Mitchell Scholars Conclude Their Year at Listowel Writers’ Week

Thanks to the generous hospitality of Jimmy Deenihan, TD and the Knight of Glin, the Mitchell Scholars recently enjoyed Listowel Writers’ Week.

The Scholars stayed at the enchanting Glin Castle just north of Listowel. The Knight of Glin, Desmond Fitzgerald, and his wife Madam Olda Fitzgerald generously spent time with the Scholars and the Knight regaled the group with funny and fascinating stories of the castle and his ancestors.

The Scholars attended three days of informative sessions at Writers’ Week, which included the taping of RTE’s Sunday Miscellany, the Mephisto Theatre company’s performance of Carol Ann Duffy’s The World’s Wife, an evening with Peter Sheridan, an interview with Lyn Barber, and talks by poet Paul Durcan and writers Jennifer Johnston, Joseph O’Connor, and Roddy Doyle to just name a few. Jimmy Deenihan gave the Scholars a talk on the history of the annual festival and he lassoed passers-by such as former MEP Mary Banotti and writer Ulick O’Connor to meet the Scholars.

It’s a great festival, which we’d highly suggest you check out for next year.

See the photos on Flickr.