Wild Atlantic Words Literary Festival, Castlebar

Wild Atlantic Words Literary Festival, Castlebar Castlebar's annual Wild Atlantic Words festival celebrates the literary tradition of Ireland's west

18/02/2026

Cruinniú na nÓg Grant Scheme - Open for Applications

Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth Plan to enable the creative potential of children and young people.

The key objective of the fund is to provide support to youth groups; local community groups; artistic, heritage and creative practitioners; event organisers and those involved in creative activities and projects, to creative a day of open events for children and young people to explore their creativity or to add a dedicated event to showcase children and youth’s creativity from an ongoing programme.

The fund is being administered by Mayo County Council, and will be evaluated by the Mayo County Council Culture & Creativity Team.

Full Guidelines & Useful Links:
Grant Guidelines –https://consult.mayo.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/webform/4828/Cruinni%C3%BA%20na%20n%C3%93g%20County%20Mayo%202026_Guidelines.pdf

Cruinniú na nÓg website – https://cruinniu.gov.ie/

Application Deadline: March 19th 5pm

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SUNDAY at WAW:Sunday Morning Coming DownHosted by John HealySunday, 12 October 2025, 12 noonLocation: Festival Dome, Bri...
12/10/2025

SUNDAY at WAW:

Sunday Morning Coming Down

Hosted by John Healy

Sunday, 12 October 2025, 12 noon

Location: Festival Dome, Bridge Lane, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, F23 PN20

Special guests: Sarah Butler, Fr Benny McHale, Fiona Neary and Paraic Horkan

Saturday at WAW:11am–4pm: Secondhand & Antiquarian Book Fair in the Festival Dome, Bridge Lane, F23 PN20 📚7.30pm: The Ra...
11/10/2025

Saturday at WAW:

11am–4pm: Secondhand & Antiquarian Book Fair in the Festival Dome, Bridge Lane, F23 PN20 📚

7.30pm: The Racket with Conor Niland. The former tennis pro and Sports Book of the Year winner in conversation with David Brennan 🎾

📚 FRIDAY AT WAW:7pm: 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲-𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, immediately followed by 𝗘𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗰𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗮...
10/10/2025

📚 FRIDAY AT WAW:

7pm: 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲-𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, immediately followed by 𝗘𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗰𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲. Hosted by Jarlath Killeen

8.30pm: 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 – 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝗼 𝗗𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲. In conversation with Darina Molloy

Location: Festival Dome, Bridge Lane, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, F23 PN20. All events at this year’s festival are on a first come, first served basis.

🙌 What a night in the festival dome! Congrats to the two Seáns, Sean Cadden and Seán Lyons on their wonderful book launc...
10/10/2025

🙌 What a night in the festival dome! Congrats to the two Seáns, Sean Cadden and Seán Lyons on their wonderful book launches last night and a huge thank you to the capacity audience who turned out in support. 📖

Fun and Games: Ken Armstrong pictured with novelist John Patrick McHugh on Wednesday evening in the festival dome. The e...
09/10/2025

Fun and Games: Ken Armstrong pictured with novelist John Patrick McHugh on Wednesday evening in the festival dome. The event was followed by the ever-popular Poem & A Pint. Well done to all participants! Pics: John Mee Photo

Thursday at WAW 11am: Wild Atlantic Words in association with Of Song presents a Songwriting Workshop with John Spillan...
09/10/2025

Thursday at WAW

11am: Wild Atlantic Words in association with Of Song presents a Songwriting Workshop with John Spillane

7.30pm: Sean Cadden: Seventy Years in the Wild West, hosted by Harry Hughes

8.30pm: Seán Lyons: A Stranger Walking the Roads, hosted by John Healy

Ongoing: Photo exhibition celebrating 10 years of the Wild Atlantic Words festival. Exhibition is spread over three venues: Castle Book Shop, Mayo County Library and the Festival Dome at bridge st

See www.wildatlanticwords.ie for more details

Some images from Tuesday's events in the festival dome! 🙌 Don't miss next week's local papers for lots more! 📸
08/10/2025

Some images from Tuesday's events in the festival dome! 🙌 Don't miss next week's local papers for lots more! 📸

Wednesday at WAW (all events take place in the Festival Dome, Bridge Lane F23 PN20)11am: Imagination Lab – schools' even...
08/10/2025

Wednesday at WAW
(all events take place in the Festival Dome, Bridge Lane F23 PN20)

11am: Imagination Lab – schools' event
7.30pm: John Patrick McHugh: Fun and Games
8.30pm: A Poem & A Pint, hosted by Ken Armstrong

See www.wildatlanticwords.ie for more details

Longtime festival support Sean Horkan pictured attending Day 1 of the Wild Atlantic Words festival 2025. In the backgrou...
07/10/2025

Longtime festival support Sean Horkan pictured attending Day 1 of the Wild Atlantic Words festival 2025. In the background is a photo taken of Sean at the festival back in 2018, which is on display in the festival dome at bridge st as part of the exhibition celebrating 10 years of the Wild Atlantic Words in Castlebar. The exhibition is spread over three venues – the festival dome, Castle Book Shop and Mayo County Library. Photo: John Mee Photo

https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/10/07/mayos-wild-atlantic-words-literary-festival-is-up-and-running/

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