Drumshanbo-A small country town who reads & writes
The festival originally started in 2009, called “The Written Word Weekend” and ran for three years. During that time we had guest writers such as Dermot Healy, Ita Daly, Eoin McNamee, Belinda McKeon, Tony Curtis, Marsha Mehran, Alice Lyons, Gerry Boland, Seamus O’Rourke,The Pig Executives, Wayne Frankham, The Poetry Chicks, Natalia Beylis.
In 2022 we revived the festival as “Drumshanbo Written Word” with a COVID 19 grant. It was held in the Mayflower Ballroom/ Disco. We had our inaugural Poetry Film Competition at this festival with eighty entries world wide. Our writing guests included, Claire Keegan, Nuala O’Connor, Kevin McManus and Charlie McGettigan. Our moderator was Gerry Boland
2025 August 22nd & 23rd
at the Methodist Church, Carrick Road Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim
Drumshanbo Written Word
Drumshanbo Written Word Weekend 2022 Poetry Film Shortlisthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK8Chw2KbH8&t=33s
Contact our Event Manager
for the festival Eileen O’Toole or Colm Scully for the film festival