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Frances Browne Literary Festival 2026: Official Launch
Join us at Kee’s Hotel as we open the 2026 Frances Browne Literary Festival. Four days of writing, music and celebration begin here. Free event, all welcome.
East Donegal Group Book Launch: Local Authors and Young Voices
Book launches and short readings from four local authors and an anthology by pupils from three East Donegal schools. Hosted by Angeline King. Date Thursday 8 October 2026 Time 6.30pm to 8.00pm (1 hour 30 minutes) Venue Alexanders of Ballybofey, Co. Donegal Ticket price Free. All welcome. Booking process Free Eventbrite registration recommended, space is limited. Link below
Frances Browne Poetry Competition Awards Ceremony 2026
Winning poems in English, Irish and Ulster-Scots read live, with a keynote address from novelist Sue Divin. Free event, all welcome. Date Friday 9 October 2026 Time 7.30pm Venue Kee’s Hotel, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal Ticket price Free. All welcome. Booking process No booking required. Free Eventbrite registration optional for numbers.
Creative Writing Workshop with Sue Divin
Spend a morning with novelist Sue Divin exploring character, voice and place. Limited spaces. Saturday 10 October 2026 11.00am to 2.00pm Parish Centre, Church of Mary Immaculate, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal €22.50, lunch included. Book through Eventbrite - link below - Limited spaces, early booking advised.
Ceardlann Filíochta le Dubhán Ó Longáin / Poetry Workshop with Dubhán Ó Longáin
A poetry workshop through Irish with award-winning poet Dubhán Ó Longáin, suitable for beginners and for those already writing. Lunch included. Date Saturday 10 October 2026 Time 11.00am to 2.00pm Venue Parish Centre, Church of Mary Immaculate, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal Ticket price €22.50, lunch included. Booking process Book through Eventbrite - link below. Limited spaces, early booking advised.
Dialect in Fiction: A Workshop with Angeline King
Novelist Angeline King on putting dialect on the page in fiction, drawing on Nan Shepherd, Martina Devlin and Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Lunch included. Saturday 10 October 2026 11.00am to 2.00pm Parish Centre, Church of Mary Immaculate, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal €22.50, lunch included. Book through Eventbrite. - booking link below - Limited spaces, early booking advised.
Make a Peg Doll with Breda Bradley
What can you make with a clothes peg, some fabric and your imagination? An hour of peg doll making with Breda Bradley. Free. Saturday 10 October 2026 4.00pm to 5.00pm Alexanders of Ballybofey, Co. Donegal
Tales, Verse and Mumming: An Evening with The Armagh Rhymers and Sheddas on Tha Page
Masks, music and mischief. The Armagh Rhymers bring the mumming tradition to the Balor, alongside new Ulster-Scots writing from Sheddas on Tha Page. Saturday 10 October 2026 7.00pm Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal €20 / €15 unwaged Tickets sold through the Balor Arts Centre website. Link below
The Stranorlar Heritage Walk
Walk the streets that shaped the “Blind Poetess of Ulster” on a guided tour of Stranorlar, Co Donegal with Gerard McHugh. Sunday 11 October 2026 1.00pm (approx. 1 hour 30 minutes) Meeting point: front door, Kee’s Hotel, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal €10.00 Book through Eventbrite. - Link Below Spaces limited to 12.
Pop Up Gaeltacht
Come and use your cúpla focal. Fáilte roimh gach duine. Everyone welcome. Free event, no booking needed. Date Sunday 11 October 2026 Time 3.00pm onwards Venue Bonner’s Corner Bar, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal Ticket price Free. All welcome. Booking process No booking required. Just turn up.
Vision and Voices: Theatre and Song
Shaun Byrne’s new memory play As I Lay Dreaming, and jazz singer Emilie Conway responding in song and spoken word to Frances Browne’s life and work. Date Sunday 11 October 2026 Time 8.00pm Venue Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal Ticket price €15 / €12 unwaged Booking process Tickets sold through the Balor Arts Centre website. Link below
Frances Browne Literary Festival
Ballybofey-Stranorlar, Co Donegal.
8-11 October 2026
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