Arts and Literature
- Kate O'Brien Weekend in Limerick is celebrated for the first time.
- Ronan Sheehan is awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
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“I too have arts and sorceries;
Illusion dwells forever with the wave.”
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“This is not “writing” at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.”
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