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Distinguished speakers in Longford for Padraic Colum Gathering 2023

Longford County Council has announced that this year's Padraic Colum Gathering, honouring one of Longford's great writers, will take place on Saturday, October 7. The morning session, in Granard Community Library, begins at 10.30am and involves two ...

01 Oct 2023 at 10:00

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Longford writers invited to enter the Padraic Colum Poetry Competition

This is the second annual festival and will take place from September 20 to 22. There will be separate competitions for adults and children, with Noel Monahan and Alan McMonagle taking on the roles of adjudicator for each contest. Only one entry ...

07 Jul 2018 at 14:00

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Remembering the life and times of Padraic Colum in Longford

On Friday evening, Longford Co Council held a civic reception at Arás an Chontae for Padraic Colum’s family, many of whom travelled from as far away as Australia, the USA and the UK as well as from across Ireland. “This event has been planned ...

15 Sept 2017 at 17:00

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First annual Padraic Colum Cruinniú this weekend

To celebrate his life and work, Creative Ireland Longford and Longford County Council are proud to present the first annual gathering to celebrate the life and work of PadraicColum this coming weekend. The weekend, which we are calling the ...

07 Sept 2017 at 18:00

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VIDEO: Remembering the life and times of the great Padraic Colum in Longford

On Friday evening, Longford Co Council held a civic reception at Arás an Chontae for Padraic Colum’s family many of whom traveled from as far away as Australia, the USA and the UK as well as from across Ireland. “This event has been ...

11 Sept 2017 at 12:01

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Third Padraic Colum Gathering to kick off in Longford this weekend

The third annual Padraic Colum Gathering will take place on Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18 as part of Longford’s first Literary month, celebrating one of Longford’s most famous and prolific writers of poetry, story, music and ...

16 May 2019 at 11:00

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VOTE | Longford's All Time Great - Round of 16 Poll #1: Ray Flynn v Padraic Colum

Battle #1 as we seek Longford's All Time Great is record breaking Longford athlete Ray Flynn who is facing literary giant Padraic Colum. Need some help deciding? Click on the image links to learn more about Ray Flynn and Padraic ...

25 Jan 2019 at 19:47

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Longford All Time Greats: Profile #2 Padraic Colum

Arguably one of the finest scribes to hail from these shores, Padraic Colum was a Longford-born writer who had had a long and productive life as a poet, essayist, editor, children’s writer, folklorist, biographer and playwright....

22 Jan 2019 at 00:39

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Longford Literary Month to celebrate local writers

This May, Longford will be a literary haven as the county celebrates some of its most recognisable writers, past and present, in the first ever Longford Literary Month. The month of May will be packed with a variety of ...

18 Apr 2019 at 16:00

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Excitement builds as Co Longford gears up for second annual Padraic Colum Gathering

The event begins with the official opening at 6.30pm on Thursday evening in Backstage Theatre. Aidan O’Hara will give a brief introductory talk on Padraic Colum’s life and the opening will also include the launch of a ...

10 Sept 2018 at 19:02

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Roadworks between Longford and Edgeworthstown to remain in place until end of October

Road stoppages have been in place on the N4 at Cooleeny since the end of July and this evening local authority officials said it will remain in place until the end of next month. "The extent of the works is from ...

23 Sept 2019 at 19:33

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Three people recovering from injuries sustained in Longford road accident

The head-on two car collision occurred last Thursday night (July 26) at the Padraic Colum roundabout at around 10:30pm. Three people, two females and a male, were taken to the Midland Regional Hospital in ...

02 Aug 2018 at 10:00

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