John Liddy News Today

As an Irish poet who has been living and writing in Madrid for the last four decades, I felt dutybound to compile a book of poems that would reflect my relationship with the diversity of Spain, its landscape and its people. The result of this endeavour is Spanish Points, a collection of my Spain-related poems chosen by

Carr has dedicated his new collection to late friend and former Horslips band member Johnny Fean.

Alongside the banks of the River Shannon, Limerick-based poet D’or Seifer tells the Limerick Leader about the Treaty Citys “poetry ecosystem.&rdquo...

TULLAMORE poet Richard Brennan performed one of his own poems at the launch of Chasing Shadows, an anthology of poetry, in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford during He...

Chasing Shadows is a miscellany of poetry published by Lapwing, under the watchful eyes of Mary Carleton Reynolds, Creative Ireland Longford, Shelley Corcoran, ...

TULLAMORE poet Richard Brennan performed one of his own poems at the launch of Chasing Shadows, an anthology of poetry, in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford during He...

THE LIMERICK literary organisation the Limerick Writers’ Centre was invited to present at a gathering at the Ateneo de Madrid the latest book of poems, Ar...

THE Mayor of Limerick, Cllr Daniel Butler has officially proclaimed April as Poetry Month in Limerick by the signing of a Proclamation and conferring on the fes...

LIMERICK author Kieran Beville is to be appointed ‘Poet Laureate’ for Limerick at a civic ceremony in the Mayor’s Office on Thursday March 10....

Sadness in Limerick artistic community following death of ‘independent thinker of life’ Reporter: );  ); THERE is sadness in the Limerick artistic community following the passing of Tommy O’Grady, the brother of leading poet Desmond. Although he wasn’t a published author like his sibling, Tommy, who died earlier this month, was remembered as a huge supporter of Limerick’s arts and cultural and life. Limerick-born writer John Liddy, a friend of Tommys for over three decades said: “...