UPDATED: Getting Literary: Byrne to Open Festival in Ireland
Writers’ Week in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, the annual literary festival, will be opened by Gabriel Byrne on May 27.
“Since it’s inception in 1970 Listowel Writers’ Week has been recognised as the primary event in Ireland’s literary calendar. North Kerry is the birthplace of many of Ireland’s most prominent writers past and present including Dr. John B Keane, Dr Bryan Mac Mahon, Professor Brendan Kennelly, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, George Fitzmaurice, Maurice Walsh and Robert Leslie Boland. Writers’ Week festival was established in 1970 to celebrate those writers and to provide an opportunity for Irish Writers in general to develop their talents and meet new audiences.”
Among the many writers in attendance is Colm Toibin. I can’t imagine being in the same room with these two. Heaven!
Pictures from the event, with commentary (read about the walking stick–totally cool!) are now available. Be sure to read the live blog entry on Gabriel’s introduction at Listowel Writers’ Week Fringe, provided by Patrick Stack and Paul O’Mahony, and read the rest of their entries for a great report on the entire festival–good writing and good reading.
Video of poetry readings in John B. Keane’s pub are on YouTube now and Gabriel is in the audience.
Added Friday, May 29: excerpt video of Gabriel Byrne keynoting the event!
Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill, won the top prize and Gabriel presented the award to him.
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at 11:01 PM
Stella,
When you first put this link on here was this same pic of Gabe on it?
at 1:30 PM
Sam, there is no picture associated with this post. As soon as I find one from this event, I’ll post it, I promise!
at 12:25 AM
OK, Sam. Now there is a picture. Yay!
at 6:48 PM
Thanks for the pic. But I was wondering about the pic of Gabe on the Writer’s Week in Listowel link. The one with Gabe against the blue wall. I was trying to date it. Wondering if it was this month or from further in the past. I want to thank you and Yan again for all the work you put in on this site.
at 9:06 PM
Sam: the picture of Gabriel against the blue wall that the official Listowel Writer’s Week site used is from the past. It will go in the Byrneholics Gallery in the Photoshoots section, in the Blues Series 2 sometime soon. I don’t know when it was taken. Glad you are enjoying the site! Your support is appreciated!
Stella
at 1:40 PM
There is a video – not especially great quality, but interesting anyway, of Gabriel’s opening speech at the Writer’s Festival on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r30XY-XUlnc It never fails to make me smile.
at 3:35 AM
Yes, he is a very good storyteller