In honour of Frances Browne our Literary Festival celebrates and supports writers, artists and musicians - new, established and unjustly forgotten - who add to the richness of her legacy.

In ómós d'Frances Browne, ceiliúrann agus tacaíonn ár bhFéile Liteartha le scríbhneoirí, ealaíontóirí agus ceoltóirí - nua, bunaithe agus dearmadta go héagórach - a chuireann le saibhreas a hoidhreachta.

The festival is held in October of each year and is unique in featuring Irish, English, and Ulster-Scots. These are widely spoken today in the Finn Valley as they would have been during Frances's lifetime. This situation is unique in Ireland. We also seek to tell the stories of other, less well known writers, from the North West in all traditions.

Our carefully curated programme embraces all art-forms including theatre, music, singing, song-writing, drawing, painting, photography. We have incorporated events for children and families and a range of age groups.

We work with schools to raise awareness of Frances Browne, and of other forgotten literary voices from the North West - such as Sarah Leech - and the principles and values they upheld which are as pertinent in today's society as it was in theirs. We invite leading authors, directors, artists and academics to share in the conversation with us. And we celebrate those who have worked to promote and preserve Frances's legacy by awarding the annual France Browne Award.

The Festival incorporates the Frances Browne Multilingual Poetry Competition.

The Frances Browne Literary Festival

The Frances Browne Literary Festival

The Frances Browne Literary Festival

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FREE

Ballybofey-Stranorlar, Co Donegal. 9-12 October 2025