Poetry Town Initiative
In late July 2021, Poetry Ireland announced Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary, as one of 20 ‘Poetry Towns’ across Ireland. This new initiative saw more than a hundred free poetry-related activities take place in 20 towns across the island of Ireland between 10th and 18th September 2021. Carrick-on-Suir in Co Tipperary was among the Poetry Towns, with activities for the town being organised by Poetry Ireland in partnership with Tipperary County Council Arts Office. Tipperary Arts Office partnered with Linda Fahy of Tudor Artisan Hub and Margaret O’Brien of Writing Changes Lives to coordinate the programme locally.
As part of the initiative, Poetry Ireland, together with its local authority partners, appointed a Poet Laureate for each participating town, with talented local writer Billy Fenton representing Carrick-on-Suir. The chosen Poet Laureates, were commissioned to write a poem honouring their Poetry Town and its people. Each poem was revealed and presented to the people of the participating towns at a series of flagship online events which also featured contributions from local poets, artists and musicians.
The full programme which took place in Carrick-on-Suir is available below.
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