2010 Calendar of Poetry/Literature Festivals and Events in Ireland
January
(Late January)
The Yeats Winter School
www.yeats-sligo.com/html/winter.html
Hyde Bridge, County Sligo
February
(17 – 20 February)
Cork Spring Literary Festival: Eigse 2010
www.munsterlit.ie/
Cork City
March
(5th – 7th March 2010)
Ennis Book Club Festival
www.ennisbookclubfestival.com
Ennis, County Clare
(6th – 8th March 2010)
Dublin Book Festival
www.dublinbookfestival.com
Dublin City Hall
(18 – 20 March 2010)
Sean Dunne Writers Festival
www.seandunne.ie
Waterford City
(Late March)
International Pan Celtic Festival
www.panceltic.ie
Donegal Town
(Late March)
Granard Traditional Harp Festival
http://granard.harp.net
Granard, Co. Longford
(25 – 28 March 2010)
Poetry Now Festival
www.poetrynow.ie
Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin
(Late March)
The Forge at Gort – A Writers’ Gathering
www.twwc.ie
Gort, Co. Galway
(Late March)
Edgeworth Literary Festival
www.edgeworthliteraryfestival.com
Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
(Late March)
Wexford Book Festival
www.wexfordbook.com
Wexford Town, Wexford
(March/April)
Between The Lines Literary Festival
www.crescentarts.org/events/between-the-lines
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
April
(Early 4-6 April)
Siar Sceal Festival
http://siarsceal.com/festival.htm
Castlerea, Co. Roscommon
(Late April)
Cúirt International Festival of Literature
www.galwayartscentre.ie
Galway City
(22-24 April)
Eigse Michael Hartnett Literary Festival
http://www.eigsemichaelhartnett.ie/
Newcastlewest, County Limerick
(21-24 April)
Cork World Book Festival
www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Grand Parade, Cork City Library, Bishop Lucey Park and Triskel Arts Centre- Cork
(April)
The Franco-Irish Literary Festival
www.francoirishliteraryfestival.com
Dublin Castle, Dublin City
May
(1-31 May)
Bealtaine Festival
www.bealtaine.com
Countrywide
(Early May)
Féile na Bealtaine
www.feilenabealtaine.ie/literature.html
Dingle/An Daingean, County Kerry
(Early May)
Strokestown International Poetry Festival
www.strokestownpoetry.org
Strokestown, County Roscommon
(Early May)
Féile na nDéise
www.feilenandeise.com/programme2007.shtml
Dungarvan, County Waterford
(Early May)
Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
www.cqaf.com
Belfast
(Early May)
Aidan Higgins at 80 Festival
www.aidanhiggins.ie
Celbridge, County Kildare
(Mid May)
Rosscarbery Arts & Literature Festival
www.rosscarbery.ie/arts_and_literature
Rosscarbery, County Cork
(Late May Early June)
Iniscealtra Festival of Arts
www.iniscealtra-artsfestival.org
Mountshannon, County Clare
(Late May Early June)
Listowel Writers’ Week Literary Festival
www.writersweek.ie
Listowel, County Kerry
June
(Mid June)
Eigse Carlow Arts Festival
www.eigsecarlow.ie
Carlow Town, Carlow
2-7 June
Dublin Writers’ Festival
www.dublinwritersfestival.com
Dublin City
(Mid June)
Immrama Festival of Travel writing
www.lismoreimmrama.com
Lismore, Co Waterford
(Mid June)
Tralee Garden Festival – Féile na mBláth
www.tralee.ie
Tralee, County Kerry
(21-23 June)
Féile na Gréine: Solstice Arts Festival
www.feilenagreine.com
Waterville, Co. Kerry
(June Solstice)
Midsummer Festival on Tara
www.myspace.com/summersolsticetara
Tara hill, County Meath
(Late June Early July)
Byrne/Perry Summer School of Irish History and Literature
www.byrneperry.ie
Gorey, County Wexford
July
(4-10 July)
West Cork Literary Festival
www.westcorkliteraryfestival.ie
Bantry, County Cork
(10-18 July)
Kinsale Arts Festival
www.kinsaleartsweek.com
Kinsale, County Cork
(14-18 July)
‘SoundEye’ The Cork International Poetry Festival
