11 Years of Wild Atlantic Words: Photo Exhibitions

Running at The Linenhall Arts Centre, Linenhall St, Castlebar, from October 3–17.

With additional exhibitions upstairs in Castle Bookshop, Market St; Mayo County Library; and the Festival Dome

A special photo exhibition to mark the 11th year of the Wild Atlantic Words will be a centrepiece of this year’s festival in Castlebar.

The exhibition is currently on display at the Castle Bookshop and at Mayo County Library during opening hours. Additional photographs will also be on display in the Festival Dome at Bridge Lane, every evening during festival week, which runs from October 6th–11th.

The photographic display covers the past 11 years of the festival activities and features the many guests, authors, short story winners, columnists and literary contributors who have made the event such a standout success.

Among the prominent portraits on show is that of the late Michael Mullen, the first recipient of the Wild Atlantic Words appreciation award, one of Ireland’s most esteemed writers.

The images were captured by local photographers, John Mee, Alison Laredo and John Moylette.