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Launch of FIRE – what a memorable evening!

Contributors and Editors at the launch of FIRE in Naas Library and Cultural Centre (Photo courtesy of Attracta Fahy)
Shauna Gilligan, Editor and Project Lead, Lucina Russell, Lecturer University of Limerick, who launched FIRE and Niamh Boyce, Editor at the launch 26/09/2024.
Image of Noreen Ramsay’s Brigid’s Mantle featured in Fire

Contributors travelled long distances to Kildare – from Cork, Clare, Galway to name a few – in terrible weather to celebrate the coming together of the work but also of the people who contributed, and (most) who were meeting the editors/ fellow artists/ contributors for the first time. Thank you to everyone who travelled to read, to listen, to support. It was – and still is – very much appreciated.

Thank you to my co-editor Niamh Boyce – and good luck to her on her residency in Paris! – and publisher Alan Hayes, Arlen House, a joy to work with.

Thank you to Evelyn and Kevin at Naas Library and Cultural Centre, and to KRF 2024 for the beautiful venue and warm welcome. It was truly a wonderful evening!

Purchasing Details: KENNYS in Ireland (free postage in Ireland) and BLACKWELLS (free worldwide postage)

THANK YOU again to funders, Brigid 1500 and Kildare County Council

Book launch

KRF 2024: Launch of “Fire: Brigid and The Sacred Feminine”

We are delighted that Lucina Russell will launch Fire: Brigid and The Sacred Feminine” at Naas Library and Cultural Centre.

I am still so moved by the poetry, prose and visual art that we selected and thrilled with the resulting book that myself and co-editor Niamh Boyce have spent the last year planning/working on.

Come along to hear wonderful writing on the themes of Brigid, the sacred feminine and the heritage of Kildare – with Kildare Readers Festival, gratefully funded by Brigid 1500 and Kildare County Council.