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Mary Kennelly

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Living in Ireland with an eclectic collection of Dogs, cats, birds, plants and humans. Published works include; Seven Steps to Birth a Crone, Into the Grey, Splinters, Catching Bats Takes Patience, From the Stones, Sunny Spells Scattered Showers.

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Strenght from Seven Steps to Birth a Crone- Mary Kennelly 5th September 2025 in Glin Library

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It’s lovely to have been invited along as a wandering poet by Glin Library and the wonderful librarian Rosemary Daly. This Friday at 2pm, 5th September, I’m going be joined by Della Reidy Fitzgerald, Eileen Barrett and Brenda Fitzmaurice for a reading and play from β€˜Seven Steps to Birth a Crone’.

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We are hiring…

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Listowel Writers Week.

Kerry Group Novel of The Year:
Time of The Child Niall Williams

Pigott Poetry Prize:
We Go On Kerrie Hardie

Nilsson Heritage Award:
Vincent Carmody

Single Poem Award:
Edel Molloy

Foras na Gaeilge:
Catriona Lane

Poetry Collection:
Michael Naghten Shanks

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Not long to go! Here is our Programme at a Glance for a quick overview of what's to come 🀩

Listowel Writers' Week
Kerry Writers Museum
St John's Theatre & Arts Centre

#listowelliteraryfestival #literaryfestival #irishliteraryfestival #irishliteraryscene

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Writers’ Week, Ireland oldest literary festival is fast approaching.

WORKSHOP: Poetry for the Curious with Mark Granier

29th - 31st May
10am to 12:30pm
Workshops Listowel
3 Day Workshop

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Listowel Writers' Week

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The Frank Hayes Memorial Lecture: Memory and Forgetting - The Use and Abuse of The Past
31 May 2025 - 12pm
πŸ“Plaza Hall

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Listowel Writers' Week
Kerry Writers Museum
St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
www.writersweek.ie

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Listowel Writers' Week
Kerry Writers Museum
St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
www.writersweek.ie

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Listowel Writers' Week
Kerry Writers Museum
St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
www.writersweek.ie

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Writers’ Week, Ireland’s oldest literary festival will soon be rolling round. Listowel,where stories begin!

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Writers’ Week, Ireland’s oldest literary festival will soon be rolling round. Listowel,where stories begin!

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One of Ireland’s finest physical and online bookshops- buy from booksellers not billionaires.

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Writers’ Week, Ireland’s oldest literary festival will soon be rolling round. Listowel,where stories begin!

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A Poem for Today
Grace from β€˜Sunny Spells, Scattered Showers’ 2004

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CΓΊ Chulainn- Jan 25

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I was recording a series of musings and thoughts for radio recently and I was struck by this short, blistering poem by W H Auden, written in 1939.

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