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2010 Programme

Changes to Festival Programme

Thursday 3rd June 8.30pm
Dancing at Lunaghsa will now be performed at St John's Theatre & Arts Centre in place of Lovers' Meeting.


Full Programme

Wed 2nd 8.00pm Opening Night & Presentation of Prizes With Guest Speaker Judge Bryan MacMahon The Arms Hotel
All Week All Day Exhibition - Fr Patrick Dineen The Seanchaí Literary & Cultural Centre
All Week All Day 130 Years of St. Michael's College St. Michael's College
Thur 3rd 11.00am RTE Sunday Miscellany St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Thur 3rd 11.30am Winners Readings The Arms Hotel
Thur 3rd 11.30am Art Exhibition - Paintings by Julie Beckett The Seanchaí Literary & Cultural Centre
Thur 3rd 12.00pm Book Launches - Falling Apples by Matt Mooney - Fresh Water & Other Stories by Neil Brosnan The Plaza Centre
Thur 3rd 1.00pm Lunchtime Theatre - The World's Wife St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Thur 3rd 2.00pm The Seamus Wilmot Memorial Lecture
Robert Lacey 		The Arms Hotel
Thur 3rd 2.30pm Art Exhibition - By The Edge of the Wild Atlantic
by Thelma Mansfield 		St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Thur 3rd 3.30pm Claire Kilroy & Tash Aw The Arms Hotel
Thur 3rd 5.00pm Jennifer Johnston St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Thur 3rd 6.00pm David Mitchell The Arms Hotel
Thur 3rd 7.30pm Kate Adie The Arms Hotel
Thur 3rd 8.30pm Evening Theatre St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Thur 3rd 8.30pm Film Club - Ondine The Classic Cinema
Thur 3rd 8.30pm Fiction Slam Final The Arms Hotel
Thur 3rd 9.00pm Literary Pub Trail Commencing in The Arms Hotel
Thur 3rd 9.00pm Poets' Corner The Kingdom Bar
Fri 4th 12.00pm Book Launch - A Type of Beauty by Patricia O'Reilly - The Green Crown by Roderick Ford The Plaza Centre
Fri 4th 1.00pm Lunchtime Theatre - J M Synge Recital St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Fri 4th 2.00pm Jane Gardam The Arms Hotel
Fri 4th 3.30pm Rachel Cusk St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Fri 4th 3.30pm Afternoon Poetry Café - Poems without Pints Lynch's Bakery & Coffee Shop
Fri 4th 4.00pm Book Launches - The Girl in the Wardrobe by Jennifer Farrell - Feeding Strawberries to Pigs by Gerry Rose Woulfe's Book Shop
Fri 4th 4.30pm John Sharry The Arms Hotel
Fri 4th 6.00pm Paul Durcan The Arms Hotel
Fri 4th 7.30pm Joseph O'Connor The Arms Hotel
Fri 4th 8.30pm Evening Theatre - An Evening with Peter Sheridan St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Fri 4th 8.30pm Film Club - I Went Down The Classic Cinema
Fri 4th 9.00pm Poets Corner The Kingdom Bar
Fri 4th 9.00pm Songwriters' Showcase with Mick Hanly The Saddle Bar
Fri 4th 11.00pm Film Club - Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll The Classic Cinema
Sat 5th 11.00am Maurice McMahon St Michael's College
Sat 5th 12.00pm Book Launches - Reflections by Jimmy Geoghegan - His Mother was a Stranger By Bernard Stack The Plaza Centre
Sat 5th 12.00pm Anne Haverty St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Sat 5th 12.00pm Dermot Weld The Seanchaí Literary & Cultural Centre
Sat 5th 1.00pm Lunchtime Theatre - The Magic Glasses St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Sat 5th 1.45pm The Literary & Historical Bus Tour Departing from The Square
Sat 5th 2.30pm Roddy Doyle The Arms Hotel
Sat 5th 4.00pm Eddie Hobbs The Arms Hotel
Sat 5th 5.30pm Discussion Forum - "The Irish Arts & Culture over the Next Twenty Years" The Arms Hotel
Sat 5th 7.30pm An Interview with Lynn Barber The Arms Hotel
Sat 5th 8.30pm Evening Theatre - The Good Father St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Sat 5th 8.30pm Film Club - Chloe The Classic Cinema
Sat 5th 9.30pm The Final of the Adult Storytelling Competition The Arms Hotel
Sat 5th 11.00pm Film Club - Me and Orson Wells The Classic Cinema
Sun 6th 11.15am Lecture: The Natural History of Ireland by Dr Denis O'Sullivan The Seanchaí Literary & Cultural Centre
Sun 6th 1.00pm Poetic Voice in Memory of Michael Hartnett With Christopher Reid and Anthony Cronin St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Sun 6th 2.30pm Aifric Campbell St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Sun 6th 3.30pm Gisele Scanlon The Arms Hotel
Sun 6th 3.30pm Historical Walking Tour Departing from The Arms Hotel
Sun 6th 5.00pm Poets' Corner in Memory of Maureen Beasley The Mermaids Bar & Restaurant
Sun 6th 8.30pm Evening Theatre - Thy Will Be Done St John's Theatre & Arts Centre
Sun 6th 8.30pm Film Club - Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) The Classic Cinema
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