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Gaeilge Tamagotchi comes to Newcastle West

BROADCASTER, writer and traveller Manchán Magan is a man with a mission. And he believes each of us can play our part to keep alive particular words in the Irish language by becoming custodians of just one word. He calls it Gaeilge Tamagotchi and ...

02 Apr 2017 at 09:30

Books Literature

Legacy of late Limerick poet lives on in Éigse Festival

THE legacy of the late poet Michael Hartnett lives on, primarily in his work but also in the literary and arts festival which bears his name, Éigse Michael Hartnett. Speaking at the opening of this year’s Éigse, which was streamed live, the ...

08 Oct 2020 at 13:00

Community

Joint winners of Michael Hartnett prize announced ahead of Limerick festival

THE late poet Michael Hartnett has always been “a touchstone” for Connemara poet Mary O’Malley who was named, along with Dubliner Macdara Woods, as joint winners of this year’s Michael Hartnett Poetry Award. And Ms O’Malley, who will ...

07 Apr 2018 at 14:00

Pictures & Videos

SLIDESHOW: Non-hurricane Lorenzo fails to blow away celebration of Au-gust Limerick poet

EIGSE Michael Hartnett 2019, which concluded in Newcastle West on Saturday night, marked the 20th anniversary of the poet Hartnett’s death with a great celebration of music and poetry. But it will also be remembered as the Lorenzo ...

10 Oct 2019 at 20:30

Sponsored

Éigse Michael Hartnett this Weekend

03 Oct 2022 at 17:54

What's On

Hartnett poems are put to music on new album by Limerick musician

IT’S the kind of gig poet Michael Hartnett might have liked himself. Indeed, there’s a good chance it’s the kind of gig he would have organised himself. This Sunday, almost 17 years after his death, Hartnett’s poems will be ...

26 Aug 2016 at 07:10

Breaking News

A remarkable woman: Philomena Lee 'a bit nervous' ahead of Newcastle West return

PHILOMENA Lee, the real-life star of the film Philomena, is certain to get a tumultuous welcome when she returns to her home town of Newcastle West this Thursday. Described as a “most remarkable woman” by Dame Judi Dench, ...

06 Apr 2017 at 07:01

NCW

Philomena Lee in starring role at Eigse Michael Hartnett in Newcastle West

THERE were lights, cameras and screens. Even the carpet was red. And when Philomena Lee stepped on to the stage at Newcastle West library, she got the full-blown five-star treatment worthy of any star. In a spontaneous ...

15 Apr 2017 at 09:00

Local News

Éigse to host unique link-up of writer and musician

INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed writer Colum McCann, whose work has been translated into 35 different languages, is looking forward to his visit to Newcastle West this weekend for Éigse Michael Hartnett. “I love the idea of ...

15 Apr 2016 at 07:04

Nostalgia

My Michael! Road trip with one of Limerick's finest poets

The poet Michael Hartnett, died in 1999, aged just 58. This week, ahead of what would have been his 80th birthday, piper, former RTÉ producer and presenter of Céilí House, Peter Browne, remembers the poet with ...

19 Sept 2021 at 22:00

Books Literature

In Pictures: Limerick town looks forward to return of 'in-person' Eigse Michael Hartnett

THE programme for this year’s Éigse Michael Hartnett Literary and Arts Festival has been released by the organising committee. The festival, which takes place in Newcastle West between October 6 and October 9,...

14 Sept 2022 at 21:00

What's On

Lively programme for Eigse Michael Hartnett in Newcastle West

PEOPLE and places are at the heart of this year’s Eigse Michael Hartnett which kicks off in the late poet’s home town of Newcastle West next month. This is particularly evident in the person of Philomena Lee,...

28 Mar 2017 at 07:10

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