Date: Thursday 28th May 2026
Venue: Listowel Arms Hotel Main Room
Time: 11.30 AM
Celebrating a selection of standout voices from the Listowel Writers’ Week Literary Awards. From compelling prose to evocative poetry, this event promises an inspiring and intimate glimpse into some of the finest writing of the year.
Date: Thursday 28th May 2026
Venue: St John’s Theatre & Arts Centre
Venue: 11 AM
Coast
This extraordinary exhibition from Cloghane artist Michael Flaherty is a celebration of the Kerry Coast and its surroundings painted at various times over the past two decades. Flaherty has exhibited far and wide and his sought-after works are held in many prestigious private and public collections reflecting a distinguished career firmly rooted in place.
Date: Sunday 31st May 2026
Venue: Listowel Community Centre
Time: 9.30 AM
A creative writing workshop with writer Susan Browne and naturalist Ger Scollard, inspired by nature in the beautiful surroundings of Listowel Town Park and the Garden of Europe. Enjoy creative writing exercises, a mindful wildlife walk, inspiring prompts, and gentle guidance to help you connect with nature and your own voice.
Date: Saturday 30th May 2026
Venue: Meet up outside Listowel Arms Hotel
Time: 10 AM
A Guided Walk Through Listowel’s Tall Tales, Poets & Political Pranks
Join John Keane as he passes by the birth places of literary greats, Bryan McMahon and John B Keane and examines the work of the master of plaster; the doyen of Sculptural stuccos, Pat McAuliffe. The tour will end in the Small Square where in May 1951, Tom Doodle, president of the Independent Coulogeous Party made his only public appearance. The man who promised to drill for oil off the coast of Ballybunion and who secured gravel rights on the moon for Listowel will be celebrated. No spoofers please!
Date: Friday 29th May 2026
Venue: Meet up outside Listowel Arms Hotel
Faces and Places
A town tour with Vincent Carmody, award winning historian and Book Publisher