Doolin Writers Weekend

20/03/2023

The Doolin Writers Weekend page has moved operations to Doolin Arts

To get upto date information on all festivals please head over there or visit the

02/03/2023

We are delighted to have play at Land & Sea Sessions on Saturday, 11th March, in The Attic!

Abe Soare; meaning Honest Sun. Adopted from Romania as a baby to Irish parents, Their original name was Ioana Soare. This directly translates to Joan Sun in English. The name Sun (Soare) reflects how Abe has learned to always keep a positive outlook on life and wants to continue spreading light and love through their music. As the artist has grown up they have realised that they identify as non-binary. A more gender-neutral name such as "Abe" makes the artist feel more comfortable and reflects the trials and tribulations it takes to live an honest life - (Just like an Honest Abe)

Abe Soare is a renowned singer-songwriter from Limerick, Ireland who has quickly made a name for themselves in the music industry. With their unique singing and songwriting style, they have a way of captivating audiences and leaving them spellbound. Drawn from the challenges of their life, their songs are personal, and evocative and take the listener on a journey through the highs and lows of life.

Tickets are available on www.doolinarts.ie - link in bio

28/02/2023

LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

We are delighted to announce the LAND & SEA sessions line-up will be Hazey Haze | Abe Soare | Kate Brennan Harding | Keep it a Secret (screening)

Tickets are limited to 100 for The Attic - please book in advance - www.doolinarts.ie/events

28/02/2023

‘Everyone Has a Different Ennistymon’ is a new book-length poem written by award-winning eco-poet Grace Wells and published by Doolin Arts. The book was written to celebrate the town of Ennistymon, its past, present and future. Infused with the sights, colours and sounds of the streets, lanes, woods and waters of Ennistymon, Grace Wells braids together the town’s unforgettable history, people and stories, offering up an intoxicating glimpse of its unique spirit-of-life.

Grace Wells began writing the book when she was chosen as Poet Laureate of Ennistymon by Clare County Council Arts Office and Poetry Ireland, in September 2021, when Ennistymon was selected as Clare’s poetry town. Wells believes that poetry offers an ideal place to explore the stories and troubles of the past, in a way that can be comforting and supportive as we navigate the challenges of the present and future. Wells says, “For me there’s an irony or paradox in the title, because although everyone does have a very different Ennistymon, I want to believe that when we all know and keep the town’s memories, we’re linked with one another, and whoever we are, wherever we are from, we have a greater sense of community and belonging­­.”

‘Everyone Has a Different Ennistymon’ is the first book to be published by Doolin Arts, Hotel Doolin’s non-profit organisation for supporting artists in North Clare. For Doolin Arts the book’s design was always a very important element of the project, so they invited Corofin-based book artist Éilís Murphy of Folded Leaf, to create a book that was both beautiful to read and hold. Sensitive to environmental issues, Éilís Murphy and Doolin Arts made sure the book was printed in Ireland on recycled paper, using plant-based inks. The launch of the publication was marked by Doolin Arts working together with Hometree, to plant a small woodland of 500 native Irish trees at Hotel Doolin.

BOOK NOW AVAILABLE - www.doolinarts.ie/grace-wells

09/02/2023

Doolin Writers Weekend will be deactivating this month and moving over to https://www.facebook.com/DoolinArts - if you're not following the Doolin Arts page already please go ahead.

We are looking forward to hosting more great events under Doolin Arts and see you all again in Doolin soon!

The creative department of Hotel Doolin, Doolin Arts is a non-profit org dedicated to the arts.

