Words by Joe Armstrong, Photo by Caroline Brady
Brendan Kennelly is probably the best-loved figure in Irish public life, said Senator David Norris, speaking at the Irish PEN award ceremony on Friday 29th January 2010.  He described Kennelly as one of the world’s greatest teachers. In a funny and entertaining speech that had the captive audience at [...]

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Hello there!
Welcome to the new Irish PEN website. Although the old site went quiet for a while, we didn’t! Irish PEN has been beavering away with readings, talks, courses, social events and, of course, our annual dinner and awards ceremony. This year’s takes place on Friday 29th January at 7.30 p.m. at the Royal St. George [...]

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The Irish PEN Award for Contribution to Irish Literature 2009
It is with great pleasure that we announce that the winner of the 2009 Irish PEN Award for Contribution to Irish Literature is Brendan Kennelly.
The Award will be presented at The Irish Pen Annual Dinner on Friday 29th January 2010 at The Royal St George [...]

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Congratulations to Ann Enright on her Booker Win!
Of course we were all rooting for her (see below).

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Irelands Own are serializing Kathleen Sheehan O Connor’s By Shannon’s Way starting in the New year. Kathleens first book Silver Harvest was serialized some years ago to popular aclaim which may have resulted in the now out of print book being offered for sale on various websites for sums ranging from $419 to £130.

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