| 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) | |
