This is the Festival's 'long read'. The article sets up what anniversary means to us and why it is important in 2023.
Category: News
The Liverpool Mysteries Trilogy
Jack Byrne is a Liverpool-Irish writer, living abroad,who writes books on the subject of his ancestry and birthplace.
Boundless: Transitions – exhibition and online talk series
A year on from Fion Gunn's Arrival/Departures exhibit, we check in to see what she's working on, this time with A-Maze Artists Collective.
Why do artists give away their work for free?
Liverpool artist Pam Sullivan reflects on her art's social conscience and what leaving a mark means to her.
Liverpool’s football transformed by Irishman
Ireland Reaching Out traces the Irish heritage of a man who would change the shape of football in Liverpool forever (John McKenna 1855-1936).
More than time in The Space Between: Jean Maskell
Jean Maskell's The Space Between is a book to browse, including paintings and poems, stories and yarns that speak of diaspora experiences.
Liverpool: a story for everyone
On the launch of his third book, Ged Melia gives us an insight in to his most recent creations set in 1840-50s Liverpool.
My Liverpool experience: Carrie Barrett
Charting her experiences at Liverpool Irish Festival's, Limerick-playwright Carrie Barrett, examines and shares her experiences.
McAleese, institutions and survivors 10-years on
Writer, Caelainn Hogan, reflects on The McAleese Report at 10; as Ireland's redress scheme for institutions, schools and laundries continues.
Wilde’s Ballad of Reading Gaol
Dr Ó Donghaile considers The Ballad of Reading Gaol , 125-years after its release, and what it can tell us about our society.
Reflections: Sweeney’s Unquiet Islands one year on
Northern Irish printmaker and painter -Martin McCoy- looks back on his #LIF2022 exhibition, Sweeney's Unquiet Islands, one year on.
The 1923 dinosaur egg find
A dinosaur egg find aniversary prompts Irish language enthusiast, Alan O Raighne, to think about language and connection with heritage.