| ORGANISATIONS / RESOURCES
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| Irish Writers Centre Promoting and assistant in the development of contemporary Irish writing | |
| Poetry Ireland Ireland’s national poetry organisation | |
| Words Ireland Increasing opportunities for writers at all stages in their careers | |
| Ireland Literature Exchange ILE The national organisation for the international promotion of Irish literature, in English and Irish. | |
| JOURNALS / MAGAZINES
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| The Stinging Fly Literary magazine and press publishing the best in new Irish writing | |
| Poetry Ireland Review Thrice yearly journal of the national poetry organisation | |
 | The Moth ‘Boutique’ and stylish independent quarterly of new poetry and prose | |

| Southword New writing and reviews, online, from the Munster Literature Centre. | |
Cyphers | Cyphers Long-running Dublin-based journal of new poetry and reviews | |
| Crannog Galway-based, 3 times yearly journal of poetry and short prose | |

| Writing.ie The complete online writing magazine. | |
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| FESTIVALS
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 | Cork International Poetry Festival Vibrant dedicated international poetry festival from the team at Munster Literature Centre (February) | |
 | Cúirt International Festival of Literature Galway-based, long-established festival combining best of Irish and international writing (April) | |
 | Strokestown International Poetry Festival Small and welcoming poetry festival in village/big house setting (May) | |
 | Limerick Literary Festival | |
 | Mountains to Sea Dlr Book Festival Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin based festival with dedicated poetry strand (March) | |
 | Franco-Irish Literary Festival Vibrant festival of the best of Francophone writing in all genres, incorporating dialogue between Irish and visiting writers (April) | |
 | Imram Hugely innovative predominately Irish-language literary festival, creating dialogue between languages and art forms (May) | |
 | International Literature Festival Dublin Major Dublin-based festival of writing (May) | |
 | Listowel Writers’ Week Long-running festival of writing & reading with strong emphasis of workshops and new writers (May/June) | |
 | West Cork Literary Festival Bantry-based festival of writing in all genres, with workshops and a welcome for emerging writers (July) | |
 | Cork International Short Story Festival Again from the team at the Munster Literature Centre, a truly international and unique festival of the short story (September) | |
 | Dublin Book Festival Festival of book launches, readings and other events highlighting the wealth and diversity of contemporary Irish writing and publishing (November) | |