Kerry Writers’ Museum is delighted to announce that it will soon open a new exhibition of Celtic illumination artwork by artist Michael O’Connor. Born and raised in the Georgian townhouse that is now our museum, O’Connor has been described as the ‘finest’ artist of Celtic Illumination of the twentieth century as his work was simply
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the passing of writer Bryan MacMahon. Born in Listowel in 1909, MacMahon was a folklorist, short story writer, poet, playwright and producer of plays, novelist, lecturer and ballad-maker. He also wrote pageants, radio features, and television scripts and plays. His first play The Bugle in the Blood was produced in
We are delighted to welcome Louise Lynch to our team in Kerry Writers’ Museum as Marketing & Events Coordinator. We first met Louise last summer when she helped to curate an exhibition for artist John McMonagle, that took place in the Museum. Louise is a Visual Artist, Digital Designer and Marketing whizz! Some of you