Frances Browne Poetry Competition Awards, featuring Nessa O'Mahony
Join us as we announce the winners of, and hear readings from, the winning poets in this year's multilingual poetry competition.
Date and time
Location
Kee's Hotel
Main Street Stranorlar IrelandRefund Policy
About this event
- Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes
This is a free event.
O ur Poetry Awards event is a must for anyone interested in poetry, language and literature. Celebrating the three languages of the Finn Valley, we award three top prizes in each category of English poetry, Irish poetry and Ulster Scots poetry. We listen to our winning poets communicating their own poems in the way only authors can.
With a keynote talk by Nessa O'Mohony : Translating Achievement into Legacy – Women writers from the 1800s to the 2020s.
In this keynote address, Nessa O’Mahony considers the precarious legacy of women writers, noting how the great achievements of writers such as Frances Browne and her near contemporary, Margaret King Moore, disappeared from literary history over the course of time and places that disappearance in the context of how we memorialise contemporary women writers today.
About Nessa O'Mahony
Nessa O’Mahony, a Dublin native, has published five collections of poetry and is a respected voice in both fiction and non-fiction. Her work includes "Bar Talk" (1999), "Trapping a Ghost" (2005), "In Sight of Home" (2009), "Her Father’s Daughter" (2014), and "The Hollow Woman on the Island" (2019). She is also an esteemed editor and an advocate for celebrating diverse voices in literature, having curated tributes such as the Poetry Ireland Review Issue 138 dedicated to Eavan Boland. O’Mahony currently serves as an associate lecturer with The Open University and holds a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Wales, Bangor.
About The Frances Browne Literary Festival
The 2024 Frances Browne Festival runs from 10th to 13th October. The festival is centred in Ballybofey-Stranorlar, with events happening across East Donegal. Discover the full festival programme, including creative writing workshops, panel discussions, book launches, family events and much more at www.francesbrowneliteraryfestival.com
About Frances Browne
Frances Browne, the Blind Poetess of Ulster, is the most important writer ever to emerge from Donegal's Finn Valley, in the North West of Ireland. Her masterpiece, the children’s storybook "Granny's Wonderful Chair" was a bestseller all over the world, but she also deserves to be remembered for her unswerving opposition to slavery and all sorts of injustice.
The Annual Frances Browne Literary Festival celebrates the legacy and spirit of Frances Browne. We work to bring not only Frances's writing and astonishing life story to new generations but to celebrate the works of contemporary and modern writers who continue in her tradition.