28/01/2023

26/01/2023

At Hedge School this weekend Doolin Arts will launch its first published book.
'Everyone Has a Different Ennistymon'is a book-length poem by award-winning eco-poet Grace Wells written to celebrate the town of Ennistymon, its past, present and future.
Grace worked closely with Eilís Murphy of Folded Leaf on the visual concept, developing something that reflects Ennistymon’s unique sense of place and pace.
Ennistymon’s iconic bridge features on the cover, wrapping around the book flaps. The text is punctuated by plants found along the banks of the Cullenagh River Walk. Grace, Dónal & Eilís were all interested in producing something that was plastic-free and more ecologically sustainable. With this in mind, the book was printed on 100% recycled Shiro Echo paper and 100% recycled Cairn Lime card using vegetable-based inks.
Fully funded by Doolin Arts which is Hotel Doolin Ireland's non-profit organisation for supporting the arts in North Clare, written by Ennistymon’s poet laureate and produced by Eilís in Corofin, community is at the heart of this book.
"Despite the huge future challenges, Ennistymon, like all places, will face, I believe it is our attention to the local that will help us restore the global. Part of looking after the local means treasuring its stories, for the stories of a place have their own powers, both intimately connecting us to a particular locality, and also, awakening within us much needed aspects of ourselves. The stories of Ennistymon are full of courage, endurance, resilience and community spirit, even in the most challenging of times, and these are qualities we will all need as we move forward into the uncertainty of our own century"- Grace Wells
"As a lover of books, I love this book. I love how it was written, what it is about and how it was made. It is such a gift to the town of Ennistymon. In the Celtic culture, every clan had their poet. The poet was a verse-maker, a story-teller, an oral historian and genealogist. They were the link between people, place, past, present and future. I wish for every town a poet like Grace and for every town a book like this and I am so grateful that Doolin Arts was in a position to be able to support this project."- Donal Minihane
‘Everyone Has a Different Ennistymon’ will be launched at the Hedge School Doolin on Sunday January 29th 2023 at 7:30pm. To mark the publication of their first book, Doolin Arts will plant 500 native tress at Hotel Doolin together with Hometree on the day of the launch. The book will be available to buy in local bookshops in Ennistymon and on Doolin Arts website. www.doolinarts.ie

19/01/2023

Hedge School weekend, day and evening tickets are now available on www.hedge-school.ie
Why not grab an evening ticket and gain access to all music events after 9pm

18/01/2023

Hedge School Arts Festival 27-29th January
Out Now! DAY tickets (all day/evening access) and EVENING tickets (admission after 9pm)
The schedule of WHEN, WHAT & WHERE everything is happening.
TIX and all updates on www.hedge-school.ie or link the bio

17/01/2023

The 10th of February is Lovers Night at Hotel Doolin
Enjoy a 7-course meal in Glas Restaurant, a glass of organic cave on arrival and petit fours to finish with highlights of West Clare Wagu beef and Doolin lobster and clams.. Yum
Does the night end with dinner? Not at all! Performing in The Attic that night is The Dirty Circus Show, celebrating everything burlesque and cabaret! Tix on doolinarts.ie/events
Check out our accommodation specials created especially for the lovers - https://secure.hoteldoolin.ie/bookings/specials

13/01/2023

The Hedge School festival | 27-29th January
Tickets are available on www.hedge-school.ie or doolinarts.ie/events
Lots of great music with:
-Friday (Dónal Dineen | Tara Howley & DJ Sharkey | Dora Gola)
-Saturday (Stephen James Smith | Ceara Conway | Ana Mallarkey | Katie Kim | Emmet Condon Homebeat DJ
- Sunday (Time-Travelling Dance Party With Curly Organ | Margaret O’Connor Closing DJ set).
What else can you expect?
Music Workshops:
-Caoin: Sounding Loss- Lament Workshop with Ceara Conway
-Build your own synthesiser with Robbie Perry (€55 surcharge)
-Pedal Workshop with Chase Bliss, ThorpyFX & RaingerFX
-Music Film Makers Panel hosted by Myles O’Reilly
-Instant Instrument Workshop with McCloud Zicmuse
Writers Workshops:
-Creative Mindset Workshop with Elizabeth Reapy
-Poetic Prose with James Conor Patterson
-Magick with David Keenan
-Catching Glimmers with Erin Fornoff
-Waves of Words with Suzanne Walsh
-Grace Wells Poetry Video Workshop
Events:
-Opening event
-Open Attic with Steven Murray
-Memlab with Dr O’Reilly
-David Keenan Reading
-The Untold Story of Balcony TV with Mark Graham
-in.stance with Darren Kirwan & Maeve Garvan
-Tree planting with Hometree
-Play – The Midnight Court by Brian Merriman performed by Gerard Howard
-Manchán Magan an Saol Eile
-Grace Wells Doolin Arts Book Launch
-Sunday Mass & Brunch with High Priestess Erin Fornoff and guests Suzanne Walsh & Emily Cooper
-Tree planting with Hometree
-Grace Wells Doolin Arts Book Launch
Weekend ticket €99