www.soundeye.org/
Cork City
(Mid July)
Earagail Arts Festival
www.earagailartsfestival.ie
County Donegal
(17-20 July)
Phoenix Festival
www.phoenixfestival.ie
Tullamore, Co. Offaly
(19-25 July)
Gerard Manley Hopkins Literary Festival
www.gerardmanleyhopkins.org
Monasterevin, County Kildare
(Late July to Early August)
Boyle Arts Festival
www.boylearts.com
Boyle, County Roscommon
(Late July to Early August)
Yeats Festival
www.yeats-sligo.com/html/sligofestival.html
Sligo Town
August
(Early August)
The Raglan Road Festival
www.patrickkavanaghcountry.com/html/raglanroad.htm
Inniskeen, County Monaghan
(Early August)
Sean McCarthy Weekend
www.finugeweekend.com
Listowel, County Kerry
(Early-Mid August)
August Féile
www.feilebelfast.com
West Belfast
(6-15 August)
Kilkenny Arts Festival
www.kilkennyarts.ie/
Kilkenny City
September
(3-5 September)
The Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival
www.capeclearstorytelling.com
Cape Clear Island, Skibbereen, County Cork
(15-18 September)
Frank O’Connor International Festival of the Short Story
www.munsterlit.ie
Cork City
(Early September)
Courtmacsherry Storytelling Carnival
+353 (0)23 40100
Courtmacsherry, County Cork
(Early September)
Scriobh Literary Festival
www.modelart.ie/events/festivals.html
Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo Town
(Mid September)
Graiguenamanagh ‘Town of Books’ Festival
www.booktownireland.com
Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny
(Mid September)
Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend
www.omagh.gov.uk
Omagh, County Tyrone
(Mid September)
Eigse Michael Hartnett Literary Festival
www.shannonregiontourism.ie/individual_results.asp?sID=15879
Newcastlewest, County Limerick
(Late September)
Clifden Community Arts Week
www.clifdenartsweek.ie
Clifden, County Galway
(late September)
Athlone Literary Festival
www.athlone.ie/literaryfestival
Athlone, County Westmeath
(Late September)
Aspects Literature Festival
www.northdown.gov.uk/main_servicessingle.asp?id=205&area=6&aName=Council
Bangor, County Down
(Late September)
Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering
www.ladygregory.info
Gort, County Galway
October
(7-10 Oct)
Dromineer Literary Festival
www.dromineerliteraryfestival.ie
Dromineer, County Tipperary
(October)
Erris Literary Festival
www.errisliteraryfestival.com
Gaogh Saile, near Belmullet, County Mayo
(16-18 October)
Slieve Bloom Storytelling and Music Festival
www.slievebloom.ie
In the Great Houses and Castles of the Slieve Bloom Mountains in Offaly and Laois
(Late October)
‘Cuisle’ – The Limerick International Poetry Festival
www.limerickcity.ie
Limerick City
(Late October)
‘Impressions’ – The South Tipperary Literature Festival
www.southtipparts.com/pages/literature.html
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
(Late October)
Samhain International Poetry Festival
www.samhainpoetry.com
Gortahork, Co. Donegal
(Late October)
Lough Gur Storytelling Festival
www.ballyhouracountry.com/loughgur.asp
Lough Gur, County Limerick
(Late October to Early November)
‘Imagine’ – The Waterford Arts Festival
www.waterfordartsfestival.com/literature.php
Waterford City
(Late October)
Féile le Chéile – Irish language arts festival
+44 (0) 28 7126 4132
Derry Town
(Late October)
Baffle Festival of Poetry and Craic
www.baffle.ie
Loughrea, County Galway
(17 October to 01 November)
Belfast Festival at Queens
www.belfastfestival.com
Belfast
November
(November)
In Sight of Raftery Arts Festival
www.rafteryfestival.com
Kiltimagh, County Mayo
(Late November)
The annual Patrick Kavanagh Weekend
www.patrickkavanaghcountry.com/html/kavweekend.htm
Inniskeen, Co Monaghan
