Anniveraries are often marked by poems, and vice versa. Catherine Harvey takes us on a poetic journey of commemoration.
Author: Emma Smith
Tony Birtill – an ongoing Irish legacy for Liverpool
Thomas Ryan, Conradh Na Gaeilge Learpholl, reflects on the legacy left by friend, peer and fellow Gael, Tony Birtill.
Transforming the Mac Lua Archive
Barry Hazley (Derby Fellow, University of Liverpool ) describes the importance of the Mac Lua Archive in presenting British Irish diaspora stories.
Lisa Lambe’s Nightvisiting
Lisa Lambe interrogates Nightvisiting; a show about rural Irish hearthsides and collective cultures post-1850s and pre-1940s electrification.
Brave Maeve – a children’s book
Writer and illustrator Stu Harrison talks about his children's book, Brave Maeve, commissioned by Gael Linn, An tUltach and LivIrishFest.
Introducing artist jeweller Níamh Grimes
#LIF203 In the Window artist, Níamh Grimes, revels her innermost connections with Irish folklore and how it inspires her jewellery.
Strokestown, Liverpool & Cherry Smyth
Irish Heritage Trust film featuring Festival friend Cherry Smyth connecting her poem, Famished, with the Strokestown story.
Race Equality Manifesto
Liverpool Irish Festival is a proud signatory of the Liverpool arts and culture race equality manifesto, outlined here.
New play – production call
Liverpool playwriting duo seek group to deliver new play, Wake of an Empire, which is a sequel to Liverpool Lambs. Click here for details.
St Patrick’s Day poem
Cristina Michailovici offers a poem to St Patrick's Day, which uses the shamrock's emerald hue as a focus for environmental change.
Brigid
Maria Crean -artist and storyteller- gives us her 'hot takes' on Brigid, celebrated Goddess and Saint, in time for St Brigid's Day (1 Feb).
Nollaig 2022
Christmas office closure dates and a handful of festive phrases and activities for children to add to their cards or tree.