PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Date: 5th June 2025
Contact: info@mullingarliteraryfestival.com
Website: www.mullingarliteraryfestival.com
Mullingar Literary Festival 2025 Announces Full Programme of Events
Mullingar, Ireland – July 4th–6th, 2025 – Mullingar is set to come alive with words, music, and imagination as the Mullingar Literary Festival 2025 unfolds over a vibrant three-day weekend from Friday, July 4th to Sunday, July 6th. With an exciting lineup of literary luminaries, musicians, and poets, this year’s festival promises a rich celebration of creativity at venues across the town including Caffreys, the Greville Arms Hotel, and Mullingar Library. Artists and times are subject to change. Any changes will be notified on our website and social media.
Festival Highlights Include:
Friday, July 4th
📍 Caffreys & Greville Arms Hotel
- 5.30 pm: Opening ceremony hosted by festival chair Laurence Meehan – (Caffreys)
- 6.00 pm: Olympio – Hip-Hop, ppoken word and storytelling performance introduced by Jimmy O’Connell – (Caffreys)
- 7.15 pm: The Poetry Kiln Collective – Some of Ireland’s finest voices stir souls, challenge minds, captivate senses. – (Caffreys)
- 9.00 pm: Victoria Mary Clarke in conversation with Don Mortell – (Greville Arms Hotel)
- 10.00 pm: Live music from Cronin (this is a ticketed event – €10 per ticket) – (Greville Arms Hotel)
Saturday, July 5th
📍 Caffreys & Mullingar Library
- 11.00 am: Children’s & Parents Event with author Dolores Keaveney, presented by Colm Muldoon – (Mullingar Library)
- 12.00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Lorraine Murphy – (Mullingar Library)
- 2.00 pm: Brendan Martin reflections on his new book Wanderling interviewed by local author Brian McLoughlin – (Caffreys)
- 3.00 pm: Brinsley MacNamara Reflections – in conversation with Caroline Barry – (Caffreys)
- 4.00 pm: Lorraine Murphy in conversation with Chele Crawley – (Caffreys)
- 5.00 pm: Paulie Martin – Writing music and lyrics interviewed by Don Mortell – (Caffreys)
- 7.30 pm: Nicole Flattery in conversation with Anne Griffin – (Caffreys)
- 8.30 pm: Patricia Gibney in conversation with Lorraine Murphy – (Caffreys)
- 10.00 pm: Jack Gaudet – Live Music – (Caffreys)
- Sunday, July 6th
📍 Mullingar Town & Caffreys
- 11.00 am: Mullingar Literary Walk hosted by historian Ruth Illingworth – (Mullingar Market Square) (Adults €5, children free)
- 2.00 pm: Readings by Local Educator and Historian Seamus O’Brien – (Caffreys)
- 3.00 pm: Poetry Performance by Jimmy O’Connell, Clare O’Reilly & Sean Ruane – (Caffreys)
- 4.30 pm: John Connell in conversation with Anne Griffin – (Caffreys)
- 6.00 pm: Anne Griffin in conversation with Lorraine Murphy – (Caffreys)
- 7.30 pm: Tess McKevitt & Raimonda – Poetry and Jazz & Improv – (Caffreys)
- 9.00 pm: Festival Close & Inklings Open Mic, hosted by Laurence Meehan & the Inklings Writers Group – (Caffreys)
- 10.00 pm: Naosán Moore Live Music – (Caffreys)
Celebrate Community, Creativity, and Culture
From intimate conversations with celebrated authors to musical interludes and powerful spoken word, Mullingar Literary Festival 2025 offers something for everyone — young and old, readers and writers, dreamers and thinkers.
Most events are free of charge, with a small number of ticketed music sessions. All are welcome.