06/12/2022

A PLACE FOR MUSICAL MINDS TO GATHER, NETWORK, LEARN AND BE ENTERTAINED IN THE WILD AND INSPIRATIONAL SETTING OF DOOLIN BY THE CLIFFS OF MOHER.

06/12/2022

DAVID KEENAN - MAGICK WORKSHOP

An open introduction to magick, a conversation where people will be encouraged to ask questions as we go, introducing people to various ‘divinatory’ methods, like sigils and tarot spreads, which they can try on their own, as well as some thought experiments and koans, and giving some explanation of how I believe they work, and what their actual efficacy and point is.

11:00 – 13:00 Saturday 28th Jan

David Keenan is the critically-acclaimed author of five novels, the cult classic This Is Memorial Device (Faber & Faber), For The Good Times (Faber & Faber), which won the Gordon Burn Prize 2019, The Towers The Fields The Transmitters (White Rabbit), Xstabeth (White Rabbit) and Monument Maker (White Rabbit), the latter a 900 page monolith released in June of 2021. He is also the co-designer, alongside the illustrator Sophy Hollington, of his own tarot deck, the Autonomic Tarot, published by Rough Trade Books.

Tickets here https://www.ticketweb.ie/event/hedge-school-doolin-early-bird-the-barn-at-hotel-doolin-tickets/12403205

16/08/2022

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19/02/2022

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13/01/2022

Premiere of The Dance, Pat Collins’ latest film at Hedge School Doolin 29th Jan

Pat Colins will be interviewed by at Hedge School. Since 1999 PAT COLLINS has made over 30 films. His latest feature documentary Henry Glassie: Fieldwork premiered at TIFF in 2019 and is due to be released in Autumn 2020. His feature film ‘Song of Granite’, funded by the Irish Film Board, BAI, SODEC and Telefilm Canada, was based on the life of the traditional Irish singer Joe Heaney. It received its world premiere at SXSW 2017 and has screened at numerous international festivals. It was released in cinemas by Oscilliscope Distribution in the USA, Thunderbird Releasing in the UK and Canada, and Wildcard Distribution in Ireland. ‘Song of Granite’ was the Irish nomination for best Foreign Language Oscar 2018. Fionnuala Halligan, Chief Film Critic of ‘Screen International’ wrote “In an era of safe film-making, especially within the art-house sector, it’s rare to view a title as formally audacious as ‘Song of Granite’.” His 2012 feature film ‘Silence’ received its international premier at London International Film Festival in 2013 and was distributed in Irish cinemas by Element Distribution and New Wave Films in the UK. He was co-director of the historical 3 part series ‘1916’. The series was broadcast on RTÉ, BBC and PBS in America. In 2012, the Irish Film Institute curated a mid-career retrospective of his work to date. saying “…Viewed together, these fascinating screenworks offer a unique snapshot of Ireland at the turn of the 21st century.” Recently the Irish Times listed ‘Silence’ and ‘Song of Granite’ in the top twenty ‘Best Irish films of all time’.

06/01/2022

Delighted to announce Hedge School, a weekend of music, writing, film & art installations with performance, workshop, film premieres, interviews, inspiration, conversation & craic.
www.hedge-school.ie
Weekend Tickets + Day Tickets
https://www.ticketweb.ie/search?q=hedge+school
Weekend Ticket + accommodation in Hotel Doolin https://secure.hoteldoolin.ie/bookings/specials
Accommodation in Fiddle + Bow Hotel & Houses
https://www.fiddleandbow.ie/