Hopkins International Literary Festival

Celebration of Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Don’t miss the Hopkins International Literary Festival 2016 , an exciting and inspiring week-long celebration of the writing, interests and philosophy of Gerard Manley Hopkins and of his time in Ireland.

Hopkins wrote many of his best poems here. The Hopkins Festival week celebrates not just Hopkins poetry but also his interest in all the arts.

The Hopkins Festival, founded in 1987, attracts poets, musicians, artists, writers and enthusiastic Hopkins followers from Ireland and worldwide. Come and enjoy poetry, traditional Irish music and classical music, visual arts, philosophy and conservation and friendship. Something for everyone. All welcome!

The Hopkins Festival has been described as 'the best Literary Festival in Ireland' (Oxford Companion to Irish Literature) All are welcome.

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