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Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival kicks off this weekend in Edgeworthstown

...will be performed by actress Carmel O’Leary. On Saturday morning, there will be two workshops, poetry and short story with VONA GROARKE and Brian Leyden, there are still some places available. In the afternoon, there will be a free guided walk of the...

09 May 2018 at 15:00

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Entries sought for Maria Edgeworth writing contest

...'The Home Place', the short story Departures and the Novel Death and Plenty. The Poetry competition will be adjudicated by VONA GROARKE who was born in Edgeworthstown. Vona has won the Hennessy Poetry and Writer of the Year award; she has six collections with...

20 Jan 2018 at 16:00

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Strokestown’s
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Literature

...and indeed lots, lots more and some famous faces in the literary world will also be on hand. Festival highlights include VONA GROARKE, Gerald Dawe, Macdara Woods, Tony Walsh, Nerys Williams, Iggy McGovern, Terry McDonagh, Karen McDonnell, Sarah Clancy, Lorna...

01 May 2013 at 11:45

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Gallery Press poetry reading at The Dock

...and discussion Wednesday, April 17 at The Dock in Carrick-on-Shannon, as part of a nationwide reading series. Longford’s VONA GROARKE will be one of the featured poets at the event. Vona, who teaches at the University of Manchester, is an accomplished author...

17 Apr 2013 at 16:18

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Thirty-eighth annual Oliver Goldsmith Festival in Longford goes back to its roots with a lively twist

...entrants of the Goldsmith Adult and Schools Poetry Competitions will be announced and adjudicated by leading Irish poets VONA GROARKE and Mary Melvin Geoghegan. Speaking at the launch of Goldsmith Festival chairman Arthur Conlon said: “It’s wonderful to be...

28 May 2022 at 10:00

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Longford poet Mary Melvin Geoghegan launches fifth book of poetry at Backstage Theatre

...reservoir of what’s secretive, hidden and unknown - change.” The local poet went on to say that she was really drawn to a VONA GROARKE quote that she had stumbled upon recently; ‘poetry tends to like blind spots it so often burrows where it really aughtn’t to...

05 May 2018 at 13:00

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Launch of unique book in Edgeworthstown library

... The town is also the place where Oliver Goldsmith received his classical education. Contemporary writers include VONA GROARKE and Belinda McKeon, with both having close associations with the town. The next generation of writers may come from a group...

25 Nov 2023 at 10:03

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Longford and Westmeath plays host to Goldsmith International Literary Festival this weekend

... featuring readings by the winners of the children’s and adults’ poetry competitions, judged by Mary Melvin Geoghegan and VONA GROARKE respectively. Chaired by Anne Tully, these readings will be followed by a reading by acclaimed poet VONA GROARKE. The...

01 Jun 2022 at 14:00

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Longford's Goldsmith Festival takes place this weekend

02 Jun 2022 at 11:00

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PICTURES | Goldsmith Festival hears that Longford must seize opportunity post-Covid tourism presents

...to this year’s festival with delightful readings for this year’s poetry competition winners alongside well-known poets VONA GROARKE and Mary Melvin Geoghegan. Arthur Conlon chairman of the Goldsmith Festival, "After virtual festivals in 2020 and 2021 it...

10 Jun 2022 at 12:00

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Longford-born poet up for award

A Longford-born poet, VONA GROARKE has been shortlisted for this year’s Pigott Poetry Prize in association with Listowel Writers’ Week. Her ‘Selected Poems’ joins titles by Bernard O’Donoghue and Máighréad Medbh. Vona was born in Edgeworthstown, Longford in 1964...

12 May 2017 at 17:00

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PICTURES | New book by Longford pupils launched to much acclaim in Edgeworthstown

...and the county has an International reputation as being ‘The County of Great Writers’ from Oliver Goldsmith, Padraic Colum, VONA GROARKE, Belinda McKeon, John Connell and now these emerging young writers. He also said that the Society aims are to create legacy...

07 Dec 2023 at 09:00

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