Ó bhéal April Events

 

Upcoming Events for April 2025 Events & Readings Ó Bhéal's 18th (and Ultimate) Anniversary Event with the launch of   Five Words Vol XVIII - 14th April featuring competition winners ... Lucie Pereira (1st), Dean Gessie (2nd) and Em Egan Reeve (3rd) Event is Hybrid, hosted in-person (at the Long Valley, Winthrop, St Cork) and on Zoom Live Streamed via www.obheal.ie/live, Vimeo, FB Live and YouTube Poetry-Films from Ó Bhéal's competition archives begin from 7.00pm, followed by the Five Word poetry challenge at 8.30pm. Guest poets start at around 9.30pm. The evening will end with an open-mic session dedicated to other poets' poetry. Be sure to email us at info@obheal.ie if you'd like to participate online via Zoom. All are welcome to attend in-person. i.a.w. Cork World Book Festival     Launch: Unfinished Book of Poetry 2025 - 30th April Event will be held at Cork City Library from 1pm-2.30pm *** NB! From 12th May 2025 Ó Bhéal's regular poetry events will be taken over by Ó Bhéal go Béal *** SAME VENUE. DETAILS TO BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE IN MAY!!! Competitions The 13th Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition will open for submissions on the 1st of May. For more info visit: https://www.obheal.ie/blog/competition-poetry-film/ Ó Bhéal is grateful to The Cork City Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland and The Arts Council for their continued support.              Between 2007-2019 Ó Bhéal took place weekly, with over 50 Monday evenings per year in the Hayloft Bar (Long Valley), Cork. Since January 2020, Ó Bhéal has been held on the second Monday of each month. See the map: www.obheal.ie/map visit:www.obheal.ie