Western Writers' Centre receives Touring Experiment Grant

national | arts and media | press release Tuesday August 21, 2007 17:15 by Fred Johnston, Manager - Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scríbhneoiri Chaitlín Maud, westernwriters at eircom dot net 34 Nuns Island, Galway 091.533594

Galway's Western Writers' Centre tours three Irish-language poets

The Arts Council-sponsored Touring Experiment includes the Western Writers' Centre with €10,000 grant

Galway's Western Writers' Centre will tour three Irish-language poets, Liam O Muirthile, Dairena Ni Chinnéide and Joe Steve O Neachtain, under the Touring Experiment. They have been enabled to do this with a grant of €10,000.

"The Western Writers' Centre has always had an Irish-language brief," says the Centre Manager, Fred Johnston. "We have hosted numerous readings in the Irish-language. This will enable us to meet that brief more successfully and also to conduct the research required by the Touring Experiment. We are delighted to take part in it."

The three writers will read in various parts of the country.