The Great Famine in Tralee and North Kerry
By Bryan MacMahon
Bryan MacMahon focuses on human stories rather than statistics as he depicts the unprecedented events, upheavals and challenges of the famine years...
Listowel’s Ava Competing in Miss Ireland Teen 2026
Fifteen year old Ava Sheehy from Listowel is hoping to make history as the first teen from the county to win the title of...
Moyvane Darkness Into Light
Darkness Into Light returns to Moyvane for the second year and will take place on Saturday 9th May commencing at 4:15am.
Last year’s walk...
A Remarkable MultiMedia Production Celebrating Extraordinary Women Comes to St. John’s Theatre, Listowel
St. John’s Theatre, Listowel, will soon host Natural Woman — a powerful and uplifting multimedia production created and performed by IRMA Award nominated singer...
The Visit
By Neil Tully
‘Brilliant and intriguing’ - Colm Tóibín
“The lad is a bit like a stray dog. I keep an eye on him and throw...
St. Michael’s College Daniel Lawlor Launches His 3rd Book
Congrats to Daniel Lawlor, 1st year in St. Michael’s College who launched his third book last Saturday. Dycyphering his past after doctors discover a...
‘No Small Talk’ Book Launch in Tarbert on May 2nd
"No Small Talk Is the kind of book you don’t just read, you carry with you in your heart"
(Araminta Jonsson, CEO Transform Trauma Oxford)
“No Small...
The Pigott Poetry Prize Shortlist Announced
Listowel Writers’ Week names the 2026 finalists as the award reaches its thirteenth year with an increased prize fund.
In Ireland, poetry has always held...
A Rebel and a Traitor
By Rory Carroll
A Fugitive, the Manhunt and the Birth of the IRA. The true story of spies, treason and the Easter Rising – the...