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An Fhéile Bheag Filíochta 2018 9-11 Samhain/November Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Trá Lí, Co. Chiarraí. Féile Filíochta dhátheangach is ea an Fhéile Bheag Filíochta. Cuirtear fáilte roimh fhilí/fhilíocht i ngaeilge agus i mBéarla. Irish and English Language poets and poetry welcome. Simultaneous translation available.   Click here for programme  

Now in its second year, this annual literary event is being held from September 20th to 22nd in County Longford. It is a celebration of the life and work of one of Ireland’s most respected writers, poets and lecturers. The weekend will also include a talk on Padraic Colum’s wife, Mary Colum nee Gunning Maguire. Like Padraic, Read more about Padraic Colum Gathering 2018[…]

You now have until December 7th to create some original poetry to wow our judges! Our range of competitions offer some serious prizes – and recognition of outstanding poetry at an international literary event, now in its 21st year. This year’s main competition, the Strokestown International Poetry Prize, has renowned poets Jo Shapcott and Gerard Read more about Strokestown Poetry Competitions are now LIVE![…]

The results of our Mid Summer Pollinator Friendly Poetry Competition have been announced by the judge, James Harpur, and the prize-giving took place at the Grotto, Strokestown, at our Heritage Day event – ‘Creating a Buzz in Strokestown’.   First Prize went to ‘Listen Closely’ by Sven Kretzschmar, Second, Bernadette Brudell, and Third, Kieran Moylan. Read more about Creating a Buzz in Strokestown Poetry Results[…]

The Hermit Collective, popular visitors to the 20th Strokestown International Poetry Festival earlier this year, have an outing in County Mayo this week, in Charlestown Town Hall Arts Centre on Saturday (August 18th). The Hermit Collective, is a group of local musicians, artists and writers who will be giving a free concert at 5pm, with Read more about Art, Poetry and Music[…]

It may be hard to believe, but 2018 marked the 20th International Poetry Festival in Strokestown, making it one of Ireland’s longest running literary get-togethers.   And today, Majella Hunt (Director of Services, Corporate Services, Roscommon County Council) officially opened the exhibition of 20:20 poems in the Áras an Chontae, Roscommon. Last Spring we introduced an extra Read more about Opening of Poetry Exhibition[…]

We are delighted to announce that Strokestown Poetry has been announced as a County winner of the National Lottery #GoodCausesAwards 2018! Delighted with the news and thank you to all our associates for their support. We now go forward to the Regional Final in September so fingers crossed!

Creating a buzz in Strokestown -Mid Summer Poetry Competition To celebrate the creation of the Pollinator Flower Bed in Strokestown, we have launched a new poetry competition to tie in with Heritage week, the theme of which is ‘Sharing Stories’. The flower bed was the creation of four local groups: Strokestown Tidy Towns, STAAR Brothers Read more about One week left to get your poem into Strokestown[…]

Award-winning poet Jane Clarke joined Strokestown committee member Louise G Cole at Boyle Arts Festival this week. The occasion was a launch of Louise’s poetry book ‘Beyond the Green Bridge’, which she first revealed at our Festival back in May. This week’s launch was in King House in Boyle, County Roscommon. Louise’s poems were introduced Read more about Jane and Louise and Boyle Arts Festival[…]