Witness…

A Poetry reading with Anne Donnellan

Followed by Poet Niamh Twomey

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Friday 2 June - 6 pm

Under the Oak, Mountshannon

Free with wristband

Brought up in County Clare, Anne Donnellan has lived in Galway for the past 40 years. Her debut poetry collection Witness was published in December 2022 by Revival Press Limerick. Anne is a frequent performer at local poetry events and she has read from her collection on both Clare and Galway local radio.

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Niamh Twomey

Niamh Twomey is a poet from Bodyke, Co. Clare. She won the 2023 Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition and the 2022 Trim Poetry Competition.  Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies such as Rattle, Local Wonders: Poems of Our Immediate and New Irish Writing, among others. She is the editor of Hive Poetry.