The Island of Imagination: A Literary Tour of Ireland with Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

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Sunday 12 July 2026

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12:00 pm

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Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne delves into contemporary Irish fiction on a journey of exploration to highlight literature emanating from every county in Ireland.

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne will be joined by Danielle McLaughlin and Mary Morrissy in a conversation about their writing, as she stops off in West Cork as part of her Laureate series.

This event is in association with the Arts Council. The Laureate for Irish Fiction is in initiative of the Arts Council.

Admission: Free but ticketed

Writers

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is the author of more than thirty books. Her work includes the novels The Dancers Dancing, The Shelter of Neighbours, Fox, Swallow, Scarecrow, Hurlamaboc, Dordán, Cailíní Beaga...

Danielle McLaughlin

Danielle McLaughlin’s short story collection Dinosaurs on Other Planets was published in 2015 by The Stinging Fly Press. In 2019, she was a Windham-Campbell Prize recipient, and won the Sunday...

Mary Morrissy

Mary Morrissy is the author of four novels, Mother of Pearl, The Pretender, The Rising of Bella Casey and Penelope Unbound and three collections of stories, A Lazy Eye, Prosperity...

The Island of Imagination: A Literary Tour of Ireland with Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Time and date

Location

Writers

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Danielle McLaughlin

Mary Morrissy

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