd June | Language: Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien |
2nd June | 12.30pm | Read More | |
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2nd June | Gene Kerrigan | The Arms Hotel | 2pm | Read More | |
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2nd June | Poetry: Joseph Woods & Mark Granier |
2nd June | 2.30pm | Read More | |
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2nd June | Michael Harding | The Arms Hotel | 3.30pm | Read More | |
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2nd June | The Gathering: The Irish/American Short Story/Poem |
St John’s Theatre | 5pm | Read More | |
| 2nd June | Poets’ Corner | The Mermaid’s Bar | 5.30pm | Read More | ||
| 2nd June | Telling Stories | The Arms Hotel | 7pm | Read More | ||
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2nd June | Theatre: God of Carnage | St John’s Theatre | 8.30pm | Read More | |
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2nd June | Film Club: The Pier | The Classic Cinema | 8.30pm | Read More |

























































