2011 in Ireland - The Arts

The Arts

  • 1 February—It is announced that two of three Waterstone's bookshops in Dublin are to close.
  • 11 February—The Eurosong 2011 competition is held in Dublin.
  • 12 February—The 8th Irish Film and Television Awards are held at Dublin's Convention Centre.
  • 12 April—Sebastian Barry is inducted into the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame by the president, Mary McAleese.
  • 26 May—John Banville wins the Kafka Prize for literature.
  • 22—26 June—Celtic Fringe Festival held in north Sligo.
  • October—Lucy Caldwell is awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
  • 3 November—Niall Tóibín is honoured with the Irish Film and Television Academy's (IFTA) Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony at the Irish Film Institute.
  • Sorj Chalandon's novel Retour à Killybegs is published.
  • Gene Kerrigan's crime novel The Rage is published.
  • Seán Ó Ríordáin's collected poems, Na Dánta, are published.

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