Friday 2nd March | Time | Venue | Admission |
‘Reading – Has it a Future in the Digital Age?’– Mike Power | 14.30 – 15.30 | Temple Gate Hotel | Free |
Information Office and Ticket Sales | 15.00 – 17.30 | Clare Museum | |
Official Opening by Vincent Woods | 19.00 | Glór | €15/€12 |
Saturday 3rd March | Time | Venue | Admission |
Books and Buns – a literary quiz over a cuppa | 09.30 – 11.00 | Rowan Tree Café | €5 |
Sheila O'Flanagan – Interview and Reading | 10.00 – 11.00 | Glór | €10 |
10 Books You Should Read with Fergus Finlay & Dr Pat Donlon | 11.30 – 13.00 | Glór | €10 |
Walking Tour of Ennis with local historian Séan Spellissy | 11.30 – 13.00 | Clare Museum | €8 |
Poetry Reading with Joseph Woods and Paula Meehan | 14.30 – 15.30 | Old Ground Hotel | €10 |
Peter and Natasha Murtagh on their 900 km Buen Camino | 14.30 – 15.30 | Temple Gate Hotel | €8 |
Doireann Ní Ghríofa: a bi-lingual poetry reading | 15.30 – 16.30 | Scéal Eile Bookshop | Free |
Dr Margaret Kelleher on 19th Century Irish Literature | 16.00 – 17.00 | Temple Gate Hotel | €8 |
Maureen Gaffney – Flourishing in difficult times | 16.00 – 17.00 | Glór | €12 |
Poetry book launch ‘Image and Likeness’ by Brian Mooney | 18.00 – 19.00 | Temple Gate Hotel | Free |
Wine Tasting | 18.00 | Wine Buff | Free |
Kevin Barry and Lynne Reid Banks – readings and interview with | 20.00 | Glór | €15/€12 |
Festival Club | 22.30 | Old Ground Hotel | Free |
Sunday 4th March | Time | Venue | Admission |
Sunday Symposium: People and Place with Catriona Crowe, Michael Harding and Christine Dwyer Hickey. Chaired by Caimin Jones. | 10.00 – 12.00 | Glór | €12 |
Clare Three-legged Stool Poets – Haiku | 12.15 – 13.15 | Temple Gate Hotel | Free |
Walking Tour of Ennis with Jane O’Brien and Clare Youth Theatre | 12.15 – 13.15 | Clare Museum | €8 |
Literary Lunch – Dramatisation of The Picture of Dorian Gray by | 13.30 – 15.00 | Old Ground Hotel | €18 |
A bilingual reading with Fred Johnston (English and French) | 13.30 – 14.30 | Scéal Eile Bookshop | Free |
Tickets Available Now
Booking for all festival events in all venues is through Glór Box Office.
To book ring 065 6843103 or e-mail: boxoffice@glor.ie
Pre- booked tickets can be collected at individual venues immediately prior to events.
Free events do not require booking but do come early to avoid disappointment.
Programme subject to change!



