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Third Forge At Gort festival line-up, March 26th and 27th 2010

category clare | arts and media | press release author Sunday February 14, 2010 16:19author by Fred Johnston - The Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scribhneoirí Chaitlin Maudeauthor email westernwriters at eircom dot netauthor address Canavan Hse., Nuns Island, Galwayauthor phone 087.2178138

Variety of poetry and music for Gort

The Third Forge At Gort takes place March 26th and 27th. All events are free. The festival is organised by The Western Writers' Centre (Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude) Galway and is sponsored by The Arts Council and the generous assistance of Knute Skinner, Edna Keil, O'Grady's Lounge and Restaurant, O'Sullivan's Royal Hotel, Pat O'Callaghan and Poetry Ireland and Galway County Council.
The old Forge in Gort's main street
The old Forge in Gort's main street

Details from westernwriters@eircom.net and 087.2178138. The preliminary line-up for this festival features: John Arden, novelist & poet Patrick Early – Friday March 26th – 8pm – Gort Library; Marty Mulligan (performance poetry) Friday, March 26th – Gallery Café - 10.30 pm; Pete Mullineaux – Workshop (poetry) 11am - Sullivan's Hotel - SaturdayMarch 27th; Rosemarie Rowley – 1pm – O'Grady's Restaurant – Saturday March 27th. 1pm. Kate Thompson – Saturday March 27th - 3pm Gort Library; Pádraig Ó Moráin & Paul Dooley (harp) – Saturday March 27th -7pm- Gort Library; Clare Three-Leggéd Stool Writers' Group & Yuki Nishioka (violin) – Saturday, March 27 - 4. 30pm – O'Grady's Restaurant, Saturday, March 27th – Stephanie Allen-Early (venue to be announced)

Details Fred and Niamh at westernwriters@eircom.net

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author by Fred Johnston - The Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scribhneoirí Chaitlin Maudepublication date Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:46author email westernwriters at eircom dot netauthor address author phone 087.2178138

The venue for the reading by Stephanie Allen-Early is The Lady Gregory Hotel, Gort, Co. Galway, starting at 9pm on Saturday, March 27th. Admission is free.


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