ONE of Limerick’s most popular arts and culture festivals returned last week, bringing a slew of artists both local and international to one Limerick town.
The Éigse Michael Hartnett festival took place in Newcastle West between October 2 and 5.
The headline act of this year’s festival was Oscar-winning singer/songwriter Glen Hansard, who performed at the Longcourt House Hotel.
Munster and Ireland rugby star Keith Earls spoke about his life and career with journalist Tommy Conlon, while author Justine McCarthy will gave her unique take on world affairs during the anticipated annual Hartnett Memorial Lecture.
Poets Paula Meehan and Theo Dorgan will also took park, with the festival marking 50 years since Hartnett’s iconic Farewell to English at Springfield Castle.
Other highlights included uilleann piper Louise Mulcahy playing tunes and telling the story of women pipers, laughs from The Six Marys, and more from author Roisin Maguire, poets Dean Browne, Natalya O’Flaherty, Robyn Rowland, and Maire Saaritsa, singer Oonagh McMahon, and food historian Mairtin Mac Con Iomaire.
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